FlowDown - Open & Fast AI

The app looks and feels great, with fluid animations, and adopting native macOS design. Definitely recommend this app to people! The only feature request to the developer is that the model management is cumbersome, as it is manual, and unclear how to input API keys, etc. If there can be an API key field, and all the models of an API provider can be managed in one place (instead of saving individual models), this app would rock!

The performance of FlowDown is amazing! I was truly impressed by the rendering performance, even during the beta testing stage — it's significantly better than the native official ChatGPT app. I also hold a similar attitude with the developer (or project leader), toward the concept of native app & privacy. As someone who has been using this app since literarily day one, I can really see the effort the team has put into it. The project leader is active in the Discord group, constantly working to fix bugs and add new features. That said, there are still a few frustrating issues. I have to admit that the process to add a model from external service provider is way too complicated. I understand this is partly due to Apple’s restrictions, but I really hope a more streamlined solution can be found. Also, the macOS app is not ‘that’ native. While the performance is solid, the user interface doesn’t fully align with the desktop experience—especially the right-click menu and the settings page, which feel out of place.

I am seeking for such app support mobile platform + web search + multiple providers + ChatGPT liked UI/UX (Concise + Native) for such a long time. Saw it on Twitter and bought it immediately. That’s exactly what I eager for. I am now being able to use it to alternate all kinds of Chat Apps on my iPhone since it provides all great features. Plus, if possible, may you mind to simplify the process of adding new model and I suppose providing a group setting can better help managing these models.