Comparison

Nekoni vs Poly_Chat

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

Head to head
About

Nekoni

Features
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Nekoni connects your iPhone to an AI agent running on your own hardware - no cloud, no subscription, no data leaving your home. Most AI assistants send everything you type to a third-party server. Nekoni is different. You run the AI yourself, on your own machine, and your phone connects directly to it over an encrypted P2P channel. HOW IT WORKS Install the agent on any computer at home, scan a QR code to pair your phone, and start chatting. The connection goes device-to-device - your messages never touch an external server. FEATURES Chat - Talk to any model you run locally via Ollama: Llama, Mistral, Gemma, and more. Full conversation history with the ability to continue past sessions. Knowledge Base - Upload documents (PDF, text, markdown) and ask questions about them. The agent retrieves relevant context automatically before answering. Skills - Create named prompt templates for tasks you repeat often. Run them on demand or schedule them to run automatically on a schedule. Privacy by Design - Your identity is an Ed25519 key pair generated on your device and never shared. Pairing requires explicit approval from your dashboard. Every message is signed and authenticated. Works Anywhere - The connection uses WebRTC, the same technology behind video calls. Once paired, you can reach your home agent from anywhere in the world. REQUIREMENTS Nekoni requires the agent software running on a computer you control. Setup instructions and the open-source agent are available at https://github.com/nekonihq/nekoni.

About

Poly_Chat

Features
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This is a private, free, secure AI chat assistant powered by open-source models and Ollama. You can choose from a range of hosted models and explore their capabilities. It supports high-quality Markdown, web search, and document and image processing. All your data is stored locally on your device โ€” never on external servers.

Screenshots

Nekoni4 screens
Poly_Chat4 screens

Verdict

The call

Nekoni and Poly_Chat are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Nekoni versus Poly_Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNekoniPoly_Chat
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better16.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size46 MB31 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDENYS MALYKHINGeorge Hunn

In-app purchases

None

Nekoni

No in-app purchases

None

Poly_Chat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nekoni free?
Nekoni is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Poly_Chat free?
Poly_Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nekoni or Poly_Chat have ads?
Neither Nekoni nor Poly_Chat shows ads.

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