Comparison

AI Chat vs Illustrate GPT

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AI Chat

Engage in conversations with advanced AI models, including GPT-4, Gemini, and Claude. This free, unlimited chat service requires no login and offers access to multiple powerful AI technologies.

Highlights
  • Multiple AI models available
  • Unlimited free usage
  • No login required
  • Powered by GPT-4 and GPT-4o
  • Access to Gemini, DeepSeek, Claude, Grok
Features
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You can talk with AI. Free of charge. No limit on the number of times you can use it. No login required. Building on OpenAI. Developed on GPT-4 and GPT-4o. Gemini, Qwen and Gemma are also available. Terms of Use https://rickbox-82901.web.app/terms.html

About

Illustrate GPT

Explore the inner workings of AI language models with a compact GPT model on your iOS device. Generate stories, visualize predictions, and understand AI's attention mechanisms. Ideal for AI enthusiasts and curious learners.

Highlights
  • Pocket-sized AI model
  • Interactive story generation
  • Next token prediction exploration
  • Attention visualization (Pro)
  • Model insights and visualizations
  • Customizable generation settings
Features
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How does ChatGPT actually write? Illustrate GPT answers that question with a real language model running entirely on your iPhone. You don't just read about it: you open it up and watch it think. Illustrate GPT runs Baby Llama 2, a tiny GPT trained on children's stories. It has the same architecture as the big models, small enough to run offline in real time. Eight short interactive chapters take you from raw text to the next word, and every chart comes from the live model. THE COURSE 1. Meet Baby GPT. Watch a story being written one token at a time. Each word is colored by how confident the model was. Tap any word to see the alternatives it considered, and pick a different one to rewrite the story from that point. 2. Tokens. Type anything and see how it gets chopped into pieces and turned into numbers. Find out why " cat", "Cat" and " CAT" are different things to a model. 3. Embeddings. Every token is a list of 288 numbers. See a word's vector, find its nearest neighbors (king → queen, prince, crown), and measure how similar two words are. 4. Attention. Tap a word and see which earlier words it looks at. Explore all 36 attention heads. Each one's role (previous-token, duplicate-token, attention sink, and more) is detected automatically. 5. Layers. Use the "logit lens" to watch the prediction take shape block by block, from a vague guess at the bottom to a confident answer at the top. Then browse the full model blueprint with real weight shapes. 6. Sampling. Turn the temperature, top-k and top-p knobs and watch the probabilities change in real time. Roll the dice, and write three different futures from the same sentence. 7. The Loop. Step through the whole pipeline for a single token, from tokenize and embed through 6 transformer blocks to probabilities, sample and append, then do it again. 8. Your Turn. Now you are the model. Guess the most likely next word and see how your intuition compares with a neural network. BUILT FOR LEARNING • Every chapter starts with a "predict first" question, so you form a guess before you see the answer. • Key ideas, common myths vs. reality, and an optional "Go deeper" section in every chapter. • Your progress is saved, so you can learn at your own pace. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE The model runs on your device with Apple's MLX framework. No account, no server, no data leaves your phone. FREE Every feature is free. An optional tip supports development. Perfect for students, teachers, developers, and anyone curious about what's really going on inside AI.

Screenshots

AI Chat1 screens
Illustrate GPT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Illustrate GPT at none against AI Chat's shown. Illustrate GPT also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). AI Chat's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AI Chat sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Illustrate GPT sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Illustrate GPT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AI Chat has 1.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AI Chat ships an update every 3 weeks, Illustrate GPT every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
AI Chat versus Illustrate GPT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAI ChatIllustrate GPT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.7K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.7K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRikuto Komatsu一和 朱

Customer experience

AI Chat

All ratings1,658 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews118 reviews
Positive68.6%
Neutral5.9%
Negative25.4%

Illustrate GPT

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

AI Chat

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing or crashing issues
  • Inability to copy and paste
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Increase character limit in chat mode
  • Offline mode
  • More advanced AI features
  • Customizable UI

Illustrate GPT

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AI Chat

Subscriptions1
  • No Ads Plan$2.991 Month
1 purchases

Illustrate GPT

One-time1
  • PRO Mode$1.99

Questions

Is AI Chat free?
AI Chat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Illustrate GPT free?
Illustrate GPT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AI Chat or Illustrate GPT?
Illustrate GPT is rated higher. AI Chat averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Illustrate GPT averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do AI Chat or Illustrate GPT have ads?
AI Chat shows ads; Illustrate GPT does not.
Which is updated more often, AI Chat or Illustrate GPT?
AI Chat ships an update every 3 weeks, and Illustrate GPT every 3 months. Most recently, AI Chat was updated on October 30, 2026 and Illustrate GPT on October 17, 2026.

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