Asteron vs Conduit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Asteron
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Welcome Asteron Bullion, the ultimate app for keeping you informed about the latest precious metal rates! Whether you're an experienced investor or simply curious about bullion prices, Asteron Bullion is your trusted companion.
Conduit
This app allows you to connect to your self-hosted AI models via Open WebUI. It offers real-time streaming chat, multimodal prompts, and rich rendering of various content types. Built for privacy and security, it requires your own Open WebUI server.
- Real-time streaming chat
- Model selection
- Multimodal prompts (file, image, audio upload)
- Voice input and call mode
- Rich Markdown and code rendering
- Secure sign-in options
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Conduit is a native mobile client for Open WebUI, direct model endpoints, and self-hosted agents. Your chats live on your device first. Nothing routes through a backend the maintainer operates. Three ways to connect - Open WebUI — your self-hosted server with chats, folders, notes, channels, workspace, tools, web search, and image generation - Direct — OpenAI-compatible APIs, Ollama, OpenRouter, and local endpoints. No Open WebUI account required - Hermes — your self-hosted agent with live tools, approvals for sensitive steps, and scheduled work Built for mobile - Real-time streaming chat with model selection, temporary chats, search, and folders - File, image, audio, and clipboard uploads for multimodal prompts - Voice input, voice-call mode, share sheet, quick actions, home screen widgets, and Shortcuts - Rich rendering for Markdown, code, LaTeX, Mermaid, Chart.js, citations, reasoning, and tool calls - Notes, saved prompts, channels, terminal, and other features when your server supports them Built for real deployments - Sign in with username/password, LDAP, JWT, OAuth/SSO, reverse-proxy flows, and custom HTTP headers - Credentials stored securely in Keychain - No ads, no analytics SDKs, and no developer-operated relay server Important - Conduit does not host models or provide an AI service. You connect to servers and providers you control. - Available features depend on what you connect to. - Conduit is open source and is not officially affiliated with Open WebUI or Hermes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Asteron at Free against Conduit's $3.99. Asteron also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Conduit's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and chart position (#22 vs unranked). On 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
Asteron is free to download; Conduit costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Asteron ships an update every 3 weeks, Conduit every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Asteron | Conduit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.2 (92 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 69.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 92 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #22 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aurify | Tunap Paul |
In-app purchases
Asteron
No in-app purchases
Conduit
No in-app purchases
