Dola vs Qwen Studio

Dola

• Everyday writing, summaries and questions on a phone
• Creating and restyling images from a prompt or a photo
• Talking to an assistant by voice instead of typing

Qwen Studio

• People who want to use Alibaba's Qwen models in a chat app
• Working with images, audio and video as well as text
• Free everyday chat, search and image generation on a phone

Dola

• Availability varies by country: dola.com shows a not-available-in-this-region notice in some places, and the US App Store and Google Play do not list the app.
• No US dollar price was found. Prices are set per storefront; the figures here come from the UK App Store, and the terms say fees vary by jurisdiction.
• The Free plan caps work tools, image and video generation and voice calls at a set number of uses a day, and paid plans have limits too; the listing gives no numbers.
• The terms describe the service as provided for private and non-commercial use, and say refunds are granted only at the company's discretion.

Qwen Studio

• Prices for the Go, Plus and Pro tiers could not be confirmed: the pricing view on chat.qwen.ai did not load when read, and the store listings show no in-app purchases.
• The iOS app was not found on the US App Store when checked, though it is listed in other storefronts such as Canada and the UK.
• No Windows or Mac app is listed; the store listings cover iPhone, iPad and Android.
• The app stores list the app as Qwen Studio, while the website's page title still reads Qwen.

Dola

Chat with web search

Basic chat and web search are part of the Free plan, along with chatting about images and webpages you share with the assistant.

Writing help

Brainstorms ideas and drafts or polishes emails, social posts, resumes and reports. You can send in a draft to have it made clearer.

Image generation and photo editing

Creates images from a prompt or a photo in styles such as cyberpunk and anime, and edits or restyles photos from a plain-language request.

Voice input and voice calls

You can speak instead of typing. Voice calls are among the features the Free plan allows a limited number of times each day.

Summaries and study help

Summarizes meetings, articles, files and webpages, breaks down complex concepts and works through math questions.

Fast and Pro modes

The web app's mode menu lists Fast, which handles most questions, and Pro, an advanced model that requires sign-in. Pro mode use is limited by plan.

Qwen Studio

Deep Thinking

A reasoning mode for complex problems that draws on real-time internet data to work toward a logical, step-by-step answer.

Search

Finds answers and resources from across the web, using the context of the query to narrow the results.

Multimodal understanding

Processes text, images, audio and video together, for example reading data from a chart or pulling key points from an audio clip.

Image generation and editing

Creates images from a description for presentations, illustrations or concept designs, and the site also lists image editing.

Voice and video chat

The site lists voice and video chat with the assistant among its functions, alongside document processing, tool use and artifacts.

Dola

• Free£0

  Basic chat and web search, chat with images and webpages, and a limited number of daily uses of work tools, image and video generation and voice calls.

• Plus£7.49

  per month, or £74.99 per year (UK App Store)

  Lowest paid plan. Each paid plan has its own limits for Pro mode, advanced image and video generation, advanced spreadsheet tasks and multimodal research.

• Pro£36.99

  per month (UK App Store)

  Middle paid plan. Its limits for the advanced features are set out on the in-app plan page and are not stated in the store listing.

• Max£109.99

  per month (UK App Store)

  Top paid plan. The listing says the three plans range from everyday work to complex professional tasks but gives no usage limits for Max.

Qwen Studio

Pricing could not be confirmed. See chat.qwen.ai.

Dola

• Annual discount

  About 17% off Plus with annual billing

  On the UK App Store, Dola Plus is £74.99 a year against £7.49 a month, about 17% less than twelve monthly payments. The listing shows an annual price only for Plus.

Qwen Studio

No public discounts listed.