Liquid Apollo vs TailChat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Liquid Apollo
Access a wide range of AI language models, including local, open-source, and self-hosted options. This app provides a customizable client to connect with various AI services and run models privately on your device.
- Local AI model support
- Connect to OpenRouter API
- Integrate with custom backends
- Private, on-device LLM execution
- Access to diverse AI models
- Customizable AI client
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Chat with private, local AI models, connect to every open source AI, or your own locally-hosted private LLMs. Apollo is your own customizable client for accessing language models from all around the web. Local model support (powered by LEAP, a Liquid AI product): run smaller LLMs privately and securely on-device. OpenRouter support: bring an OpenRouter API key to chat with every model on the web. Just sign in by creating an account over at OpenRouter and paste it in to Apollo to access nearly every model, from open source models like Meta Llama 3, to closed source models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4. Custom Backend support: want ChatGPT at home? Run an LLM on your computer with tools like LM Studio or Ollama and connect to it with Apollo to host your own private ChatGPT-like mobile app for your family.
TailChat
A secure, server-less instant messaging application that uses mesh networking for direct peer-to-peer communication. It offers end-to-end encryption for private conversations without the need for a central server.
- Server-less architecture
- Direct peer-to-peer messaging
- End-to-end encryption
- WireGuard security
- Mesh network integration
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A server-less secure instant messaging chat app based on the Tailscale or Cylonix mesh network. No server to sign into and all messages are sent directly to the peer. End to end encryption with WireGuard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TailChat at 5.0 against Liquid Apollo's 4.5. TailChat also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Liquid Apollo's advantage is ratings volume (680 vs 1). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TailChat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Liquid Apollo has 680 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Liquid Apollo | TailChat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (680 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 680 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Liquid AI, Inc. | EZBLOCK INC |
Bugs and requests
Liquid Apollo
Reported bugs
6 issues- Unable to download Liquid Models
- Deleted locally installed models
- OpenRouter support crashes the app
- Voice list doesn't load all available voices
- Backspace lag leading to unintended text deletion
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- Inconsistent behavior when using code blocks
Requested features
10 requests- Add support for more open-source models (e.g. Gemma 3)
- Implement image generation and upload functionality
- Allow scheduling of asynchronous tasks
- Integrate with Hugging Face model repository
- Provide built-in prompt library
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- Add MCP (Multimodal Conversation Protocol) support
- Enable direct OpenAI API integration
- Improve voice chat functionality
- Add option to delete all chat history
- Implement search and filtering for chat history
TailChat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Liquid Apollo
No in-app purchases
TailChat
No in-app purchases
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