Chaport vs Gist Live Chat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chaport
Communicate with your website visitors in real-time, from anywhere. This tool enables instant messaging directly through your website, fostering engagement and support.
- Real-time visitor chat
- Cross-device accessibility
- Website integration
- Visitor communication
- Business messaging
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Chaport is a messenger for websites. Talk to your website visitors at any time, from any location.
Gist Live Chat
Connect with website visitors, leads, and customers in real-time. This app consolidates sales, marketing, and support conversations into a single inbox, allowing for engaging, friendly interactions across multiple platforms. Respond to inquiries instantly, anywhere, to convert more visitors into leads.
- Team inbox for all conversations
- Real-time visitor and customer chat
- Convert visitors into leads
- Engaging messages with emoji/GIFs
- Manage conversation status
- Cross-platform communication
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Get access to Gist team inbox and talk to your visitors, leads and customers right from your iPhone. Gist Live Chat brings together all your sales, marketing, and customer support conversations to one place. Treat your customers well and make them feel appreciated with real-time conversations. Turn more visitors into leads by answering all of their questions on the spot. Gist is designed to feel simple and familiar to your customers. They can talk to you like friends and family. Your visitors and customers can have real, engaging conversations with your team no matter where they are - inside your app, on your website, or via email. Be in the conversation, even when you’re away from your desk with the Gist mobile app. The app is an easy way to: View and respond to all customer conversations Send engaging messages using emoji and GIFs View and change the status of conversations (open, snoozed, closed)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gist Live Chat at 4.2 against Chaport's 3.6. Gist Live Chat also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gist Live Chat holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Chaport's written reviews are positive against 50% of Gist Live Chat's.
Chaport ships an update every 9 months, Gist Live Chat every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chaport | Gist Live Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (9 ratings) | 4.2 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.2% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chaport Inc. | Raghavender Rao Jitta |
Customer experience
Chaport
Gist Live Chat
In-app purchases
Chaport
No in-app purchases
Gist Live Chat
No in-app purchases
