One prompt. Every model. One answer. — BYOK multi-AI router with on-device "which AI" classifier — Generated 2026-04-20
Every competitor owns one slice: Poe owns multi-model (wrapped in a hated points system); TypingMind owns BYOK-lifetime (no iPhone); BoltAI owns macOS-native (weak iPhone); OpenCat owns iPhone-BYOK (single-model at a time). Nobody ships parallel fan-out + on-device classifier + Day-1 Siri Extensions on iPhone. AskRouter claims all three before WWDC 27.
BYOK multi-AI router for iPhone. Enter a prompt once; Apple Foundation Models classifies it on-device ("code → Claude, image → Gemini, fact → Grok"), fires parallel API calls, returns a side-by-side compare with per-call token cost. Day-1 Siri Extension + App Intents + Keychain key storage.
Category leader. Multi-model access to GPT-4/5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, image & video models through Quora's own compute-point meter. March 2025 added a $5/mo entry tier (10,000 points/day) on top of the $20, $50, $100, $250 tiers. No BYOK — every call burns Poe points.
BYOK pioneer by indie dev Tony Dinh. Standard $39, Extended, Premium $198 lifetime (50% off Black Friday = $99). Keys stored in browser local storage; usage billed directly to OpenAI/Anthropic/Google. Multi-model chat, plugins, project folders. $1.3M+ lifetime revenue.
macOS-native AI chat with BYOK across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, local LLMs. Essential $69, Premium $100, plus team/lifetime. iOS beta only via TestFlight. Setapp-bundled. Apple Intelligence hooks in v2+. Estimated ~$45K/mo revenue.
Native iOS/iPadOS/macOS BYOK AI chat. Pro $9.99 one-time, Cloud AI $2.99/mo (3-day trial). Supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, Ollama, Apple Foundation Models. iCloud sync, voice chat, Siri shortcuts. ~$90K/mo estimated revenue. Strong in JP/ZH markets.
Cross-platform (iOS, macOS, Windows, Android, Web, Linux) multi-model client. Free BYOK tier, Lite $3.50/mo, Pro ~$16.70/mo for all hosted models. Broad model list including newly released/custom endpoints.
Apple App Store #1 productivity app. Free with limits; Plus $20/mo; Pro $200/mo. Voice mode, DALL-E 3, advanced reasoning (o-series). The default iOS AI experience for the mass market.
AskRouter is the only app combining parallel BYOK fan-out, on-device Foundation Models "which AI" classifier, iPhone-native UX, and Day-1 iOS 27 Siri Extension support. Every competitor is missing at least two of these four dimensions.
| Feature | AskRouter | Poe | TypingMind | BoltAI | OpenCat | Chatbox | ChatGPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Routing & Compare | |||||||
| Parallel fan-out (1 prompt → 4 models) | Yes — async/await Unlock | Sequential bots only | Multi-model UI, serial calls | One at a time | One at a time | Switcher only | OpenAI only |
| Side-by-side compare view | Tabbed responses + diff Unlock | None | Fork-chat workaround | None | None | None | None |
| On-device "which AI" classifier | Apple Foundation Models Core | None (manual pick) | None | None | None | None | Internal router (opaque) |
| User-rated winner → classifier retrains | Per-user taste profile Pro | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| BYOK & Cost Transparency | |||||||
| Bring Your Own API Key | Native Keychain storage Free | No — Poe points only | Browser local storage | Local Keychain | Device-local | Config file | No |
| Per-call token cost displayed live | Real-time $ per model Unlock | Points only (opaque) | Post-hoc total | Monthly summary | Rough tally | Log view | Flat sub |
| Keys never leave the device | Keychain only, zero proxy Free | Poe proxy (no keys) | Client-side only | Client-side only | Client-side only | Client-side only | N/A |
| Model Coverage | |||||||
| Anthropic Claude | Claude Sonnet/Opus via key | Yes (Poe-metered) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Google Gemini | Gemini Pro via key | Yes | Yes | Yes | Via Azure/proxy | Yes | No |
| xAI Grok | Grok via xAI key | Yes | Custom endpoint | Custom endpoint | Custom endpoint | Yes | No |
| OpenAI GPT-4/5 | GPT via OpenAI key | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Native |
| Platform & iOS Integration | |||||||
| Native iPhone app (not Electron/web) | SwiftUI + Swift 6 native | Native iOS | Web + macOS only | iOS beta (TestFlight) | Native iOS | Hybrid shell | Native iOS |
| Siri Extensions (iOS 27) | Day-1 App Intents + Siri Core | None announced | None | None | Shortcuts only | None | Siri handoff |
| Home Screen widget | Ask + last compare | Basic | None | None | Yes | None | Yes |
| Action Button + Share Sheet | Route any text/image Unlock | Share only | None | None | Share + shortcut | Share only | Yes |
| Pricing Model | |||||||
| Free tier | 10 routes/day, single-model | Limited daily points | Trial only | Trial only | BYOK free | BYOK free | Basic free |
| Entry price | $4.99 one-time unlock | $5/mo (10K points/day) | $39 lifetime Std | $69 lifetime Essential | $9.99 one-time | $3.50/mo Lite | $20/mo Plus |
| Pro / power tier | $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr | $20–$250/mo | $198 lifetime + $10/mo sync | $100 lifetime Premium | $2.99/mo Cloud | ~$16.70/mo Pro | $200/mo Pro |
| Lifetime path exists | $4.99 unlock = lifetime | Subscription only | Lifetime | Lifetime | Lifetime ($9.99) | Subscription only | Subscription only |
Scenario: an iPhone power user who wants Claude + Gemini + GPT + Grok access with ≈ $10/mo of BYOK API usage across providers. AskRouter at $4.99 unlock + $10/mo BYOK = $364.99 over 3 years — less than half what Poe's standard $20/mo plan costs, and a third of ChatGPT Pro.
