Loudwell vs ChatGPT for social media
ChatGPT writes a post when you ask for one. Loudwell plans the whole week from your own photos and clips, remembers your voice and what worked, and reminds you on your phone when each post is due. Both run on the same kind of AI, and Loudwell uses your own key, at cost.
The short answer
- Pick ChatGPT if you post now and then, you're happy to write the prompt each time, and you already know what to post.
- Pick Loudwell if the hard part is keeping going: deciding what to post, finding the photo, and doing it again tomorrow.
What Loudwell adds
- A plan, not a reply. A week of posts against your strategy, across five networks, with a mix of formats.
- Your material first. It picks from the photos and clips on your Mac and leaves them as you made them.
- A voice that sticks. It keeps your voice and learns from every edit, so you don't paste the same instructions each time.
- The reminder. Your phone tells you when a post is due, copies the caption and opens the app.
- Sales and Comms. The same app finds warm leads and plans press, in the same voice.
What it costs
Loudwell is £4.99 a month, and you add your own AI key from Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini, usually £2 to £4 a month at your provider's price. That's pay as you go, not your ChatGPT subscription, and Loudwell stops at the monthly cap you set.
Questions
Can I use my ChatGPT subscription?
No. A ChatGPT Plus subscription isn't an API key. You add an API key from OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude) or Google (Gemini), billed as you use it, usually £2 to £4 a month for one brand posting about once a day.
Is the writing better than ChatGPT's?
It runs on the same kind of model. The difference is what it's given: your strategy, your voice, your past posts and your edits, every time, so you don't have to prompt it.
How much is it?
Solo is £4.99 a month for up to 2 brands. Studio is £9.99 a month for up to 10. Both have 7 days free with no card. Your AI provider bills you separately, usually £2 to £4 a month, up to a cap you set.
Is there a Windows or web version?
Not yet. Loudwell runs on Macs with Apple silicon, with a free iPhone app that pairs with the Mac.
Try it on your own brand
7 days free, no card. The first 50 people get a month free with the code FIRST50.