Liquid Apollo vs Cloudless
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.
Cloudless
This app offers private voice dictation with 100% on-device AI. It transcribes speech in real-time, automatically cleans up text with smart punctuation and formatting, and ensures your voice never leaves your phone. It works across all your favorite apps and supports over 25 languages.
- 100% on-device AI
- Real-time voice transcription
- Smart text cleanup (punctuation, formatting)
- Privacy-focused, no data sent
- Full-featured keyboard
- 25+ languages supported
- Transcript history
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Cloudless is the private alternative to paid voice dictation apps. 100% on-device AI — no subscription, no cloud, no one listening. Paying monthly just to dictate? Cloudless does everything the expensive apps do, without sending your voice to a server or charging you a cent. VOICE TRANSCRIPTION Tap the microphone and speak. Cloudless transcribes in real time using a local AI model that runs entirely on your device — no internet required. SMART CLEANUP Basic dictation just transcribes. Cloudless makes it ready to send. Our on-device AI automatically polishes every transcript: removes filler words (um, uh), fixes punctuation, formats numbers, emails, times, and lists. Fully customizable. PRIVACY FIRST All processing happens on your device. No audio is recorded, stored, or sent anywhere. Your voice never leaves your phone. FULL-FEATURED KEYBOARD • AZERTY & QWERTY layouts • Emoji keyboard with recent emojis • Hold space bar to move cursor • One-hand mode • Accent support with long press 25+ LANGUAGES Dictate in your language. More added on request. TRANSCRIPT HISTORY View and manage all your past transcripts in one place. WORKS EVERYWHERE Use Cloudless in any app — Messages, Notes, Mail, WhatsApp, and more. Switch to Cloudless and start typing or dictating instantly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cloudless at 5.0 against Liquid Apollo's 4.5. Cloudless also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%). Liquid Apollo's advantage is ratings volume (653 vs 2) 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.
Cloudless 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Liquid Apollo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cloudless's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Liquid Apollo | Cloudless |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (653 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 653 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Liquid AI, Inc. | Synth Exploration |
Customer experience
Liquid Apollo
Cloudless
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
Cloudless
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Liquid Apollo
No in-app purchases
Cloudless
No in-app purchases
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