Comparison

pocketChat vs Gold Browser

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

Head to head
About

pocketChat

Features
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pocketChat is your completely free companion app for live streaming on Twitch, YouTube and Kick โ€“ perfect for IRL streams. Read all your chats in one place, keep an eye on stream events, use text-to-speech, control OBS and much more. Your stream. In your pocket. TWITCH Read and write in Twitch chat straight from your phone โ€“ with third-party emotes such as BTTV, FFZ and 7TV, plus badges for subscribers, mods, VIPs and broadcasters. Moderate your chat, delete messages, or time out and ban users. Twitch EventSub delivers subs, follows, cheers, raids, Hype Trains and other events in real time. YOUTUBE & KICK pocketChat brings Twitch, YouTube and Kick together in one color-coded chat. Send messages to one platform or all of them at once and switch between Twitch, Kick, YouTube and ALL with a single tap. Kick also supports moderation. YouTube displays events including Super Chats, Super Stickers, channel memberships and Jewels. STREAM EVENTS & EVENT TTS Keep track of donations, subs, gift bombs, follows, cheers, raids, Hype Trains and other events. pocketChat integrates Twitch EventSub, Kick, YouTube, StreamElements, Streamlabs, TipeeeStream, Ko-fi and PayPal. Have selected events read aloud automatically: For Twitch, Kick and YouTube, as well as donations from TipeeeStream, StreamElements, Ko-fi and PayPal, you can enable each supported event type separately and freely customize its announcement. Import your own short event sounds and play them directly before the corresponding TTS announcement. Sounds and announcements remain in the correct order even when events arrive in quick succession. Event filters and event replay let you control what is displayed. Events and chat can be followed together in an adjustable view. TEXT-TO-SPEECH Let your stream speak directly in the app without additional third-party software. Choose between free on-device TTS, Amazon Polly and ElevenLabs. Your chat can be read aloud automatically, and viewers can also trigger TTS messages with Bits, donations or channel points. OBS Connect pocketChat to OBS via OBS WebSocket v5 and control scenes, audio sources and more. Toggle microphone and desktop audio with a live status indicator or combine multiple actions into one button. POCKETDECK Create a fully customizable stream board with your own OBS controls: switch scenes, toggle sources and filters, or combine several actions. You can also control chat modes such as subs-only, emote-only, followers-only or slow mode โ€“ from a dedicated tab or compact popup. REALTIMEIRL Send your GPS location live to RealtimeIRL (rtirl.com). Privacy regions prevent your location from being shared in selected places, such as your home. Location sharing can start and stop automatically based on your bitrate; GPS accuracy and movement filters are adjustable. MOBLIN REMOTE Control Moblin over local Wi-Fi: stream and recording, fast mute, instant replay, clips, scenes, bitrate, zoom, microphone, filters and reactions. Keep an eye on temperature, battery and bitrate, and open a stream preview when needed. MORE FEATURES BelaBox / SRT stats: View live bitrate for your network interfaces and streaming status, or start and stop your stream. DJI and GoPro cameras: Connect compatible cameras, control RTMP streams and monitor battery level. Alert Box: Display StreamElements, Streamlabs, TipeeeStream, Blerp or custom overlays directly in the app. Browser tab for any website with persistent logins. Chat history on connect, an ignore list for bots and spam, and a keep-alive tone for Bluetooth speakers. YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU pocketChat uses its own backend API. Your OAuth tokens remain protected on the server. FEEDBACK & REQUESTS Have feedback or a feature request? Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/AT9yqm6ZTj

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Gold Browser

Features
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Gold Browser puts the real web on your Watch: no iPhone in hand required. Tap the address bar to open any website, or type a few words to search with Google, DuckDuckGo, or Bing. Pages open right on your wrist, and you scroll with the Digital Crown like everything else on watchOS. KEY FEATURES โ€ข Open any website โ€” type a domain and go straight there. โ€ข Search your way โ€” choose Google, DuckDuckGo, or Bing in Settings. โ€ข Favorites โ€” start with handpicked, watch-friendly sites (Wikipedia, YouTube, Maps, News, Weather and more), add your own, reorder by deleting, or restore the defaults anytime. โ€ข History & suggestions โ€” recent pages appear on the home screen, and matching pages are suggested as you type. โ€ข Continue on iPhone or Mac โ€” Handoff lets you pick up the page you're reading in Safari on your other devices with a tap. โ€ข Private by design โ€” each page opens in a private session, so cookies and sign-ins aren't carried between pages. โ€ข Built for the watch โ€” clean, full-screen layout, Digital Crown scrolling, and subtle haptic feedback. PRIVATE AND LIGHTWEIGHT Gold Browser collects nothing. There are no accounts, no analytics, and no tracking. Your favorites and history stay on your watch, and you can clear your history anytime from Settings. A NOTE ON HOW PAGES LOOK Pages render in the watch's built-in web view. watchOS draws a small bar at the top of every page (the site's domain and a close button); that bar is part of the system and can't be removed by apps. Sites designed for phones generally read best on the small screen. Browse the web from your wrist. Download Gold Browser.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: pocketChat at every 2 days against Gold Browser's every 3 weeks. Gold Browser's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

pocketChat ships an update every 2 days, Gold Browser every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
pocketChat versus Gold Browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterpocketChatGold Browser
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days โ€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS16.015.6 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size60 MB2 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSven SchroderOMYZERO PTY LTD

In-app purchases

None

pocketChat

No in-app purchases

None

Gold Browser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is pocketChat free?
pocketChat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gold Browser free?
Gold Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do pocketChat or Gold Browser have ads?
Neither pocketChat nor Gold Browser shows ads.
Which is updated more often, pocketChat or Gold Browser?
pocketChat ships an update every 2 days, and Gold Browser every 3 weeks. Most recently, pocketChat was updated on October 13, 2026 and Gold Browser on October 16, 2026.

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