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Information updated Nov 10, 2026

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Grok Review

AI chatbot with live X search, image and video generation, and plans bundled with X

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By Official AppDuo editorial team · Updated

  • Web
  • iOS
  • Android
  • API
Freemium · $8.00/mo
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Grok suits people who want an all-round AI assistant with live search of X and the web and image or video generation inside the chat. The trade-offs are a record of controversial outputs, regulator investigations, and a privacy policy that allows user content to be used for model training.

Best for: People who follow news and trends on X and want an AI to answer about what is happening now

Skip it if: People who need a clear no-training commitment: the consumer privacy policy does not make one

Pros

  • Live web and X search with citations
  • Chat, voice, and image and video generation (Imagine) in one app
  • Plus costs $8 per month; Premium at $30 bundles Grok, Cursor and X Premium

Cons

  • Serious documented content incidents, including antisemitic posts in July 2025 and sexualized deepfakes that led to an EU investigation
  • The privacy policy allows user content to be used to train models
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Pros

  • Add-ins for Excel and Outlook, plus a Google Workspace add-on
  • High store ratings: 4.9/5 on the App Store and 4.8/5 on Google Play

Cons

  • Pricing is in flux: legacy SuperGrok and the new X Subscription plans coexist, which can confuse
  • The pricing page gives no concrete usage limits, only multiples of the Plus plan

Best for

  • Users who want chat, voice, image and video generation in one app
  • Developers already on Cursor, since the new plans share one usage pool across Grok and Cursor

Skip it if

  • Anyone needing all-ages content: the App Store rates it 16+ and the policy warns output may not suit all ages

Problems it solves

Experience & key features

What Grok is

Grok is an AI chatbot built by xAI, now shown under the SpaceXSI name on the official website. The first version launched on November 3, 2023 for X Premium users, and standalone apps followed on web, iOS and Android. The App Store and Google Play descriptions stress chat, research, image and video creation with Grok Imagine, voice mode and real-time information from X.

Key features

According to the product page, Grok offers step-by-step reasoning, multiple agents working in parallel on hard questions, live web and X search with citations, and Imagine for generating images and video from text or reference photos (up to 2K, 15-second video). Paid plans add Grok Build for coding and Grok Bot, always-on agents that carry out tasks. In July 2026 the developer released add-ins for Excel, Outlook and Google Workspace, and on September 21, 2026 it introduced Grok 4.7, calling it its most powerful model for coding and knowledge work.

Pricing and value

On October 12, 2026 the developer introduced The X Subscription, which bundles Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor and X Premium in one plan. The pricing page now lists Free ($0), Plus ($8 per month), Premium ($30, 4x Plus), Super ($100, 15x) and Ultra ($200, 50x), plus Teams from $30 per user per month; prices exclude taxes. The usage pool is shared across Grok and Cursor and refreshes weekly, with top-ups available once it runs out. Existing SuperGrok, Cursor or X Premium subscribers can keep their old plan or switch. The US App Store still lists SuperGrok Lite ($10), SuperGrok ($30), SuperGrok Plus ($100) and SuperGrok Heavy ($300) as in-app purchases.

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Controversies and oversight

Grok has had several press-documented incidents. On July 8, 2025 it posted antisemitic content and called itself "MechaHitler", after which the developer apologized. In January 2026 the European Commission opened a Digital Services Act investigation into X over Grok generating sexually explicit deepfakes, including of children. These point to content-control risk and say little about everyday answer quality.

Who it is for

Grok fits regular X users and anyone wanting one app for chat, voice, images and video. Compared with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, its distinctive edge is the tight link to X; if data control or stable content behavior matters most, read the privacy policy closely and compare further.

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Plans & pricing

Prices last verified Nov 10, 2026

Free

Personal

Free

Per the pricing page: limited AI usage, with limited chat and agent requests, plus basic X features (post, reply, follow).

Plus

Personal

$8/mo

$8 per month. One shared AI usage pool for Grok Chat, Voice, Imagine, Build and Cursor; includes Grok API access, though API usage is billed separately at model rates. On X: Premium checkmark, fewer timeline ads, creator tools and Advanced Analytics.

Premium

Personal

$30/mo

$30 per month, 4x Plus usage. Adds Grok Bot, the latest Grok models, faster chat responses, image and video generation and cloud agents. Third-party models in Cursor are billed separately.

Super

Personal

$100/mo

$100 per month, 15x Plus usage, 1080p 15-second video and priority access at peak times.

Ultra

Personal

$200/mo

$200 per month, 50x Plus usage, per the plan comparison table on the pricing page.

Teams

Business

$30/mo/user

From $30 per user per month. The pricing page lists centralized billing and administration, usage analytics, team-wide privacy settings and SAML/OIDC SSO. Enterprise pricing is custom.

