# Other names for My Assistant

> Every word people use for an app like My Assistant, and what it means here.

- **AI chat**: My Assistant is an AI chat: you write, an AI model answers.
- **AI assistant / personal AI assistant**: A general-purpose assistant for everyday questions, writing, planning and more.
- **Chat assistant**: The chat is the whole app: chats, files, saved replies, reminders.
- **Personal assistant / virtual assistant / digital assistant**: Reminders, check-ins, Explore guides and a cycle tracker on top of the chat.
- **Chatbot / AI chatbot**: A chatbot that answers with the AI you choose; it has no personal name ("I'm Your Assistant.").
- **AI companion**: It remembers to follow up (check-ins) and uses your first name once a day.
- **Bring your own key (BYOK)**: You paste your own API key from an AI provider and pay the provider directly.
- **API key client / LLM client**: An app that talks to AI models through their APIs: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Mistral, Grok, Groq, OpenRouter, Kimi, SiliconFlow.
- **ChatGPT alternative**: Use OpenAI models (or others) with your own key for €1.99 a month plus API use.
- **Claude app / Gemini app / DeepSeek app**: My Assistant is independent; it uses these providers' models through your key.
- **Multilingual chatbot**: 20 languages; replies follow the language you type in.
- **Private AI chat**: No cookies, no trackers; chats stay on your devices.
- **AI chat PWA / installable AI app**: Runs in the browser and installs with its own icon.
- **Cheap AI chat / low-cost ChatGPT**: Chats that cost less: recent context only, files sent once, provider cache discounts.
- **AI travel guide / city guide AI**: Explore makes a personal guide to a city or to meeting local people.
- **Period tracker with AI**: On accounts with the female assistant, kept on your devices.

## Also called

- AI chat
- AI chat assistant
- chat assistant
- personal assistant
- personal AI assistant
- personal AI chat
- AI chatbot
- chatbot
- AI companion
- virtual assistant
- digital assistant
- AI helper
- smart assistant
- GPT chat app
- ChatGPT alternative
- bring your own key (BYOK) AI app
- API key chat client
- private AI chat
- multilingual AI assistant
- AI assistant app

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Source: the live My Assistant app and its own pages (https://myassistant.aplusz.app/en/), retrieved 2026-10-15
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Cite as: My Assistant App Support (Verge Heights), "Other names for My Assistant: AI chat, chatbot, personal AI assistant, BYOK app", retrieved 2026-10-15, https://myassistantappsupport.aplusz.app/en/other-names/