Comparison

Conduit vs PolyMind

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

PolyMind

Features
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PolyMind は、OpenAI・Google Gemini・Anthropic Claude・Ollama(ローカルLLM)、その他OpenAI互換のAPIエンドポイントに対応した、オープンソースのマルチプロバイダーAIチャットクライアントです。 ■ 複数のAIプロバイダーをひとつのアプリで 設定画面からプロバイダーをいつでも切り替え可能。ご自身のAPIキーを使って、お好きなAIモデルと会話できます。 ■ 主な機能 ・カスタムエージェント — 用途別のAIペルソナ(システムプロンプト)を作成・保存し、会話ごとに使い分け可能。文章校正・コードレビュー・翻訳・要約・アイデア出し・やさしい解説の6つがプリインストール済み ・リアルタイムストリーミング応答 ・画像入力(Vision)対応 — 写真を添付してAIに質問できます ・画像生成(OpenAI利用時、/image コマンド) ・Markdownレンダリング・コードのシンタックスハイライト ・チャット履歴のローカル保存・検索・リネーム ・応答の再生成・停止、メッセージの編集・削除 ・ダークモード対応 ・Temperature(応答の多様性)調整 ・利用したいモデルの一覧取得 ■ プライバシー重視の設計 APIキーは端末のセキュアストレージにのみ保存され、チャット内容は選択したAIプロバイダーへ直接送信されます。開発者のサーバーは存在せず、会話内容や利用状況を収集することもありません。広告・トラッキングSDKも一切含まれていません。 ■ 利用にはAPIキーが必要です 本アプリは「Bring Your Own Key」方式です。OpenAI・Google AI Studio・Anthropicなど、お使いになりたいプロバイダーのAPIキーをご自身でご用意ください(Ollamaはローカル環境で無料でご利用いただけます)。API利用料金は各プロバイダーの規定に従います。 ■ オープンソース 本アプリのソースコードは GitHub で公開しています。 https://github.com/softjapan/polymind プライバシーポリシー: https://softjapan.github.io/polymind/privacy.html 利用規約: https://softjapan.github.io/polymind/terms.html

Screenshots

Conduit4 screens
PolyMind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PolyMind at Free against Conduit's $3.99. Conduit's advantage is chart position (#14 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Conduit ships an update weekly, PolyMind every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Conduit versus PolyMind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConduitPolyMind
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (94 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings94 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#14 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB22 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTunap Paulrai rin

In-app purchases

None

Conduit

No in-app purchases

None

PolyMind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Conduit free?
Conduit costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PolyMind free?
PolyMind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Conduit or PolyMind have ads?
Neither Conduit nor PolyMind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Conduit or PolyMind?
Conduit ships an update weekly, and PolyMind every 4 days. Most recently, Conduit was updated on November 8, 2026 and PolyMind on October 31, 2026.

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