Comparison

Hub vs Phantasm

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

Head to head
About

Hub

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Hub client for your Hub ecosystem Free and open source. No data is collected. Hub never sends anything to our servers. No AI was used to make it. - Compress images - Compress videos - Use on-device translation powered by Apple Intelligence - Chat with Apple Intelligence - Detect sensitive content in images and videos Have multiple Apple devices? Let them split the load! Translate 1000 lines of text in seconds across 5 devices! It's just a start. A lot more capabilities will come soon! For content makers: Use all of your old and new devices to split video/image compression load, translate your captions to multiple languages For app/website developers: Don't need to spend money on processing servers when you have an old iPhone that is still very capable! You have 100 Macs in your office sitting idle most of the time? Just make them work for your server! - Add live translation for your server just by leaving a single device on - Simplify your moderation by letting your device detect sensitive content uploaded by users - Compress images and videos your users upload - Set up a basic LLM for your needs Upgrade to Hub Pro (for free ofc) for following security features: - Uses asymmetric key stored in your keychain - Create permission groups and assign any connection to them - Enable Lockdown Mode to lock your Hub from any unauthorized connection Join our Discord and let's start building Hub

About

Phantasm

Features
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Phantasm is a private AI chat client for the backend you already run. Point it at your own server: Ollama, vLLM, llama.cpp, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint and chat with your own models over your own network. No account, no middleman, no data collection. YOUR SERVER, YOUR RULES โ€ข Connect with just a URL and a token โ€” works against a bare Ollama out of the box โ€ข Add the open-source Phantasm orchestrator to unlock web search, image generation, and research modes โ€ข Multiple backend profiles for home network, VPN, or tunnel setups โ€ข Your token lives in the iOS Keychain; conversations are stored only on your phone A REAL CHAT EXPERIENCE โ€ข Fast streaming responses with markdown, syntax-highlighted code blocks with copy, and charts โ€ข Attach photos and files โ€” vision models can see your images โ€ข Generated images appear inline; save or share them โ€ข Dictate messages with on-device transcription and have replies read aloud โ€ข Long generations survive backgrounding and pick up where they left off โ€ข Ask Phantasm from Siri and Shortcuts TOOLS ON YOUR TERMS โ€ข Per-chat toggles for web access and image generation โ€ข Optional device tools โ€” location, calendar, Apple Health โ€” are off by default and only shared with your own backend when you enable them โ€ข See the model's reasoning when a thinking model is selected PRIVATE BY DESIGN Phantasm operates no servers and collects no data. The app talks exclusively to the backend you configure โ€” nothing else. What you say to your AI is between you and your hardware. Phantasm requires an OpenAI-compatible server that you provide (for example, Ollama running on your own machine). Feature availability depends on your backend's capabilities.

Screenshots

Hub4 screens
Phantasm4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hub and Phantasm are too close to call on the numbers: across 3 compared parameters โ€” price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Hub versus Phantasm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHubPhantasm
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 8 days
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Devicesโ€”iPhone โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB18 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDmitry KozlovBenjamin Carman

In-app purchases

None

Hub

No in-app purchases

None

Phantasm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hub free?
Hub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phantasm free?
Phantasm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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