Le Chat vs Perplexity: UI comparison
How Le Chat (Mistral AI) and Perplexity (Perplexity AI) compare on a desktop screen in the week of October 19, 2026: 2 differences and 5 similarities, measured from each product's weekly screenshot.
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Differences
- Le Chat shows 10 menu items; Perplexity shows 17.
- Perplexity's message box covers more of the screen than Le Chat's (7.5% vs 4.2%).
Similarities
- Both sidebars take a similar share of the screen width (20% vs 19%).
- Both use 3 text sizes.
- Neither shows a note about the AI's limits.
- Both were captured in dark mode.
- Both message boxes sit in the middle third of the screen.
Latest menu changes
Le Chat
Week of October 5, 2026, compared with the week of September 28, 2026:
- The icon of a top bar button changed (bubble-clock icon → dashed bubble icon).
Perplexity
Week of October 12, 2026, compared with the week of October 5, 2026:
- The sidebar item Sessions is now labeled Recents.