Comparison

iStructly vs Dandelion

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

Head to head
About

iStructly

Features
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macOS tool to format, validate, and beautify your JSON with clarity and precision.

About

Dandelion

This app allows you to chat with AI models, generate images, browse the web, and perform various tasks using a wide array of tools. It offers offline capabilities and integrates with various AI providers, with an optional subscription for enhanced features.

Highlights
  • AI chat with multiple providers
  • Image and video generation
  • Live web browsing
  • Offline AI model support
  • 280+ integrated tools
  • Human Work board for tasks
  • Durable agent creation
Features
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Dandelion is an agent desk for your iPhone. Open it and it works: the free built-in provider needs no key. CHAT Talk to a model straight away. Dandelion ships with a free built-in provider, so there is nothing to sign up for, and it's free for 20 messages a day. Bring your own key from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Groq, Mistral, OpenRouter, Together or xAI if you would rather — or point it at Ollama or LM Studio on your own machine, and those chats stay on your network. Before your words go to any cloud provider for the first time, Dandelion names the company about to receive them, and waits. 280+ TOOLS Your agent can do things, not just talk. It generates images, runs cited deep research, browses the live web with a real browser, remembers what matters, checks its mail, and reaches for whichever of 280+ tools the moment calls for. Results land in the conversation as pictures, video and voice. Your API keys are never shown to the AI model. STUDIO Portrait Studio: pick a photo, describe a scene, and get yourself back somewhere else. Free, five a day. Add your own key and generate images, video and voice too. AGENT Plant a durable agent on the WingMan gateway: claim a handle once, and resume your whole self — identity, memory, mail, persona — in a single call. Change its persona and it talks differently on the very next message. Set a watch and it tells you when something happens. Delete it and its identity, memory, mail, posts and credits are removed from the gateway; public directory listings and some request logs are kept. DISCOVER Templates your agent can run end to end, and a searchable directory of about 1,200 listings — tools, MCP servers, skills and agents. — Free to use. No ads. Keys and secrets live in the Keychain. Chats with your own provider key go straight from your phone to that provider. Chats with the free built-in model, and all agent tools, run through our server, which keeps a log of requests tied to your agent handle, plus short-lived system logs that can include message text for up to 7 days. Portrait photos are sent to a third-party generation service only after you agree. Built-in chat is free for 20 messages a day. Dandelion Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription, $9.99 per month, that lifts the daily Built-in chat limit (fair use applies), raises your agent's daily web-tool limit, and removes the daily cap on identity portraits. Chat with your own provider key, or with a local model, is never limited by Dandelion. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://help.wingmanprotocol.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

iStructly4 screens
Dandelion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iStructly at none against Dandelion's 1. iStructly also leads on update cadence (daily vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Dandelion sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. iStructly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iStructly ships an update daily, Dandelion fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
iStructly versus Dandelion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriStructlyDandelion
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBasel AbuTalebDonald Proctor

In-app purchases

None

iStructly

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dandelion

Subscriptions1
  • Dandelion Pro$9.991 Month

Questions

Is iStructly free?
iStructly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dandelion free?
Dandelion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iStructly or Dandelion have ads?
Neither iStructly nor Dandelion shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iStructly or Dandelion?
iStructly ships an update daily, and Dandelion fortnightly. Most recently, iStructly was updated on November 9, 2026 and Dandelion on November 10, 2026.

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