| App | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | 3-Year Total | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AskRouter (unlock + BYOK) | $124.99 | $120.00 | $120.00 | $364.99 | $4.99 unlock + $10/mo direct-to-provider BYOK across Claude/Gemini/GPT/Grok. Zero margin on top of API cost. |
| AskRouter Pro (+sync, classifier-learning) | $164.88 | $159.89 | $159.89 | $484.66 | Adds $4.99/mo Pro (or $39.99/yr) on top of BYOK usage. Family share, iCloud history, priority model. |
| Poe ($20/mo standard) | $239.88 | $239.88 | $239.88 | $719.64 | 1M points/mo — heavy users report burning a month in days. No BYOK option. Points subsidize Poe margin. |
| Poe $5/mo entry | $59.88 | $59.88 | $59.88 | $179.64 | 10K points/day cap. Heavy models like GPT-4.5/o1 eat quota fast. Upgrade pressure built-in. |
| TypingMind Premium + sync | $318.00 | $120.00 | $120.00 | $558.00 | $198 lifetime + $10/mo sync + $10/mo BYOK. Year-1 heavy, then flat. No native iPhone app. |
| BoltAI Premium (+ Mac) | $220.00 | $120.00 | $120.00 | $460.00 | $100 lifetime + $10/mo BYOK. macOS-first; iPhone beta only. Pay once, Mac forever. |
| OpenCat Pro + Cloud | $165.87 | $155.88 | $155.88 | $477.63 | $9.99 lifetime + $2.99/mo Cloud + $10/mo BYOK. Closest iPhone competitor on price but single-model UI. |
| ChatGPT Plus only | $240.00 | $240.00 | $240.00 | $720.00 | OpenAI models only. No Claude, no Gemini, no Grok. Same cost as Poe, less model breadth. |
| The "cancel four subs" alt (ChatGPT+Claude+Gemini+Grok) | $960.00 | $960.00 | $960.00 | ~$2,880.00 | $20/mo × 4 subs = $80/mo. Exactly the pain AskRouter solves: route once, keep API keys, kill three subs. |
* AskRouter's 3-year cost is ~12.5% of what a 4-sub stacker pays and ~50% of what a single Poe standard subscriber pays. The wedge is margin transparency: every penny beyond $4.99 goes to the model providers, not to AskRouter. Pro tier at $39.99/yr breaks even for users who value the classifier + sync + family share.
4.7 ★ • ~35M MAU • $5 / $20 / $50 / $100 / $250 per month (points-metered) • No BYOK • Parent: Quora • Est. $2.5M+/mo revenue
4.8 ★ Trustpilot • ~400K users (web + macOS) • $39 Std / $79 Ext / $198 Premium lifetime • Black Friday 2025 Premium 50% off = $99 • Indie dev Tony Dinh • $1.3M+ lifetime revenue
4.8 ★ Setapp • ~80K users • Essential $69 / Premium $100 lifetime • Setapp-bundled • BYOK for GPT, Claude, Gemini, local LLMs • iOS available in TestFlight beta only • Est. $45K/mo revenue
4.6 ★ • 500K+ downloads • $9.99 Pro lifetime + $2.99/mo Cloud • BYOK (OpenAI, Azure, Ollama, Apple Foundation Models) • iCloud sync • Est. $90K/mo revenue
~4.6 ★ • 1M+ downloads • Free BYOK / $3.50/mo Lite / ~$16.70/mo Pro • iOS, macOS, Windows, Android, Web, Linux
4.8 ★ • 500M+ App Store downloads • Free / $20/mo Plus / $200/mo Pro • OpenAI-only models • No BYOK • Voice mode, DALL-E, advanced reasoning
Five structural advantages that compound into a defensible position. Cross-platform BYOK clients can't run Apple Foundation Models. Cloud-routed competitors (Poe, ChatGPT) can't ship BYOK without blowing up margins. Mac-native incumbents (BoltAI) have multi-year iPhone debt. First-mover on iOS 27 Siri Extensions wins the "hey Siri, ask Router" voice keyword permanently.
