Comparison

MLC Chat vs SiteBinder Pro

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

Head to head
About

MLC Chat

Engage in conversations with open language models directly on your iPad or iPhone. Once a model is downloaded, all interactions occur locally, ensuring privacy and offline functionality without internet access. This app is designed for non-commercial use, allowing you to run various open-source language models on your device.

Highlights
  • Local AI model chat
  • Offline functionality
  • No internet required
  • Privacy-focused
  • Open-source project integration
  • Downloadable language models
Features
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MLC Chat lets users chat with open language models locally on ipads and iphones. After a model is downloaded to the app, everything runs locally without server support, and it works without internet connections do not record any information. Because the models run locally, it only works for the devices with sufficient VRAM depending on the models being used. MLC Chat is part of open source project MLC LLM, with allows any language model to be deployed natively on a diverse set of hardware backends and native applications. MLC Chat is a runtime that runs different open model architectures on your phone. The app is intended for non-commercial purposes. It allows you to run open-language models downloaded from the internet. Each model can be subject to its respective licenses.

About

SiteBinder Pro

Organize job details, photos, receipts, and notes into a single, clean file. AI assistance helps identify missing information and suggests customer updates or invoice ideas. Ideal for field service professionals and small businesses.

Highlights
  • Organize job details, photos, and receipts
  • Create single, clean job files
  • AI identifies missing information
  • AI assists with customer updates and invoices
  • Schedule work and add notes
  • Supports various field service trades
Features
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SiteBinder keeps every job simple. Start a job, pick the closest trade, add photos or videos, save receipts and files, write quick notes, schedule work, and keep everything in one clean job file. SiteBinder AI helps you see what is missing so you do not have to think too hard in the field. It can check a job file, point out the next easy move, and paid AI can help prepare customer updates, invoice ideas, and office handoffs. Paid SiteBinder AI is available inside the app through Apple In-App Purchase subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.centralsummitsystems.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.centralsummitsystems.com/privacy Use SiteBinder for contractors, property teams, hotel engineering teams, cleaning and turnover crews, care visits, catering, event setup, and small businesses that need photos, receipts, notes, and job details in one place.

Screenshots

MLC Chat2 screens
SiteBinder Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SiteBinder Pro at 5.0 against MLC Chat's 4.2. SiteBinder Pro also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). MLC Chat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (78 vs 1). On price, ads 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. SiteBinder Pro sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. MLC Chat asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SiteBinder Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MLC Chat has 78 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MLC Chat ships an update every 2 months, SiteBinder Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MLC Chat versus SiteBinder Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMLC ChatSiteBinder Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (78 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings78 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.7 GB50 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTianqi ChenCentral Summit Systems LLC

Customer experience

MLC Chat

All ratings78 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive68.3%
Neutral12.7%
Negative19.0%

SiteBinder Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

MLC Chat

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Phi model crashes on iOS 26.0.1 17 Pro Max
  • App crashes on iPad Pro 4th Gen, iPadOs 17.7
  • RedPajama model crashes app on initialization
  • Update is extremely slow
  • Download model button disabled in new version
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  • RedPajama model crashes, custom model download removed
  • App closes when hitting send on iPhone 13
  • Conversation resets when app is backgrounded
  • Vicuna and Mistral 7B models cause crashes
  • Some 7b q4f16/q4f32 models crash on iPhone 15 Pro
  • App crashes on iPhone 13 mini
  • Cannot load other models from URL
  • Crash on iPhone 12
  • Severe heating and frequency reduction on A15
  • Low VRAM failed initialization on 3GB LP DDR4X phone
  • Cannot run 4bit model on iPhone 15 with 8GB RAM
  • Loading models from HF MLC official Repo causes crashes

Requested features

14 requests
  • Ability to import custom models (from URL/Hugging Face)
  • Support for more specific models (DeepSeek, Phi-2, Gemma 2B/7B, MoE Mixtral 8x7B, LLaVA)
  • History of conversations
  • iOS shortcuts support
  • Ability to export entire responses
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  • Information on VRAM requirements per phone/model
  • Ability to change system message/create custom profiles
  • Ability to edit responses and system prompt
  • Add coffee support
  • Delete downloaded models
  • Change settings per model (repetition penalties, temperature)
  • How-to guide for importing/recompiling LLMs
  • Estimate model compatibility before download
  • Support for CN and ZH languages

SiteBinder Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MLC Chat

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

SiteBinder Pro

Subscriptions4
  • SiteBinder Solo Monthly$9.991 Month
  • SiteBinder Crew Monthly$49.991 Month
  • SiteBinder Growth Monthly$129.991 Month
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  • SiteBinder Company Monthly$299.991 Month

Questions

Is MLC Chat free?
MLC Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SiteBinder Pro free?
SiteBinder Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MLC Chat or SiteBinder Pro?
SiteBinder Pro is rated higher. MLC Chat averages 4.2 out of 5 from 78 ratings, while SiteBinder Pro averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MLC Chat or SiteBinder Pro have ads?
Neither MLC Chat nor SiteBinder Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MLC Chat or SiteBinder Pro?
MLC Chat ships an update every 2 months, and SiteBinder Pro fortnightly. Most recently, MLC Chat was updated on October 14, 2026 and SiteBinder Pro on October 8, 2026.

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