HonesTea

A local-first, bring-your-own-key AI chat harness for Android and iOS. One OpenRouter key unlocks 400+ models — and the app tells you exactly what every message costs.

No account. No server. No subscription. Your keys and your chats live in your pocket and nowhere else.

Why

Most chat apps hide the meter. HonesTea is built around showing it to you: every reply is stamped with the real tokens and real dollars it cost, every model's price is live from OpenRouter's catalog, and the built-in Auto mode picks the cheapest model that can actually handle each message — vision when you attach an image, tool-capable when web search is on, enough context for the whole conversation.

Features

- 400+ models via one OpenRouter key — Fable, GPT-6 Astra, Kimi K3, GLM, DeepSeek, and the whole open-weights world - Auto routing — cheapest capable model per message, with graceful fallbacks - Honest costs — per-message USD (real usage, not estimates), per-model lifetime spend, a savings card vs. flagship pricing - Stop for real — abort mid-stream; you keep the partial reply and only pay for what streamed - Context compaction — long chats get summarised automatically at 80% of the model's window instead of silently breaking - Web search, fetch, and date-time tools with a live activity panel and citation chips - Regenerate with version history — flip between replies; superseded versions still count in cost totals - Images and PDFs in, voice dictation and read-aloud out - Local-only — SQLite on device, keys in iOS Keychain / Android Keystore, full-text search across chats, works offline for history

Getting started

1. Get an OpenRouter key at openrouter.ai/keys. 2. Download the latest APK. 3. Paste your key, pick a model, and start talking.

Privacy

Chats are stored in a local SQLite database. API keys are stored in the system keystore and sent only to OpenRouter over TLS. There is no backend. Delete the app and everything is gone.

Disclaimer

HonesTea is an independent, open-source project. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to OpenRouter or any model providers. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.

License

Private project — all rights reserved until a license is added.