Comparison

Open MobileUI vs Dexter Planner

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

Head to head
About

Open MobileUI

This native mobile client allows you to connect to your self-hosted AI models via Open WebUI. Chat with your AI, manage conversations, and utilize features like web search and image generation, all while maintaining control over your data with no ads.

Highlights
  • Connect to self-hosted AI models
  • Real-time streaming responses
  • Edit and regenerate AI responses
  • Attach photos, files, and web pages
  • Voice mode for hands-free interaction
  • Organize chats with folders and archives
  • Export and share conversations
Features
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Open MobileUI is an open-source, native iPhone client for Open WebUI. Connect to your self-hosted server and chat with your AI models on the go: local Ollama models, OpenAI-compatible APIs, or any LLM your Open WebUI admin has set up. Your server, your data. The app connects directly to the Open WebUI server you choose. We do not run any backend that receives, stores or processes your chats, and there are no ads. CONNECT THE WAY YOU HOST • Home lab, VPS or company server • Private networks and Tailscale, including plain HTTP addresses for local setups • Custom domains behind a reverse proxy such as Nginx, Caddy or Traefik • Encrypted HTTPS and WSS connections • Sign in with email and password, LDAP, SSO (OpenID Connect), Google, Microsoft or GitHub CHAT • Real-time streaming responses • Edit and regenerate responses • Switch between AI models in one tap • Attach photos, camera shots, files, web pages and knowledge bases • Web search, image generation and code interpreter when your server enables them • Rich rendering: Markdown, code highlighting, math formulas and source citations • Voice mode: talk to your assistant hands-free and hear the answers read aloud • Voice dictation for your messages • Temporary chats that are not saved ORGANIZE • Folders, pinned chats, search and archive • Share chats and export them BUILT FOR IPHONE • Native performance, smooth animations and gestures • Light, dark and system themes • Smart keyboard handling • Graceful handling of network interruptions • Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Romanian PERFECT FOR • Using your self-hosted AI assistant on the go • Privacy-conscious users who want full control over their data • Teams that need mobile access to their company AI assistant REQUIREMENTS Open MobileUI does not host models or provide an AI service. It connects to an Open WebUI server that you or your organization run. Available features depend on your server settings. OPEN SOURCE Open MobileUI is free and open source under the GPL-3.0 license. For support, issues and source code: https://github.com/RonasIT/open-webui-react-native Disclaimer: Open MobileUI is an independent, third-party application. It is not affiliated with the Open WebUI, Ollama or Tailscale projects.

About

Dexter Planner

Features
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Dexter is an opinionated day planner that helps you get more done while avoiding the trap of busyness. It fills the gap between planners that are too simple to be useful and ones too complicated to use every day. Plan each day intentionally, prioritize with a twist on the Eisenhower Matrix, and keep your whole day (tasks, notes, journal, and calendar) in one place. FEATURES: • Prioritization: label tasks important, urgent, both, or neither so your priorities are always clear • Quick Planner: surface tasks that are overdue, due soon, or left behind • Markdown notes and a customizable journal with reflection prompts • Calendars in one place: your device calendars, or .ics feeds on the web • Habit tracker, goals, and milestones • Repeating tasks and native task alarms so nothing slips • Connect to AI: an MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Cursor plan alongside you • Customizable themes, on iPhone, iPad, and the web Dexter is open source under the MIT license: https://github.com/cvburgess/dexter

Screenshots

Open MobileUI4 screens
Dexter Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Open MobileUI at 16.4 against Dexter Planner's 26.1. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Open MobileUI ships an update weekly, Dexter Planner every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Open MobileUI versus Dexter Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpen MobileUIDexter Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRonas IT OUCharles Burgess

In-app purchases

None

Open MobileUI

No in-app purchases

None

Dexter Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Open MobileUI free?
Open MobileUI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dexter Planner free?
Dexter Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Open MobileUI or Dexter Planner have ads?
Neither Open MobileUI nor Dexter Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Open MobileUI or Dexter Planner?
Open MobileUI ships an update weekly, and Dexter Planner every 2 weeks. Most recently, Open MobileUI was updated on October 30, 2026 and Dexter Planner on October 25, 2026.

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