Liquid Apollo vs JRDrive Rclone File Manager
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.
JRDrive Rclone File Manager
Manage files across multiple cloud storage services with this Rclone-based file manager. It offers efficient streaming for various media types and supports numerous remote configurations, with more cloud services planned.
- Rclone-based file management
- Multiple remote storage support
- Efficient streaming access
- Audio/video/image/document streaming
- Cloud storage integration
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Rclone based file manager which supports access for multiple remote types and (soon to be added) cloud storage remotes. Supports efficient streaming access for audio/video/image/documents and support for selected rclone remote types (more coming soon)!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: JRDrive Rclone File Manager at 5.0 against Liquid Apollo's 4.5. JRDrive Rclone File Manager also leads on device support (5 vs 3) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Liquid Apollo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (653 vs 1). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. JRDrive Rclone File Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Liquid Apollo asks for nothing beyond the download.
JRDrive Rclone File Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Liquid Apollo has 653 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Liquid Apollo ships an update every 10 days, JRDrive Rclone File Manager every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Liquid Apollo | JRDrive Rclone File Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (653 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 653 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 187 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Liquid AI, Inc. | Jay Pathak |
Customer experience
Liquid Apollo
JRDrive Rclone File Manager
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
JRDrive Rclone File Manager
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Liquid Apollo
No in-app purchases
JRDrive Rclone File Manager
- JRDrive Premium$9.99
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