Comparison

ChatRoot vs MextAI

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

Head to head
About

ChatRoot

Enhance your workflow with this productivity tool. It offers custom API key and domain support, along with a built-in prompt tuning feature for multiple modes and parameters. Boost your efficiency with advanced customization options.

Highlights
  • Custom API key support
  • Custom domain support
  • Built-in prompt tuning tool
  • Multiple tuning modes (System, User, Assistant)
  • Tuning parameter adjustment
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This application supports custom API keys and domains. Boost your productivity! Comes with a built-in prompt tuning tool - supporting multiple tuning modes such as System, User, Assistant. It also supports tuning parameters (random values, topic values, repetitiveness).

About

MextAI

Features
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MextAI is a native AI workspace for iPhone, iPad, and macOS that brings LLMs, role presets, web search, MCP, and Skills together in one powerful app. Connect the AI models you already use, create custom AI roles, give your assistant access to tools through MCP, extend its capabilities with Skills, and build your own personal AI workspace. • Connect the Models You Want MextAI supports AI services compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini API formats. Configure your own model providers, API endpoints, models, and request settings, and use different AI models from one unified workspace. • Custom AI Roles Create custom role presets for different tasks and workflows. Define your own system prompts, models, and behavior to build specialized AI assistants for programming, writing, translation, research, productivity, or any other use case. • Web Search Give your AI access to up-to-date information from the web. Use web search when you need current information, online resources, or webpage content, and let your AI work with information beyond its built-in knowledge. • MCP: Connect AI to Tools MextAI provides deep support for Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing your AI to connect to tools and external capabilities instead of being limited to conversation. Built-in MCP servers include: • File system operations • Web fetching • Health data • Calendar and Reminders • Contacts and Mail • Location and Maps • Home and smart home devices • Time and regional information • Memory You can also connect your own MCP servers with support for: • Streamable HTTP • SSE • Custom request headers Build your own tool ecosystem and let MextAI connect your AI to the capabilities you need. • Skills: Extend What Your AI Can Do Skills give your AI reusable capabilities and workflows. MextAI includes built-in Skills such as skill creation and frontend design, and supports importing Skills from ZIP files or GitHub. Create your own Skills library and give your AI specialized workflows for different tasks. • Built for Apple Devices MextAI goes beyond a traditional AI chat app. With MCP and the appropriate system permissions, your AI can interact with Apple device capabilities such as health data, calendars, reminders, contacts, mail, location, maps, and smart home devices. Turn your AI from a chatbot into an assistant that can actually work with your digital environment. • Local-First & Privacy Focused Your conversations, role presets, Skills, MCP configurations, and other app data are stored locally on your device by default. MextAI does not require your app data to be centrally stored on a third-party server. You choose which AI and MCP services you connect to. Features that access device data rely on Apple's system permissions and your authorization. MextAI is more than an AI chat client. Connect models, roles, web search, MCP, and Skills in one AI workspace. Build your own AI environment and make AI work the way you want. ------ ------ ------ Subscription Information • "MextAI – AI Workspace" operates on a subscription-based payment model. • Becoming a subscriber grants you unlimited access to the app and unlocks all premium features. • Payment will be charged directly to your iTunes account upon purchase confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically following the initial purchase or trial period; your iTunes account will be charged within 24 hours prior to the expiration date, extending the subscription by one additional cycle upon successful payment. You can manage or modify your auto-renewal settings in your account settings; to cancel the renewal, please do so at least 24 hours before the current billing period ends. Privacy Policy: https://huayilabs.com/mext/privacy-policy.html?lang=en Terms of Use: https://huayilabs.com/mext/terms-of-use.html?lang=en Contact Us: wwwanghua@outlook.com

Screenshots

ChatRoot4 screens
MextAI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ChatRoot at none against MextAI's 3. ChatRoot also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MextAI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ChatRoot asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ChatRoot versus MextAI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChatRootMextAI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB8 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperHangzhou HeiChe Technology Co., LtdHuayi Yunlian (hangzhou) Network Technology Co., Ltd

In-app purchases

None

ChatRoot

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

MextAI

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$1.991 Month
  • Annual Plan$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership$29.99

Questions

Is ChatRoot free?
ChatRoot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MextAI free?
MextAI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChatRoot or MextAI have ads?
Neither ChatRoot nor MextAI shows ads.

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