Comparison

Conduit vs pi pulse

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

Head to head
About

Conduit

This app provides a native mobile interface for interacting with self-hosted AI models and services. Connect to Open WebUI, direct model endpoints, or self-hosted agents for private chat experiences. It supports various input methods and rich content rendering.

Highlights
  • Connect to Open WebUI, direct model endpoints, and agents
  • Real-time streaming chat with model selection
  • File, image, audio, and clipboard uploads
  • Voice input and voice-call mode
  • Rich rendering for Markdown, code, and LaTeX
  • Secure credential storage
Features
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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.

About

pi pulse

Monitor and message your Pi agents remotely with this mobile companion app. View live agent status, engage in detailed chats, and send/reply to messages directly from your device. Securely connect via QR code or remote access.

Highlights
  • Live agent status list
  • Detailed chat view
  • Send and reply to messages
  • Quick Connect via QR code
  • Secure remote access
Features
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pi pulse lets you monitor and message your Pi agents on the go. - Live agent status list with clear activity chips - Detailed per-agent chat view with rich rendered output - Send and reply to messages directly from iPhone/iPad - Quick Connect via QR code (base URL, token, TLS pin) - Secure remote access over LAN/tailscale with bearer auth + certificate pinning Designed as the iOS companion for the pi-statusbar ecosystem, pi pulse keeps your agent fleet visible and controllable wherever you are.

Screenshots

Conduit4 screens
pi pulse2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: pi pulse at Free against Conduit's $3.99. pi pulse also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). Conduit's advantage is ratings volume (94 vs 1) and chart position (#8 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

pi pulse is free to download; Conduit costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

pi pulse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Conduit has 94 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Conduit versus pi pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConduitpi pulse
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (94 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings94 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#8 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTunap PaulJademind GmbH

In-app purchases

None

Conduit

No in-app purchases

None

pi pulse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Conduit free?
Conduit costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is pi pulse free?
pi pulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Conduit or pi pulse?
pi pulse is rated higher. Conduit averages 4.2 out of 5 from 94 ratings, while pi pulse averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Conduit or pi pulse have ads?
Neither Conduit nor pi pulse shows ads.

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