Bark vs ChatX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bark
Send custom push notifications to your iPhone via an HTTP API. Supports advanced features like custom icons, grouping, and critical alerts. Offers privacy-protected, end-to-end encrypted pushes with self-deployable server options.
- HTTP API for push notifications
- Custom icons and grouping
- Continuous and critical alerts
- End-to-end push encryption
- Self-deployable server options
- Privacy-protected notifications
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You can send push notifications to your iPhone by simply calling an HTTP API. Bark supports many advanced iOS push features, such as custom icons, notification grouping, custom ringtones, continuous alerts, critical alerts, and encrypted pushes. Bark does not consume device battery, as its core functionality relies on system push services and push extensions, and the app itself does not need to be running. Bark ensures your privacy and security with high reliability. Bark supports self-deploying the server, which can be deployed via Docker, Serverless, or Cloudflare Worker. The bark-server supports most operating systems, and you can also run it manually. The app is compiled and uploaded through Github Action, ensuring that the version you’re using is compiled from open-source code, without any modifications by anyone (including the author). Bark supports end-to-end push encryption with a custom key, ensuring that the push content is not accessed or leaked by the Bark server or Apple’s APNs server during transmission. The notification message history saved locally by Bark is also very secure. Using the NotificationServiceExtension, the push message is only stored on the device when the push is received. Feedback email: to@day.app Privacy Policy: https://api.day.app/privacy User Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ChatX
This AI chat client leverages advanced language models to help you generate content and boost efficiency. It offers features like prompt collections, quick phrases, and image generation, all accessible through high-speed API servers. Manage your conversations and settings across multiple devices with ease.
- Multiple advanced AI models
- High-speed API servers
- Prompt collections
- Image generation
- iCloud multi-device sync
- Quick phrases and shortcuts
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ChatX is a powerful AI chat client powered by the most advanced 4o、5、5mini、o3、DeepSeek V3/R1、Claude model. With our high-speed API servers, you can use AI to generate any content anytime, anywhere, to boost your work and life efficiency. 【Key Features】 - Words Mode: Spend only for what you use, never waste a word - Prompt Collections: Easily start every conversation, advanced prompts available - Quick-switch New Conversations: Flexibly control context lines - Quick Phrases: Boost your dialogues with a single click to send - High-speed API servers: Experience ultimate speed, boundless access, and customization support - API Key Mode: Check your monthly usage - Token Calculator: Real-time financial calculations, know your consumption details - Image Generation: Official Beta interface for creating images with text - Shortcuts: URL Scheme & Siri 【Chat Experience Enhanced】 - AI Parameters: Model, creative temperature, dialogue memory, conversation length - TTS Auto Speech: Auto language detection, speed of reading settings - Chat Control: Pause and resume generation - Chat Management: Icon settings, pinning, order adjustment - Message Enhancement: Select text, resend, rewrite, share - Casual Chatting: Start a conversation anytime, anywhere - Others: Haptic feedback, chat font size - Compression history summary - Quickly open chat from the Control Center 【Advanced Features】 - Support newest Gemini model - iCloud Multi-device Auto Sync: Sync your chat lists and settings - macOS & iPad Keyboard Support: Use shortcut keys to send messages - Lock Screen Widgets: Quick lock screen launch - URL Schemes: Call shortcut commands - Non-Stream Responses API Encourage us with five stars, More powerful features will be developed. Also, feedback are welcome to tell us on Twitter:@AppChatX / The6XStudio@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bark at 4.9 against ChatX's 4.6. Bark also leads on review sentiment (98% vs 88%). ChatX's advantage is ratings volume (481 vs 109). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Bark sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.69 per year and ChatX sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bark holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 109 and 481 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 98% of Bark's written reviews are positive against 88% of ChatX's.
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, ChatX fortnightly. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Bark | ChatX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (109 ratings) — better | 4.6 (481 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 98.4% of reviews — better | 88.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 109 | 481 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丰 黄 | 6X Studio LLC |
Customer experience
Bark
ChatX
Bugs and requests
Bark
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ChatX
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inconsistent iCloud sync for chat settings
- Occasional crashes
- Compatibility issues with older devices
- Login screen freezes
Requested features
7 requests- Safari extension
- Keyboard extension
- Support for Azure OpenAI API
- Markdown support
- Local model import and loading
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- More AI models (e.g., DALL-E, Claude)
- Customization options for UI size and color
In-app purchases
Bark
- Continuous support$2.691 Year
- One-time donation$2.69
ChatX
- Pro (Lifetime)Free
- Add Words Pack 1$0.99
- Add Words Pack 2$3.99
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- Pro$4.99
- Add Words Pack 3$7.99
- Add Words Pack 4$17.99








