Comparison

Bear vs WristChatUI

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

Head to head
About

Bear

Enhance your typing with an AI-powered keyboard that integrates web search, synonyms, and text refinement tools. Access AI chatbots and use saved templates without leaving your current app.

Highlights
  • AI Chat (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity)
  • Auto Synonyms
  • Built-in Browser
  • AI Rewrite
  • Templates
Features
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The ultimate AI-powered keyboard designed to supercharge your typing. Access web search, synonyms, rewrites, and templates instantly—no app-switching required. • Stuck on a word? Smart synonyms appear as you type. • Polishing an email? Ask AI to refine it in one tap. • Fact‑check an Instagram comment? Instantly look it up with the built-in browser. 【Features】 1. AI Chat Talk to ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity without leaving the keyboard. 2. Auto Synonyms Live suggestions turn “love” into “passion,” “adore,” “cherish,” and more. 3. Built‑in Browser Perform web searches from any app—Instagram, Gmail, Notes, and more—thanks to the integrated keyboard browser. 4. Rewrite Shorten, formalize, expand, or rephrase any sentence with AI. 5. Templates Save and sync your favorite phrases; insert them with one tap.

About

WristChatUI

Features
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WristChatUI is a private, bring‑your‑own‑key AI chat client for iPhone and Apple Watch. It speaks the standard chat API format used by most major model providers, so you can point it at any compatible service you already use and keep your keys, prompts, and conversations on your devices and iCloud. A real Apple Watch app, not a notification mirror. Read, continue, and start conversations from your wrist with a native watch composer and dictation. Endpoints, API keys, and chat history sync from iPhone to a paired watch over WatchConnectivity, so the moment you add an endpoint on the phone it is ready to use on the watch. Multi‑provider, fully configurable. Configure as many endpoints as you want. Per endpoint: model, system prompt, temperature, max tokens, and custom HTTP headers. Switch the active endpoint with one tap. Power users can keep a fast model and a creative model on hand at the same time. Widgets and complications. A "New Chat" complication is available on every supported watch face family (rectangular, circular, inline, corner) and as a Smart Stack tile. One tap starts a fresh conversation. Siri and Shortcuts. "Hey Siri, start a new chat in WristChatUI" opens the watch app on a new conversation. The "Start new chat" action is also available in the Shortcuts app on iPhone and Watch, ready to drop into your own automations. iCloud backup. Export your conversations as JSON to your private iCloud Drive container for safekeeping or migration between devices. Privacy by design. - No Wrist Assistant account, no usage meter, no markup on tokens. - API keys live in the iOS Keychain on your devices. - Conversations live in a SwiftData store on your devices. - No analytics, no telemetry, no third‑party SDKs. - The only network calls the app makes are the ones you configure to the endpoints you choose. Requirements. - iPhone: iOS 26.0 or later. - Apple Watch: watchOS 11.0 or later. - An API key for at least one compatible chat API provider.

Screenshots

Bear4 screens
WristChatUI3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bear at Free against WristChatUI's $0.99. Bear also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). WristChatUI's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

Bear is free to download; WristChatUI costs $0.99 up front. Bear sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WristChatUI asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bear versus WristChatUI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBearWristChatUI
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.3 (50 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings50 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerkimihiro kubota天海 朱

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bear

One-time1
  • Direct WebSearch from Keybaord$19.99
None

WristChatUI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bear free?
Bear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WristChatUI free?
WristChatUI costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bear or WristChatUI have ads?
Neither Bear nor WristChatUI shows ads.

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