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Chatbox vs Ollama App: catalog facts
Chatbox	Ollama App
Freemium The community edition is free and open source, and using it with your own API keys costs…	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, Linux, Android
Works with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Azure and local Ollama models from one window Conversations are stored locally rather than on someone else's server	Simple chat interface for Ollama models Runs on Android as well as desktop
You need your own API keys, and those cost money per use It is a client, so it cannot run a model itself without Ollama or similar	Requires a separately running Ollama server No iOS or macOS build listed
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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