NextChat AI vs ForgeGo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NextChat AI
This open-source platform offers a transparent AI chat experience. Users bring their own API keys, ensuring full control and paying only for their usage.
- Open-source platform
- User-provided API keys
- Transparent AI chat
- Pay-per-use model
- Complete user control
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NextChat is the transparent open-source AI chat platform where you bring your own API keys, maintain complete control, and only pay for what you use by your own ai api key。
ForgeGo
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ForgeGo is a focused mobile client for self-hosted Forgejo servers. Connect one or more Forgejo accounts and keep repositories, issues, pull requests, reviews, and notifications within reach. Features: • Browse repositories, branches, files, commits, and activity • Create, update, search, and manage issues • Review pull requests, inspect changes, and merge with supported methods • Follow notifications across your accounts • Open Forgejo links directly in the app • Store access tokens securely in the system keychain • Work without ads or a third-party push-notification backend ForgeGo requires Forgejo 16.0 or newer. Some multi-account and background-notification features require ForgeGo Pro. Terms of Use (EULA): https://forgego.dev/terms ForgeGo Pro subscriptions and the ForgeGo Pro lifetime unlock require separate in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ForgeGo at weekly against NextChat AI's fortnightly. ForgeGo also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.3). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. NextChat AI sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and ForgeGo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NextChat AI ships an update fortnightly, ForgeGo weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NextChat AI | ForgeGo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.3 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | GPTsMotion Tech LLC | devXY GmbH |
In-app purchases
NextChat AI
- 轻度使用套餐$25.99
- 家庭套餐$199.99
ForgeGo
- ForgeGo Pro Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- ForgeGo Pro Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year
- ForgeGo Pro Lifetime$39.99
