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Claude by Anthropic
Anthropic's Claude assistant on iPhone, for writing, coding help, cited web research and file analysis.
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- Developer
- Anthropic PBC
- Score
- 4.7
- Downloads
- 100K+ ratings
- Age
- Rated 17+
- Version
- 1.261030.19
- Price
- Free
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About this app
Anthropic's mobile app puts its Claude assistant on the phone for writing, coding, research and general question-answering through conversation. It's aimed at people who want a drafting partner or a second opinion rather than a search box; the listing stresses working through a problem together over one-shot answers. For writing, it reworks tone and structure on anything from a social post to a long report and keeps iterating until the result sounds like its author. For code, it reviews, debugs and explains its reasoning across Python, JavaScript, TypeScript and many other languages. Research mode searches the web and compiles findings with citations, and Google Drive, Gmail and Calendar can be connected to bring in personal context. Photos, PDFs and screenshots can be uploaded for text extraction, chart reading or design feedback, and a voice mode handles spoken conversations in several languages.
Claude by Anthropic: the full guide
What the app is
Anthropic's phone app brings its Claude assistant to iPhone, with the emphasis on working a problem through in conversation rather than taking the first answer. Writing, coding help, cited research and file analysis are the pillars.
For writing it adjusts tone and structure and keeps revising until the result sounds like you. On the coding side it reviews and finds bugs in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript and other languages, showing its reasoning. Research mode searches the web and returns cited findings. Gmail, Google Drive and Calendar can be linked for personal context, uploaded photos and PDFs can be read, and voice mode supports spoken conversation in several languages.
How it works day to day
A working day with it tends to involve a few longer threads rather than many short ones. You paste a draft and go back and forth on tone, or hand it a stack trace and ask what went wrong. Research mode is for the questions where you want sources, not just an answer.
Connecting Drive or Calendar lets it pull in context, so asking what's on next week or summarising a shared doc works without copying text. Voice mode suits thinking aloud on a walk; photo upload handles the chart or screenshot you need read.
Why people look for it
People searching for Claude by name usually already use it on the web and want it on the phone, or they've heard it compared to ChatGPT and want to try the alternative. The citation-backed research and the long-form writing are the differentiators the listing leans on. A 4.7 rating from 100K+ reviewers shows a solid, if smaller, following.
Look and feel
Five screenshots on the page probably show a conversation, a research result with citations, a code exchange and the voice screen. Assistant apps look alike at a glance: message bubbles, an input field with attachment and microphone controls. Anthropic's version is known for a warm off-white palette and serif headings, which sets it apart from the greys of competitors.
