Comparison

Pocket Council vs 123Filtering

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Council

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PocketCouncil puts a private boardroom of AIs on your phone. Pick up to three on‑device models (including GGUF models you download from Hugging Face Hub), watch them debate your question, see their peer rankings, and get a single chaired answer—without sending your conversation to the cloud. What you can do: • Browse and download GGUF models from Hugging Face Hub (optional token for gated/licensed models you have access to). • Download compact models (Qwen 0.6B/1.7B/4B, Gemma 3 1B/4B, Phi-3 Mini) and run them locally. • Start a new conversation, choose your council members and chair, and kick off a three-stage debate: responses, peer rankings, then a synthesized final reply. • View each persona’s “thinking” and the aggregate ranking before the chair answers. • Works offline once models are downloaded; history stays on-device via local storage. • No accounts or analytics; terms and privacy live in-app. Designed for privacy-first brainstorming, writing help, and on-the-go use when you don’t have a signal. PocketCouncil is a single-turn experience—one prompt per chat—built for clarity and speed on modern devices.

About

123Filtering

Features
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123Filtering is a DNS-based internet security service that helps protect your devices from unwanted content and online threats. It filters what reaches your device so you can enjoy a cleaner, safer and more focused internet experience. Whether you are protecting your family, your business or yourself, 123Filtering works quietly in the background to block harmful content and let through what matters most. Key features • Content filtering: block unwanted and harmful domains (e.g. explicit content, malware, phishing). • Device-wide protection: filtering applies across all apps and browsers, not just inside a single browser. • DNS-level security: block unwanted domains before they load, for a faster and more consistent experience. • Simple setup: quick configuration, then 123Filtering runs automatically in the background. • Light and efficient: DNS-based protection designed to have minimal impact on performance and battery. How 123Filtering works When your device looks up a website (a DNS query), 123Filtering checks whether that domain is allowed. Blocked domains are stopped before a connection is made, which helps keep apps and browsers aligned with your preferences. 123Filtering focuses on DNS-level decisions and does not inspect the full content of your web pages, messages or files. It controls which domains can be reached, helping create a more focused, distraction-free and safer environment. Use of VPN / Network Extension (required disclosure) 123Filtering uses Apple’s Network Extension capabilities to provide system-wide DNS filtering and protection on iOS: • 123Filtering can create an on-device “VPN-like” configuration (such as a DNS Proxy or DNS Settings configuration) so it can securely handle DNS queries from all apps and browsers. • Only DNS queries are processed for filtering and policy enforcement. The rest of your internet traffic (the actual content of websites, videos, messages, etc.) continues to use your normal network connection unless your configuration explicitly routes traffic through a tunnel. • 123Filtering is not a general-purpose VPN. It does not aim to change your IP address, hide your location, bypass geo-restrictions or provide anonymous browsing. • These permissions are required so 123Filtering can apply DNS-based filtering consistently across the entire device, rather than only inside a single app. • DNS requests handled by 123Filtering can be encrypted between your device and our filtering service (where supported by your selected configuration), in line with Apple platform requirements. In short, 123Filtering uses Network Extension only as a technical mechanism to enable DNS filtering and device-wide internet protection. Learn more at 123filtering.com

Screenshots

Pocket Council4 screens
123Filtering3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pocket Council at 15.1 against 123Filtering's 17.0. On price, 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

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Pocket Council versus 123Filtering: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Council123Filtering
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB8 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTing-Chun Matthew ManKonibit

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Council

No in-app purchases

None

123Filtering

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Council free?
Pocket Council is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 123Filtering free?
123Filtering is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pocket Council or 123Filtering have ads?
Neither Pocket Council nor 123Filtering shows ads.

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