Free plan limits
The Free plan has limited chat and agent requests; the pricing page gives no exact figures. Allowances on every plan refresh weekly.
Free trial
No free trial
Cancellation & refunds

The pricing page says you can cancel anytime, at least 24 hours before renewal, to avoid further charges. Per the October 12, 2026 announcement, existing SuperGrok, Cursor or X Premium subscribers who switch to the new plans get a prorated refund for the old plan.

Privacy

Per the privacy policy (last updated October 27, 2026), what you submit (prompts, files, images, voice) counts as User Content, which the company may use to develop the service, conduct research and train its models; it also trains on publicly available internet data. For users who connect Google apps via OAuth, that Google content is not used for AI training. With Private Chat on, conversations stay out of your history and are deleted from the company's systems within 30 days unless needed for legal, compliance or safety reasons. Deleting conversations or your account is likewise processed within 30 days. Using Grok on X is governed by X's own privacy policy, and API data is covered separately.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Grok free?

Yes, there is a Free plan with limited chat and agent requests, per the official pricing page. Paid plans start with Plus at $8 per month.

What is The X Subscription?

A bundle of Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor and X Premium announced on October 12, 2026, sharing one AI usage pool. Existing subscribers can keep their current plan.

Does Grok train on my conversations?

The policy says the company may use user content to develop the service and train models. Private Chat keeps conversations out of history and deletes them within 30 days. Read the full policy before entering sensitive data.

Does Grok support Vietnamese?

The App Store listing names Vietnamese among its 39 supported languages.

Is Grok owned by X?

The privacy policy says SpaceXSI is a separate company from X Corp. Grok is nevertheless available inside X, and the App Store lists X Corp. as the seller.

Review evidence & sources11

Scores

Ease of use
8.2
Why this score

Available on web, iOS and Android; the store listings highlight chat, voice and moving context over from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other tools. Ratings of 4.9 on the App Store and 4.8 on Google Play suggest broad user satisfaction.

Features
8.5
Why this score

The product page lists step-by-step reasoning, parallel agents, web and X search, image and video generation (up to 2K, 15-second video), voice, Grok Build for coding and an API; the news page adds Excel, Outlook and Google Workspace add-ins. Breadth matches the leaders, but Grok Bot starts at Premium and 1080p video at Super, which keeps it below 9.

Value for money
7.5
Why this score

Plus at $8 is a low entry price, and the developer says Premium at $30 bundles the benefits of SuperGrok, Cursor Pro and X Premium+ (previously $90 per month combined). However, limits are only stated as multiples, and the bundle pays off mainly if you use both X and Cursor, which makes direct comparison harder.

Performance
7.8
Why this score

The Grok 4.7 announcement (Sept 21, 2026) calls it the vendor's most powerful model for coding and knowledge work, twice as fast at half the price of comparable models; these are vendor claims not independently verified here. Documented output incidents in 2025 also weigh on reliability.

Support
5.0
Why this score

The site has a help center and documentation; the plan comparison lists priority support without saying which tiers get it, and Enterprise includes a named account team. No verifiable live chat or phone channel for individual users was found, so the score sits below the middle.

Privacy & security
5.5
Why this score

The policy allows user content for model training, with Private Chat deleting conversations within 30 days. Shared conversations were also reported as indexed by Google in August 2025 (per Wikipedia), and the Irish data protection regulator opened a probe into training on X posts in April 2025.

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Specs & compatibility
Developer
SpaceXSI (formerly xAI)
Headquarters
United States
Launched
2023
Category
AI

Capabilities

  • AI features
  • Public API
  • Mobile app
  • Integrations

Platforms

  • Web
  • iOS
  • Android
  • API

Interface languages

  • English
  • Vietnamese
  • Japanese
  • Chinese
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Korean
  • German
  • Portuguese
  • Russian

Integrations

  • X
  • Cursor
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook

Support

  • Help center

Change history

  1. Price.The X Subscription is introduced, bundling Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor and X Premium into Free, Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra plans.
  2. Feature.Grok 4.7 is introduced, priced from $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens via the API.
  3. Company.SpaceX acquires xAI in a deal valuing the combined entity at $1.25 trillion (February 2026; the article gives no exact day).
Full change history (10)
  1. Update.Press reports the European Commission has opened a Digital Services Act investigation into X over Grok generating sexually explicit deepfakes.
  2. Feature.Grok 4 is released.
  3. Update.Grok posts antisemitic content and calls itself "MechaHitler"; the developer apologizes afterwards.
  4. Feature.The Android app is released, initially in a few countries.
  5. Limits.Free users gain access to Grok with usage limits.
  6. Feature.Grok-1 weights are open-sourced under the Apache-2.0 license.
  7. Launch.Grok-1 launches in early access for paid X Premium users.
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