Comparison

Postalgic vs BastionChat

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

Head to head
About

Postalgic

Create and publish beautiful static websites directly from your iPhone. This app offers a mobile-first blogging platform with extensive customization and flexible deployment options to various hosting services.

Highlights
  • Markdown editor with rich embeds
  • Customizable themes and content organization
  • Flexible deployment to GitHub Pages, AWS S3, SFTP
  • Full blog management on mobile
  • Mobile-first design for on-the-go content creation
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Transform your iPhone into a complete blogging platform with Postalgic, the all-in-one decentralized micro-blogging app. Create, customize, and publish beautiful static websites directly from your device. Key Features: • Write with Ease - Create posts using Markdown with rich embed support for YouTube videos, images, and link previews • Complete Customization - Design custom themes, manage colors, and organize content with categories and tags • Flexible Publishing - Deploy automatically to GitHub Pages, AWS S3, SFTP servers, or any Git repository • Full Blog Management - Handle everything from post creation to sidebar customization and static file management • Mobile-First Design - Native iOS experience optimized for creating content on the go Perfect for: - Personal bloggers seeking independence from social platforms - Developers wanting GitHub Pages integration - Writers who prefer mobile content creation - Anyone building a decentralized web presence Postalgic generates completely static websites, ensuring fast loading times and maximum compatibility. Your content remains yours - no vendor lock-in, no subscription fees, just pure blogging freedom in your pocket. Ready to reclaim your corner of the web? Start blogging the decentralized way with Postalgic.

About

BastionChat

Features
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Private AI that runs entirely on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Chat with your documents, get instant summaries and ask out loud, with no internet, no account and no data collected. ASK YOUR DOCUMENTS Import a contract, a manual, a report or a scanned PDF. Ask in your own words and get a clear answer, with the source one tap away, so you can check it instead of trusting it. Small documents are read in full; large libraries are searched. INSTANT SUMMARIES Turn a long file into the key points: parties, dates, amounts, conditions. JUST ASK OUT LOUD Voice mode with on-device speech recognition. Nothing is uploaded. UNDERSTANDS IMAGES Ask about photos and screenshots with vision models. WORKS OFFLINE On a plane, at sea, underground: the AI model lives on your device, so it keeps working. In airplane mode, web tools are simply not offered. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No tracking. Your documents and conversations never leave the device. Apple's privacy label: Data Not Collected. Lock the app with Face ID using iOS's built-in app protection. YOUR CHOICE OF MODEL A curated catalog of open models (Qwen, Gemma, Phi, LFM and more) sized for your device: fast ones on iPhone, larger ones on iPad and Mac. Or import any GGUF model from Hugging Face. FOR POWER USERS Adjustable thinking (Off, Short, Full), calculator, optional web search, MCP tools for agent workflows. ONE PURCHASE No subscription, no usage limits, Family Sharing. Download a model once, then everything runs locally. Requires iOS 18 or later. Larger models need more memory; the app recommends what fits your device.

Screenshots

Postalgic4 screens
BastionChat4 screens

Verdict

The call

Postalgic and BastionChat are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Postalgic costs $4.99 and BastionChat $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Postalgic versus BastionChat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPostalgicBastionChat
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.418.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrad RootFrederic Ayala Heinrich

In-app purchases

None

Postalgic

No in-app purchases

None

BastionChat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Postalgic free?
Postalgic costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BastionChat free?
BastionChat costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Postalgic or BastionChat have ads?
Neither Postalgic nor BastionChat shows ads.

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