ChatGPT app for iOS • Hacker News Board

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by calderwoodra » Thu, May 18, 2023, 5:40 PM UTC

bradly wrote: post #114

NikolaNovak wrote: post #93

I clicked on the link on my PC. Noted the name of the app ("Openai ChatGP") and the description ("The official app by OpenAI") I opened App Store on my iPhone and typed the name of the app, verbatim . The official/correct app was not in the first 20 entries (which is as far as I was willing to scroll). Which, to me: 1. Shows why an official app is needed even though the web version works perfectly fine on iPhone and…

The App Store has had a problem with cold starts for a few years now. I remember a few years ago when I worked on App Store search it was a known problem when apps like Disney+ were released and users were searching directly for a new app immediately.

Exactly this, it takes a few days before the app will be indexed.

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by syntaxing » Thu, May 18, 2023, 5:40 PM UTC

Is the GPT-4 access still limited to 25 messages every 3 hours for iOS?

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by paulddraper » Thu, May 18, 2023, 5:41 PM UTC

NikolaNovak wrote: post #93

I clicked on the link on my PC. Noted the name of the app ("Openai ChatGP") and the description ("The official app by OpenAI") I opened App Store on my iPhone and typed the name of the app, verbatim . The official/correct app was not in the first 20 entries (which is as far as I was willing to scroll). Which, to me: 1. Shows why an official app is needed even though the web version works perfectly fine on iPhone and…

Try again tomorrow. 10:1 odds it will be the top entry.

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by SOLAR_FIELDS » Thu, May 18, 2023, 5:41 PM UTC

dag11 wrote: post #20

tristanb wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

its basically impossible to find via app store search.

Yeah. I saw this announcement, and searched both "chatgpt" and "open ai" (sic, as auto-suggested) in the App Store and gave up scrolling looking for it. The unofficial app logos look waaaay closer to the ChatGPT logo than the official white logo does, and the SEO (ASO?) seems poor. Not sure what either party can do about it though, but it's a disappointing situation.

Isn’t this what the Apple 30% tax is supposed to help pay for and facilitate? If it doesn’t solve this problem, what is its purpose and value?

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by NameError » Thu, May 18, 2023, 5:42 PM UTC

pmuk wrote: post #112

NikolaNovak wrote: post #93

I clicked on the link on my PC. Noted the name of the app ("Openai ChatGP") and the description ("The official app by OpenAI") I opened App Store on my iPhone and typed the name of the app, verbatim . The official/correct app was not in the first 20 entries (which is as far as I was willing to scroll). Which, to me: 1. Shows why an official app is needed even though the web version works perfectly fine on iPhone and…

Are you outside the US? I got the same results, but then realised it's only available in the US at the moment.

I am in the US and had the same issue - ended up installing it by finding the announcement post and clicking through from there.

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by xmo » Thu, May 18, 2023, 5:42 PM UTC

NikolaNovak wrote: post #93

I clicked on the link on my PC. Noted the name of the app ("Openai ChatGP") and the description ("The official app by OpenAI") I opened App Store on my iPhone and typed the name of the app, verbatim . The official/correct app was not in the first 20 entries (which is as far as I was willing to scroll). Which, to me: 1. Shows why an official app is needed even though the web version works perfectly fine on iPhone and…

I just discovered this as well. If your iOS is out-dated (the app requires 16.1 or higher), it won't show the app in search result.

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by neom » Thu, May 18, 2023, 5:42 PM UTC

Gonna be cool when I can take a photo with this and ask CGPT what's in the photo/translate/how to repair/etc.

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 18, 2023, 5:42 PM UTC

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Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by ShamelessC » Thu, May 18, 2023, 5:43 PM UTC

spullara wrote: post #119

ericskiff wrote: post #113

I was excited to try this because I want to be able to use ChatGPT hands-free in certain circumstances. The ideal would be to put it into voice assistant mode, have it listen to me and then answer after a sufficient break in speech. From what I can see, this app lags behind their web interface a bit, and I wouldn't be surprised if they had some approval trouble at Apple and will be rolling out updates more frequently…

There are some great Siri shortcuts that work with the OpenAI API. Edit: I am using this one https://github.com/Yue-Yang/ChatGPT-Siri

Do go on - I'd love something like this.

Re: ChatGPT app for iOS

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Post by ShamelessC » Thu, May 18, 2023, 5:46 PM UTC

noelbautista91 wrote: post #94

>The ChatGPT app is free to use and syncs your history across devices Chat history on the mobile app took a while to sync. In the time it synced, I asked ChatGPT is history is synced across devices. It said: (paraphrasing) "History is separate from the app and desktop, due to privacy considerations and the way the system was designed" I see my history now after 5 minutes of waiting on the app

For future reference, any information ChatGPT has "about itself" (as you seem to have asked) would have to be hard-coded into its context. Usually, it's a safe bet that if you ask it questions like that - it's going to come up with some handwavey nonsense that sounds like the "privacy-preserving" approach. Or in short, ChatGPT doesn't have any clue about the details of the various frontends used to serve it.