Fello AI vs Poe

Fello AI

• Apple users who want one native app for many AI models
• People who want model access without managing API keys
• Turning notes and PDFs into Word, Excel or PowerPoint files

Poe

• Comparing many AI models without a subscription to each one
• Text, image and video models under a single points balance
• Developers who want one API key for models from many labs

Fello AI

• It is available on Mac, iPhone and iPad only; the vendor says there is no Windows or Android version.
• Free users get 5 questions per hour with premium models before the app switches to its Free AI model.
• The vendor's FAQ lists lower prices ($3.99 weekly, $9.99 monthly, $79.99 yearly) than the US App Store listing. The price charged is the one shown in the app.
• Billing runs through Apple, and existing ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini subscriptions cannot be connected or used inside the app.

Poe

• Usage is metered in compute points, from 10 thousand a day on the lowest plan to 8.25 million a month on the highest; add-on points are sold separately.
• Prices vary by region: the plans page says the final price depends on regional taxes and currency conversion.
• The plans page does not say how many points a free account receives.
• US dollar prices here cover the two lowest plans, as listed on the US App Store; the three larger plans were shown only in rupees.

Fello AI

20+ models in one app

Switch between GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Kimi, Perplexity and other models from one menu, with no separate subscriptions. Reasoning mode is available across the major models.

Adaptive Search and Deep Research

The app decides when a question needs live web data and answers with sources. Online Search and Deep Research can also be picked by hand from the skills menu.

Skills that produce files

Describe what you need and the app builds a PowerPoint deck, Word document, Excel sheet or PDF in the conversation. A Podcast skill turns a document or topic into a two-host audio episode.

Files and images

Upload up to 16 files per conversation at up to 16 MB each, including PDFs of up to 500 pages and Office documents. Image models generate pictures and edit existing ones from a prompt.

Floating chat bar and dictation

On the Mac, Option-Space opens a chat bar over any app. Voice dictation records up to five minutes at a time and transcribes in more than 100 languages.

Projects, pins and bookmarks

Projects hold shared background, instructions and files for related chats. Conversations can be pinned, replies bookmarked, and everything searched in full text.

Poe

Many models, one account

Reaches models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and other labs, plus image and video generators, with one sign-in and one points balance.

Multi-bot chat

Compare answers from several models and combine bots for a task inside a single chat thread. Chats can be private or shared as a group chat.

Image and video generation

Creates images and video with generators such as FLUX, Ideogram, Veo and Runway from inside the same app.

Custom bots

Build and share your own bots, with custom knowledge bases if needed. Poe's App Store listing cites more than 1 million custom bots.

Web search

A search mode returns answers drawn from the web, and bots can search for current news.

Poe API

An OpenAI-compatible endpoint reaches hundreds of models and bots with one key. Subscribers spend their existing points on it at no additional cost.

Fello AI

• Free$0

  Up to 5 questions per hour with premium models, then a Free AI model until the hour resets. Advanced features need a paid plan.

• AI Chatbot Weekly Plan$4.99

  per week

  Unlimited questions with every premium model and Skills on Mac, iPhone and iPad under one Apple ID.

• AI Chatbot Monthly Plan$11.99

  per month

  The same unlimited access to all premium models and Skills, billed monthly through Apple.

• AI Chatbot Quarterly Plan$24.99

  per quarter

  The same unlimited access to all premium models and Skills, billed every three months through Apple.

• AI Chatbot Yearly Plan$89.99

  per year

  The same unlimited access to all premium models and Skills, billed once a year through Apple.

Poe

• Free$0

  A smaller points allowance than subscribers get, across free and subscription bots.

• 10 thousand points/day$4.99

  per month, or $49.99 per year (US App Store prices)

  The entry plan, listed as Basic on the App Store: more messages, more models and each bot's maximum input size and chat history.

• 660 thousand points/month$19.99

  per month, or $199.99 per year (US App Store prices)

  A monthly pool of 660 thousand points to spend across any model or bot.

• 1.65 million points/month₹4,999

  per month, or ₹49,900 per year (as shown in India)

  A larger monthly pool. The US dollar price was not shown when the plans page was read from India.

• 3.3 million points/month₹9,999

  per month, or ₹99,900 per year (as shown in India)

  A larger monthly pool. The US dollar price was not shown when the plans page was read from India.

• 8.25 million points/month₹24,999

  per month, or ₹249,900 per year (as shown in India)

  The largest pool. The US dollar price was not shown when the plans page was read from India.

Fello AI

• Annual discount

  About 37% less with the yearly plan

  On the US App Store the yearly plan is $89.99, compared with $143.88 for twelve months on the $11.99 monthly plan.

Poe

• Annual discount

  Save 17% with yearly billing

  Poe's plans page marks yearly billing as saving 17% against monthly billing. On the US App Store the lowest plan is $49.99 a year or $4.99 a month.