Comparison

Liquid Apollo vs LoAi

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Local LLM support
  • OpenRouter integration
  • Custom backend connections
  • Private AI chat
  • Access to open-source models
  • Connect to hosted LLMs
Features
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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.

About

LoAi

Features
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Generate AI images and chat with AI models that run entirely on your phone — completely offline, with zero data leaving your device. LoAi runs image generation models and language models on-device. No cloud servers, no accounts, no internet connection required. Create images from text Describe anything and watch your phone paint it. Pick a style — photo, anime, painting, 3D or cinematic — and generate as many images as you like. No credits, no subscription, no queue. Turn a sketch into art Draw a few rough lines on the built-in canvas and let the model finish the picture. Your composition is kept, the detail is filled in. Start from a photo Feed in any photo and reimagine it in a new style. Control how far the result strays from the original. Choose your image model Download from a curated set of image models, each with its own character — general, photorealistic, anime, or fastest. Switch anytime. Your own gallery Every image is saved on your device along with the prompt, seed and settings that made it, so you can reuse or refine any result later. Chat with AI, anywhere Have natural conversations with state-of-the-art language models that run entirely on your device, with real-time streaming — even in airplane mode. Analyze images and documents Ask the AI to describe photos or read text in images. Drop in PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets or text files and ask questions about them. Your privacy, guaranteed No sign-up. No tracking. No data collection. Everything stays on your phone. Period. Fine-tune your experience Adjust steps, guidance, resolution and seed for images; temperature, context size and threads for chat. Set custom system prompts. Features at a glance • 100% offline — no internet required • Unlimited AI image generation • Text to image, sketch to image, photo to image • Multiple image and chat models to choose from • Gallery that remembers every setting • Image analysis with vision models • Document analysis (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, TXT) • Full conversation history with search • Import and export chat backups • Import custom models • Adjustable inference settings • Dark theme • Free to use

Screenshots

Liquid Apollo4 screens
LoAi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Liquid Apollo at none against LoAi's 1. Liquid Apollo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months). LoAi's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. LoAi sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Liquid Apollo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Liquid Apollo ships an update every 10 days, LoAi every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Liquid Apollo versus LoAi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiquid ApolloLoAi
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (662 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings662 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB155 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperLiquid AI, Inc.Vweeter Limited

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

LoAi

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Liquid Apollo

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

LoAi

One-time1
  • Go Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Liquid Apollo free?
Liquid Apollo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LoAi free?
LoAi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Liquid Apollo or LoAi have ads?
LoAi shows ads; Liquid Apollo does not.
Which is updated more often, Liquid Apollo or LoAi?
Liquid Apollo ships an update every 10 days, and LoAi every 3 months. Most recently, Liquid Apollo was updated on October 27, 2026 and LoAi on October 29, 2026.

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