One time upgrade

The basic Geeps version works with text based chats and is free to use with one provider - OpenAI (or any other provider compatible with OpenAI API).

Geeps Plus is a one-time purchase that unlocks additional functionality like multiple AI provider support, file attachments, image generation and editing and more.

My current plan is to keep this app subscription free and by upgrading once you unlock all the additional features and support future development.

Completely free?

The answer is Yes and No 😄

While the Geeps app itself is available for free (for text chats and single provider), it requires a connection to OpenAI or another provider through a developer API key, which means direct billing and payment based on the actual AI usage (i.e. the amount of generated text or images measured in tokens).

This can be significantly (!) cheaper than a monthly subscription like ChatGPT Plus/Pro, Claude Pro, or Gemini Advanced and you can use models from competing providers in a single app.

Additionally if you enable OpenRouter API you can access many models for free!.

Why not free tier ChatGPT?

Here are some advantages of using Geeps and paying based on the number of tokens you use:

• API users often gain access to the latest AI models sooner than free-tier ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini users, allowing them to use cutting-edge models as soon as they are released. Free tier users are usually limited to older models.
• API users have higher rate limits than free-tier users. This means a more seamless and uninterrupted experience, with the ability to handle higher volumes of queries.
• Access to models via API gets cheaper over time, while subscription prices generally stay the same or increase.
• When using Geeps all your chats with different models from competing providers are in one app.

On the other hand Geeps doesn't have all the features that an official ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini apps have.

Model availability

The regular version supports one provider -- OpenAI (or OpenAI compatible API by using custom host, which could be an LLM router as well).

Geeps Plus users can use the following providers:

• built-in support for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini API and OpenRouter
• add multiple OpenAI compatible providers that are synced across devices with iCloud

When using OpenRouter API you can chat with hundreds of models from:

• OpenAI (GPT and o-series models)
• Anthropic (Claude Sonnet, Haiku, Opus)
• Google (Gemini, Gemma)
• Meta (Llama)
• xAI (Grok)
• DeepSeek (R1, V3)
• Mistral, Perplexity, Qwen, Cohere and others.

Many OpenRouter models are free to use!

Privacy and security

When using Geeps, your API key is stored securely on your device using Apple’s encrypted storage.

However, it’s important to understand that a client-side app like Geeps needs to send your API key over the network with each request to AI providers, which inherently carries some security risks.

The same applies to any other app or utility that lets you bring your own API key (BYOK) including apps like Cursor, Claude Code, Cline, OpenCode and others.

Here are some recommendations to protect your API key:

1. Regularly rotate your API keys (every 30-90 days). In your provider's dashboard you can easily create new keys and delete old ones.
2. Set strict monthly spending limits in your AI provider’s dashboard
3. Set up spending alerts when you reach a certain percentage of your limit
4. Use a dedicated API key for Geeps rather than your main account key
5. Monitor your usage regularly for any unexpected activity
6. Be cautions when using your API key on public unsecured networks

Privacy

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