On-device prompt-to-model classifier via Apple Foundation Models. Code → Claude, image → Gemini, fact → Grok, general → GPT. Runs on A17+ Neural Engine, zero network, zero cost. Poe, Chatbox, Chrome-based rivals physically cannot ship this. No cross-platform competitor can replicate.
Keys stored in iOS Keychain, never transit AskRouter servers. Zero per-token margin risk, zero GDPR/EU AI Act liability, zero cloud inference costs. Poe cannot pivot without detonating its $2.5M/mo points revenue. ChatGPT cannot add Anthropic without undermining its own models.
iOS 27 Siri Extensions (WWDC 27 June 8 unveil, September ship) is the first real App Store featuring moment for multi-AI routing. "Hey Siri, ask Router" claims the voice keyword. AskRouter is the only app building with App Intents + Foundation Models simultaneously. Apple-featuring-bait.
Every user-rated "winner" fine-tunes the on-device classifier. Over 50+ routes the app learns the user's taste — "you prefer Claude for structured code, Gemini for visual prose". Sticky flywheel no cloud competitor can replicate without leaking user prompts server-side. Pro-tier retention driver.
Every call shows real USD cost live. Direct attack on Poe's points opacity ("I burned $4 on that prompt" << "I burned 4,200 points"). ChatGPT's flat $20/mo hides heavy-user subsidy; AskRouter shows the truth. Indie-dev-and-writer audience weaponizes transparency in TikTok reviews.
AskRouter
iPhone-native • BYOK • Parallel fan-out • Foundation Models classifier • Day-1 Siri Extensions
Entry: $4.99 lifetime + BYOK
Pro: $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr
Closest Competitor (OpenCat)
Native iOS • BYOK • Single-model serial • No classifier • No parallel compare • No Siri Extension design
Entry: $9.99 lifetime
Cloud: $2.99/mo
Three-beat line. Sets up the problem (which AI?), the fan-out (all of them), and the wedge (classifier picks a winner). Works on a TikTok intro, App Store hero, and paywall headline without edits.
Targets Poe's #1 complaint head-on: points opacity. "Bring your keys" is the BYOK compression. Runs on Reddit r/ArtificialIntelligence, r/ChatGPT, and TikTok "I tested every AI" reaction videos. Conversion copy: $4.99 once vs. $20/mo forever.
Concedes TypingMind's desktop strength, then reframes. Power users live on iPhone. TypingMind's iPhone sync complaints are the hook. Shows AskRouter's SwiftUI + Siri + Widget screenshots to close. Pitch: "Keep TypingMind on Mac. Use AskRouter on iPhone."
Respects the category leader, acquires their wishlist-users. BoltAI's top roadmap request is "iPhone app". AskRouter is that answer — shipping today instead of TestFlight-indefinite. Includes a classifier BoltAI lacks. Works as an "AND" install, not "OR".
OpenCat is single-model serial; AskRouter is parallel-compare. The diff between them is exactly the thing OpenCat power-users ask for. Same $4.99 unlock price point as OpenCat's $9.99 lifetime — cheaper and with parallel fan-out.
Non-confrontational. Accepts ChatGPT as the default, attacks the second and third subscription. Target: developers with ChatGPT Plus + Claude Pro + Gemini Advanced + Grok Premium paying $60–$80/mo. Pitch: "Route once, keep keys, cancel overlap."
24/30 chars title. Subtitle: "Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, Grok" (29/30). Category: Productivity. Keyword chain: ai router, byok ai, compare ai, multi ai chat. Bundle ID: com.dreamseeds.askrouter.
The app name is literally the Siri verb. First app to register "Router" as a Siri Extension target owns voice for multi-AI routing. Apple WWDC 27 featuring candidate. TikTok demo: "Watch Siri ask four AIs at once."
The 4-Sub Developer
Pays ChatGPT Plus + Claude Pro + Gemini Advanced + Grok Premium ($60–$80/mo). Has API keys. Wants to cancel 2–3 subs. Primary acquisition target.
The Poe Refugee
Canceled Poe after burning 1M points in a week. Has OpenAI + Anthropic keys from personal projects. Reads TechCrunch, uses Reddit. Arrives via "Poe alternative" search.
The Indie Writer / Researcher
Uses Claude for long-form, Gemini for images, GPT for research. Wants one UI. Values privacy (keys local). Converts on the "side-by-side compare" TikTok demo.
The TypingMind Mobile Refugee
Paid $99–$198 TypingMind lifetime but finds the iPhone companion broken. Wants a real native app. Finds AskRouter via "TypingMind iPhone alternative" search.
The WWDC Early-Adopter
Upgrades to iOS 27 beta in June. Wants Siri Extensions demo apps. AskRouter is the "Hey Siri, ask Router" showcase. Drives App Store featuring momentum.
The Privacy-Conscious Power User
Won't use Poe because keys go through Quora servers. Foundation Models classifier + Keychain storage = zero data leakage pitch. Loves the "keys never leave device" line.