ChatGPT is finally here (Picture: Lionel Boneventure/AFP via Getty Images)

With Artificial Intelligence finding more and more applications in everyday life, it was only a matter of time before it arrived on our phones.

Many people have been using AI chatbots to help with their personal finances, plan lessons, create novels, and even make dating apps.

Now, tech company Open AI has released its famous AI chatbot ChatGPT in the form of an app – so you can ask the bot to plan your latest trip or write a song or two while you’re on the go.

It comes after scammers issued several fake ChatGPT apps to con users out of money.

So how can you download the ChatGPT app and how much does it cost?

Here is what you need to know.

How to download the ChatGPT app

ChatGPT’s app for iOS is now available in the UK and 10 more countries after previously only being available in the US.

And it is quick and easy to download the programme from the App Store.

Once you’ve loaded the store, you need to search ‘OpenAI ChatGPT App’ to select the programme, making sure that it is developed by the Open AI team and not a scammer.

Then you hit the download button and that’s it – ChatGPT is on your phone.

It won’t be long until more countries can enjoy the app, with a tweet from OpenAI teasing more regions will see the release of ChatGPT on mobile ‘soon.’

The ChatGPT app for iOS is now available to users in 11 more countries — Albania, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Jamaica, Korea, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, and the UK. More to come soon!

— OpenAI (@OpenAI) May 24, 2023

OpenAI said that Android is ‘next’ when it launched the iOS app, though the company has given no further updates.

Is the ChatGPT app free?

At the moment, the ChatGPT app available in the UK is free to download.

What can you use the ChatGPT app for?

Much like the browser version of ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot has various uses based on the questions, prompts and information the user provides.

The app has similar usages to the computer programme (Picture: Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images)

Open AI state on its website that the new App will allow users to receive the following:

Instant answers – Get precise information without sifting through ads or multiple results.

Tailored advice – Seek guidance on cooking, travel plans, or crafting thoughtful messages.

Creative inspiration – Generate gift ideas, outline presentations, or write the perfect poem.

Professional input – Boost productivity with idea feedback, note summarization, and technical topic assistance.

Learning opportunities – Explore new languages, modern history, and more at your own pace.

As always with developmental AI, no model is perfect, and some chatbots have been known to ‘hallucinate’ and present incorrect information as factual.

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This is why the ChatGPT app is being rolled out slowly, with Open AI saying, ‘As we gather user feedback, we’re committed to continuous feature and safety improvements for ChatGPT.

The app is now available in the UK – with more countries coming in the future (Picture: Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto/Shutterstock)

‘With the ChatGPT app for iOS, we’re taking another step towards our mission by transforming state-of-the-art research into useful tools that empower people while continuously making them more accessible. 

Trying to get into the spirit of things, we asked the browser version of ChatGPT what the App might be used for. Here is what it said:

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