Claude is the better app overall, scoring 8.8 to 8.5. Claude wins on 4 of the 5 scores, Gamma on 1.
Writers, analysts and developers who work with long documents or code
Students, founders and marketers who need a good-looking deck fast
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Claude | Gamma |
|---|---|---|
| Category | AI Assistants | AI Assistants |
| Category rank | #3 of 16 | #6 of 16 |
| Developer | Anthropic | Gamma |
| Pricing | Free + paid plans | Free + paid plans |
| Usable for free | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mac | ✓ | — |
| Windows | ✓ | — |
| Linux | ✓ | — |
| Web | ✓ | ✓ |
Common questions
Is Claude better than Gamma?
Claude is the better app overall, scoring 8.8 to 8.5. Claude wins on 4 of the 5 scores, Gamma on 1.
Which is cheaper, Claude or Gamma?
Claude: Free plan; Pro $17/month billed yearly or $20 monthly; Max from $100. Gamma: Free with 400 starter credits; Plus is $12 a month, or $9 a month billed yearly. On value for money, Claude scores higher.
Do Claude and Gamma work on the same devices?
Only Claude runs on Mac, Windows, Linux.
Which is more private, Claude or Gamma?
Claude scores higher on privacy (7.8/10). The App Store label links contact info, coarse location, content, identifiers and usage to you, with no tracking. No ads, and you choose whether chats train models; incognito chats never do.
Strengths and weaknesses
Claude
- Clear, natural writing that needs little editing
- Handles long documents and large codebases well
- No ads, and you choose whether chats are used for training
- No built-in AI image generation
- Free plan usage limits run out quickly
Claude is strong at careful writing, long documents and coding. It keeps a natural, measured tone, handles big files well, and can now take on longer tasks, build slides, docs and designs, and remember context across chats. Projects, Artifacts and connectors to apps like Google Drive make it useful for real work. The catch: there is no AI image generation, and free usage limits run out quickly.
Full Claude review
Gamma
- Polished first drafts from a short prompt
- Exports to PowerPoint and Google Slides on every plan
- Imports your existing PDFs and PowerPoint files
- Free credits are a one-time grant that never refreshes
- Free plan caps you at 10 slides per prompt
- Individual plans train on your content unless you opt out
Gamma turns a prompt, an outline or a pasted document into a polished presentation, doc, website or social post in moments. Gamma 5, released in October 2026, lets you talk the idea through with its agent before it builds anything, then fine-tune on a freeform canvas. Exports to PowerPoint, PDF and Google Slides work even on the free plan. Free credits never refresh, though, and free decks carry Gamma branding.
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