Open Relay vs pclip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- Build and run zero-human companies
- Coordinate AI agent teams
- Mobile-first company management
- Leverages open-source AI project
- Task accomplishment coordination
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Open Relay | pclip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (35 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #93 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Abhishek Bhardwaj | Tecachapa INC |
Customer experience
Open Relay
pclip
In-app purchases
Open Relay
No in-app purchases
pclip
No in-app purchases









