ViewGrid vs AI Desktop 98
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ViewGrid
Watch multiple live streams from platforms like YouTube and Twitch simultaneously on one screen. Organize your favorite channels, follow events, and save custom layouts for easy access to your preferred content.
- Watch YouTube, Twitch, Kick, and Rumble streams together
- Customizable multi-stream layouts (1-6 streams)
- Follow channels and see who is live
- Live event calendar with reminders
- Pre-made grids for news, esports, and sports
- Save and share custom stream grids
- Switch audio between streams easily
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ViewGrid is a multi view app for live streams. Put YouTube, Twitch, Kick and Rumble streams side by side on one screen and follow everything at once: a tournament with several stages, news channels from different countries, a race with onboard cameras, or your favourite streamers. YOUR LIVE HOME (NEW) Sign in and follow your Twitch, YouTube and Kick channels in one list. The Home tab shows who is live right now, lets you pick a few and watch them together in one tap, and collects new videos and top clips from the channels you follow. Events are picked for you based on the channels you follow, with the reason shown on every card. HOW IT WORKS • Paste a link or search for a live stream, and it joins your grid • Choose a layout: 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 streams • Tap the star on any stream to follow that channel • Tap a stream to focus on it, turn your phone sideways for full screen • Switch the sound between streams with one tap EVENTS A live calendar of events that stream on several official channels at the same time: esports leagues, multi-court tournaments, election nights and more. When the official streams are live, open them side by side with one tap. Not live yet? Tap Remind me and get one email the moment it starts. PRESETS Ready-made grids for news, esports, sports, markets and more. Open one and start watching. SAVE AND SHARE Sign in to save your grids and open them again on any device, with a count of how many streams are live. Share a grid with a short link. FREE Watching is free and needs no account. ViewGrid doesn't host streams or chat. Everything plays through each platform's official player.
AI Desktop 98
Experience a retro desktop interface powered by advanced AI. Interact with various AI models, manage conversations, and enjoy nostalgic features like a BIOS boot sequence and sound effects. It offers on-device processing for enhanced privacy.
- Interactive retro desktop interface
- Multiple AI backend options
- On-device and cloud AI support
- Conversation management and organization
- Retro web browser
- Customizable chat appearance
- Nostalgic sound effects and CRT overlay
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AI Desktop 98 wraps powerful AI assistants inside a fully interactive retro desktop, complete with a BIOS boot sequence, Start menu, taskbar, draggable windows, and authentic sound effects. Choose your AI: run Apple Intelligence on-device, load local MLX models, or connect to cloud providers like OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Groq, and more — all from the Control Panel. FEATURES - Full retro desktop — boot sequence, Start menu, taskbar, and windowed apps - Multiple AI backends: Apple Intelligence, local MLX models, or cloud APIs - 11 cloud providers supported, including OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, and LM Studio - Save, rename, search, and organize conversations in My Documents - Recycle Bin with restore for deleted chats - Built-in retro web browser - Customizable chat fonts and text sizes - Export and share conversations as plain text or Markdown - Find dialog to search across all saved chats - Keyboard shortcuts for power users - CRT monitor overlay for maximum nostalgia - Authentic retro sound effects - Minesweeper PRIVACY On-device models run 100% locally — no internet required, no data collected, no accounts. Cloud API mode connects directly to your chosen provider using your own API key; nothing passes through our servers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ViewGrid at 5.0 against AI Desktop 98's 4.3. ViewGrid also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). AI Desktop 98's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ViewGrid holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AI Desktop 98 has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ViewGrid's written reviews are positive against 80% of AI Desktop 98's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ViewGrid | AI Desktop 98 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.3 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 1.7 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MediaRubic Tech Solutions | Pritesh Desai |
Customer experience
ViewGrid
AI Desktop 98
In-app purchases
ViewGrid
No in-app purchases
AI Desktop 98
No in-app purchases
