Comparison

W/Y expert vs OpenResponses

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

Head to head
About

W/Y expert

Features
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Direct API Access, Total Control: W/Y expert gives you complete control over LLM interactions by letting you configure API calls directly through JSON. Perfect for developers, AI engineers, and enthusiasts who want to experiment with every parameter. Key Features: Universal LLM support - works with OpenAI, Anthropic, and any current or future provider Direct JSON configuration for API requests Full access to all parameters: temperature, top_p, tokens, penalties, system prompts, and more Privacy First: Your personal data is NOT collected. You only need your own API key from your chosen AI provider. Configure everything from system roles to sampling parameters.

About

OpenResponses

This native client provides advanced control and observability for AI models. It allows users to stream responses in real-time, inspect requests, and utilize various OpenAI models with a fast interface. Features include web search, code interpretation, and image generation.

Highlights
  • Real-time response streaming
  • Request inspector for API details
  • Prompt library and advanced model controls
  • Web search and code interpreter tools
  • Image generation capabilities
  • Direct Notion and Apple system tool integration
Features
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OpenResponses is OpenAI's API on your iPhone and iPad, with nothing hidden. Bring your own API key and it shows you the request before it goes out, the events as they stream back, and every tool call along the way. It's for people who build with OpenAI's models, or who just want to see what the newest ones actually do before writing any code. It started as the successor to OpenAssistant, my app for OpenAI's older Assistants API, and talks straight to OpenAI's Responses API with no server of mine in between. PICK A MODEL AND SEE WHAT IT DOES • GPT-6.1 Sol, GPT-6 Sol, Astra and Luna, the GPT-5.6 family, and older models your key can still use. When OpenAI releases a new one, it shows up in the menu on its own, with its settings read from OpenAI's docs. • Reasoning from None to Max where the model takes it, Pro mode, verbosity, context compaction and the rest of the request settings, all in one place. • Replies stream in as they're written, with the reasoning summaries the API sends, token use, and the full request and response a tap away. • Save setups as presets, attach photos and documents, export conversations, and search your chats by what they're about, not just the exact words. THE TOOLS THE API HAS • Web search with sources, Code Interpreter, file search over your own vector stores, and image generation and editing with GPT Image 2.5, up to Max quality. • Voice conversations with GPT Realtime 2.1 or GPT-Live 1, with mute, and with headphones and Voice Barge-In on you can talk over it to cut it off. • A browser the model can drive, inside the app, with Stop, time limits and action limits. • MCP connections. Sign in to supported apps or add a server by address, look through the tools it offers, and approve tool calls unless you turn that off. • Calendar, Reminders, Contacts and Notion, only when you turn them on. • Local Python. The model writes it, you read it, you tap Run, and it runs on your phone. Standard library, no internet, 30 seconds a run. API WORKBENCH For when you'd rather write the request yourself. Edit the raw JSON, send it over HTTP, streaming or WebSocket, watch every event come back, and export the whole response. It also counts tokens, compacts context, and manages conversations, files, vector stores, containers and batch jobs. Anything that deletes asks first. A few things worth knowing before you download it: • There's no OpenResponses account. You need your own OpenAI API key, and what you use is billed to your OpenAI account. • Your key stays in the iOS Keychain and only ever goes to OpenAI. • Explore Demo lets you look around without a key, and it sends nothing. • Before your first live request, the app shows what gets sent to OpenAI and waits for you to say yes. • It runs on iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or later. One last thing. This shows you what OpenAI's models do, and they can be wrong, sometimes confidently. Check anything that matters before you act on it.

Screenshots

W/Y expert3 screens
OpenResponses4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: OpenResponses at Free against W/Y expert's $0.99. W/Y expert's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

OpenResponses is free to download; W/Y expert costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

W/Y expert ships an update fortnightly, OpenResponses every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
W/Y expert versus OpenResponses: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterW/Y expertOpenResponses
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB21 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGionata BrunelGunnar Hostetler

In-app purchases

None

W/Y expert

No in-app purchases

None

OpenResponses

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is W/Y expert free?
W/Y expert costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenResponses free?
OpenResponses is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do W/Y expert or OpenResponses have ads?
Neither W/Y expert nor OpenResponses shows ads.
Which is updated more often, W/Y expert or OpenResponses?
W/Y expert ships an update fortnightly, and OpenResponses every 5 weeks. Most recently, W/Y expert was updated on September 23, 2026 and OpenResponses on October 12, 2026.

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