Liquid Apollo vs OpenWebUI
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, from local on-device options to those available through external APIs. This app allows you to connect to open-source and privately hosted LLMs, offering a customizable client for diverse AI interactions.
- Local AI model support
- OpenRouter API integration
- Custom backend LLM connection
- Private on-device LLM execution
- Access to diverse open-source models
- Connect to privately 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.
OpenWebUI
This client app connects to your self-hosted AI server, offering a native mobile experience for chatting with AI models. It supports real-time responses, image generation, voice input, and secure data handling, keeping your information on your server.
- Real-time AI model chat
- Image generation
- Voice mode for input/output
- Notes and knowledge base (RAG)
- Chat actions (pin, archive, share)
- Customizable themes
- File and photo attachments
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OpenWebUI Client is a native app for your own Open WebUI server — chat with your AI models with the fluidity of a real app, keeping everything on your server and under your control. FEATURES • Chat with your models, with real-time (streaming) responses • Multiple providers and models configured in your Open WebUI • Image generation • Notes and knowledge base (RAG) • Voice mode: speak and hear the responses • Chat actions: pin, archive, rename, clone, share, and export • Themes and customization • Attachments: send photos and files • 34 app languages, auto-detected from your device PRIVACY The app talks only to the Open WebUI server you specify. Nothing goes through third parties — your data stays on your server. REQUIREMENTS You need access to an Open WebUI server. On first launch, enter the server address and sign in with your account. This is an independent client, not affiliated with the Open WebUI project.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Liquid Apollo at Free against OpenWebUI's $2.99. Liquid Apollo also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.2) and review sentiment (68% vs 40%). OpenWebUI's advantage is chart position (#77 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Liquid Apollo is free to download; OpenWebUI costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Liquid Apollo holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Liquid Apollo has 681 ratings behind it against 6, 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 40% of OpenWebUI's.
Liquid Apollo ships an update every 8 days, OpenWebUI every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Liquid Apollo | OpenWebUI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (681 ratings) — better | 3.2 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.8% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 681 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #77 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Liquid AI, Inc. | Joao Victor Zao |
Customer experience
Liquid Apollo
OpenWebUI
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
OpenWebUI
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Liquid Apollo
No in-app purchases
OpenWebUI
No in-app purchases
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