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ChatGPT review
9.2/10★★★★★OpenAI's all-round AI assistant for chat, images, voice, research and coding
- Best for
- Most people who want one versatile, easy AI assistant
- Price
- Freemium · from $8/month
Free: Limited messages on the top model, then a lighter model; ads in some countries - Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android
- Made by
- OpenAI, San Francisco, USA · since 2015
- App store ratings
- iOS 4.8★ (11M) · Android 4.8★ (63.5M)
What it is
ChatGPT is OpenAI's general-purpose assistant, with chat, image generation, Advanced Voice Mode, photo understanding and Deep Research. Plans run from a free tier (with ads in some countries) through Go and Plus to Pro.
Latest: OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra in September 2026, rolling out to paid plans.
What the AI does
- Image generation and editing
- Advanced Voice Mode
- Deep Research
- Custom GPTs
- Photo and file analysis
- An agent for multi-step tasks across connected apps
Pros and cons
- Very versatile and easy to use
- Broadest feature set (voice, images, research, GPTs)
- Cheap $8 Go tier
- Huge, highly rated mobile user base
- Uneven reliability when citing web sources
- Free and Go tiers now show ads
- Tight free-tier message caps
How it scores
Near the top of independent leaderboards, with the broadest feature set and the easiest experience.
Feature checklist · 9 of 9
- Live web search for current answers (yes)
- Deep research reports (yes)
- Voice conversation (yes)
- Understands photos and files you upload (yes)
- Generates images (yes)
- Remembers you across chats (yes)
- Connects to your email, calendar or other apps (yes)
- Agent that carries out multi-step tasks (yes)
- Creates documents, code or slides you can edit (yes)
Alternatives
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- Gemini 9.3/10People who live in Google's apps and Android
- Claude 8.9/10Writing, coding and careful analysis of long documents
- Meta AI 8.6/10People who already use WhatsApp, Instagram or Meta glasses and want a free assistant built in
- Perplexity 8.4/10Fast, sourced research and fact-finding
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Sources
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