Comparison

Open Relay vs pclip

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

Head to head
About

Open Relay

This app provides a native iOS and iPadOS client for Open WebUI, allowing users to chat with AI models on their server. It features real-time markdown rendering, voice calls with AI, and an admin console for server management.

Highlights
  • Native iOS & iPadOS client
  • Streaming chat with rich markdown
  • Voice calls with AI
  • Admin console for server settings
  • Terminal integration with file browser
  • On-device voice processing
  • Prompt library and skills integration
Features
Currently charting
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Your AI. Your server. Your pocket. Open Relay is a fully native iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch app for Open WebUI. Chat with any model on your own server in a fast, polished app built on Apple's frameworks, including Liquid Glass on iOS 26. — STREAMING CHAT, BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED — Responses stream in live with full markdown: syntax-highlighted code, tables, math, Mermaid diagrams, SVGs, live charts, and interactive Rich UI embeds from your tools. Run Python code blocks with a tap. Continue, fork, rate, or listen to any reply. — VOICE CALLS & DICTATION — Call your AI like you'd call a friend. CallKit makes it feel like a real phone call, with an animated orb that reacts as you talk. Dictate hands-free with a live timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. — PRIVATE, ON-DEVICE VOICE — Neural text-to-speech and speech-to-text run entirely on your device using Apple's MLX. Download once and nothing leaves your phone. Server and system voices are supported too. — APPLE WATCH — Read and reply to your chats and channels, or ask with Siri, right from your wrist. — A POWERFUL COMPOSER — Type @ to switch models, / for prompts, # for knowledge, and $ for skills. Attach files, photos, notes, or knowledge bases, and queue messages while the AI is still replying. — TOOLS, AGENTS & TASKS — Turn tools on or off per chat, connect MCP tools that need sign-in, approve tool actions, and answer the model's questions inline. Agentic models plan multi-step work in a live task list. — TERMINAL — Give your AI a real Linux terminal. Browse, search, edit, and preview files, upload whole folders, preview running ports, and watch the model's commands run live. — KNOWLEDGE (RAG) & SEARCH — Organize knowledge bases into folders, upload or sync entire directories, and search across your chats, files, and documents. — NOTES, CALENDAR & AUTOMATIONS — Write and share notes, and chat with the AI about them. Manage calendars, repeating events, and invitations. Schedule prompts to run automatically. — CHANNELS — Team chat rooms for people and AI models, with direct messages, threads, replies, reactions, webhooks, and notifications. — ORGANIZE EVERYTHING — Folders with their own system prompts, models, knowledge, emoji, and backgrounds. Shared folders, pinned chats, unread markers synced with the web, bulk archive, and share links with access control. — WORKSPACE & ADMIN CONSOLE — Manage models, knowledge, prompts, skills, and tools. Admins can run the whole server from the app: users, groups, connections, functions, MCP servers, evaluations, analytics, and settings. — WORKS EVERYWHERE YOU DO — Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Shortcuts, the Action Button, the Share Extension, and deep links. Reply straight from notifications, and get alerted when a response finishes in the background. — YOUR SERVERS, YOUR WAY — Save multiple servers and accounts and switch instantly. Sign in with a password, LDAP, SSO, passkeys, or Face ID. Works behind Authelia, Authentik, Cloudflare, custom headers, and client certificates (mTLS). — MAKE IT YOURS — Accent colors, a pure black OLED mode, customizable message actions, and separate text sizes for messages, titles, the message box, and the rest of the app. Requires your own Open WebUI server. Your models. Your rules.

About

pclip

This app allows users to create and manage companies run entirely by AI agents from their mobile devices. It leverages an open-source project to enable coordination of these agents for task completion.

Highlights
  • Build and run zero-human companies
  • Coordinate AI agent teams
  • Mobile-first company management
  • Leverages open-source AI project
  • Task accomplishment coordination
Features
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pclip lets you build and run a zero-human company from your phone. Built on the open source project "PaperclipAI" it lets anyone coordinate a team of agents to get work accomplished.

Screenshots

Open Relay4 screens
pclip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: pclip at Free against Open Relay's $9.99. pclip also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Open Relay's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 1) and chart position (#93 vs unranked). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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

pclip is free to download; Open Relay costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Open Relay against 5.0 for pclip. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Open Relay has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Open Relay's written reviews are positive against 100% of pclip's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Open Relay versus pclip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpen Relaypclip
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (35 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews88.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#93 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbhishek BhardwajTecachapa INC

Customer experience

Open Relay

All ratings35 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.4%

pclip

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Open Relay

No in-app purchases

None

pclip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Open Relay free?
Open Relay costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is pclip free?
pclip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Open Relay or pclip?
Open Relay and pclip are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 35 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Open Relay or pclip have ads?
Neither Open Relay nor pclip shows ads.

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