Liquid Apollo vs Swarm Sync
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, both locally on your device and through cloud APIs. This app allows you to chat with open-source models, connect to your own hosted LLMs, or utilize services like OpenRouter for broad model access.
- Local LLM support
- OpenRouter integration
- Custom backend connections
- Private AI chat
- Access to open-source models
- Connect to hosted LLMs
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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.
Swarm Sync
Control your smart lava lamp remotely. Adjust lighting effects in real-time and sync them with live broadcasts for an immersive experience.
- Remote device control
- Real-time lighting adjustments
- Stream sync feature
- Control Neuro-sama Lava Lamp
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Swarm Sync is a mobile app that allows users to control Neuro-sama smart devices, such as the Neuro-sama Lava Lamp, from anywhere. The app provides real-time control of lighting and includes a stream sync feature that synchronizes lighting effects with live broadcasts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Swarm Sync at 5.0 against Liquid Apollo's 4.5. Swarm Sync also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Liquid Apollo's advantage is ratings volume (645 vs 17) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Swarm Sync holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Liquid Apollo has 645 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Liquid Apollo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Swarm Sync's.
Liquid Apollo ships an update every 10 days, Swarm Sync weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Liquid Apollo | Swarm Sync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (645 ratings) | 5.0 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 645 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Liquid AI, Inc. | Imprint Creations Inc |
Customer experience
Liquid Apollo
Swarm Sync
User reviews
Liquid Apollo
From 645 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great app
- 🚀 Works well with OpenRouter
- 🚀 Excellent for running local models
- 🚀 Convenient one-time purchase
- 🚀 Clean and intuitive UI
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 Glitches when editing messages
- 🐛 Inconsistent message formatting
- 🐛 Slow performance with larger conversations
- 🔒 Unable to disable app transport security
Swarm Sync
From 17 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🐢 Searching for lamp…
- 🐢 Bound to find it eventually...
- 😤 Absolute cinema
- 🧠 Neurons
- 🤖 Skynet can't be this cute!
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
Swarm Sync
Requested features
1 request- VedFlipExplode
In-app purchases
Liquid Apollo
No in-app purchases
Swarm Sync
No in-app purchases
