Poly_Chat vs Quoto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Poly_Chat
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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.
Quoto
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Quoto is a quote-keeping app for passages collected from books, articles, and other reading. Add quotes by typing, photo OCR, or voice, and attach an author, source, page, URL, note, and tags. โ Adding quotes - Keyboard input, photo OCR, or voice input - Each quote can include author, source, page or location, URL, a note, and tags - Tags can be renamed or deleted later from one place โ Library - Filter by author, source, or tag - Keyword search across quote text, author, source, and tags - Sort by text, author, source, or date added - Mark favourites to filter down to important quotes - Export the entire library to CSV โ Home - Shows a "today's passage" card with a shuffle button - Displays counts for stored quotes, authors, and tags - Lists recently added quotes โ Authors view - Browse quotes grouped by author - Search by author name โ Mind maps - Create a mind map with a theme node at the centre - Add quote, author, or free-text nodes - Connect nodes with lines to show how they relate - Pick node colours from a five-colour palette - Pinch to zoom, double-tap to fit the whole board, minimap for navigation - Delete mode for removing connections you no longer need โ Settings - Three themes: Light, Sepia, Dark - iCloud sync (opt-in) - Interface available in Japanese and English โ Privacy - Quotes are stored on your device - iCloud sync is opt-in; when on, data is mirrored only across your own devices via your Apple ID - OCR uses Apple's Vision framework; voice input uses Apple's Speech recognition โ Supported devices - iPhone (portrait) - iPad (portrait and landscape)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Poly_Chat at none against Quoto's shown. Poly_Chat also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (16.2 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Poly_Chat ships an update every 9 days, Quoto every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Poly_Chat | Quoto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days โ better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad โ better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | George Hunn | Jun Tsuda |
In-app purchases
Poly_Chat
No in-app purchases
Quoto
No in-app purchases









