Long time no see... Project updates from the dev

[Taewan-P]

Hello community!

It has been quite a long time since I really published some descent updates to the app. There have been many feature requests about the app, and honestly, I really read all of them. Thank you everyone for the interest! Somehow it was interesting that the project I started just because I didn't want to pay subscriptions for any of the LLM service that I use became this big.

When I received multiple feature requests that I totally did not expect, it was at that moment I knew I designed the app wrong. What I thought that the app is expandable for features... was not really expandable at all. What I needed after that was a complete redesign, refactor of the app.

Well, I wasn't really ready for that. I had the feelings to try it, but I also had to search for jobs and prepare for the interview. Last year, I was having quite a hard time getting a job after graduation. I even postponed my graduation for 2 years just to study more and achieve more skills that I can appeal. I was really in a pressure. After all that, I was out of motivation and only pushed minor updates. I hoped someone would contribute to the app that is directly related to feature request, but that didn't happen (except one) I mean, it's an open source project. So I can expect someone to contribute to the app, right? 🥺

Now, I have some time in life. I can breathe now. I decided to revamp my motivation. There are so many model updates happening these days. (Especially related to DeepSeek) The introduction was a bit long right? I started to work on the total refactoring of the GPTMobile App. So, in the coming weeks, I will release an major update regarding many of the feature requests. The ones that I can think of right now would be the following:

• Platform name change (Customizable)
• Multiple same platform, different model
• Chatroom search
• Various platform preset, all customizable

It would be mostly about things that were not able to change. I would like to make it all customizable. I won't be releasing it all at once, so please be patient with the updates. I expect to push all the updates that I think it should be in the app before the end of February.

Feel free to open a discussion if you have anything to share or things that you think the app should have as a feature.

Thank you once again for still using the app, and I will be back with various feature updates soon.

[Kaleaon]

Definitely excited about the refactor work! It's wonderful having a dev that's so willing to listen to people's ideas, and consider them, it truely makes a difference.

[ballerbude]

Really glad to hear that your job situation seems to be resolved and that the app will get some love. I love this app, it's one of my most used apps on my Android devices.

[Taewan-P]

Track the updates at #194.

[user451421541757324]

@Taewan-P, since you mentioned DeepSeek, here is a list of providers who offer the model for free without requiring registration:

• Lambda
• Perplexity
• Blackbox (I think that the API requires no registration)

There are others here, but I have not tried them.

Perhaps you can integrate some of them inside GPT Mobile.

[Taewan-P]

@user451421541757324 Instead of integrating every api that users request, the app will support "OpenAI Compatible Endpoints". If the API is compatible with sending the request using OpenAI library, then the app will support it.