# Le Chat vs Qwen Chat: UI comparison

- Week: week of October 19, 2026 (2026-10-19)
- Page: https://ai-portal-library.dev/compare/mistral-vs-qwen
- Open in Compare: https://ai-portal-library.dev/#compare?view=table&mode=portals&week=2026-10-19&portals=mistral,qwen&device=desktop

How Le Chat (Mistral AI) and Qwen Chat (Alibaba) compare on a desktop screen in the week of October 19, 2026: 2 differences and 5 similarities, measured from each product's weekly screenshot.

## Differences

- Le Chat shows 10 menu items; Qwen Chat shows 12.
- Le Chat was captured in dark mode; Qwen Chat in light mode.

## Similarities

- Both message boxes cover about 4% of the screen.
- 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 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).

### Qwen Chat

Week of October 12, 2026, compared with the week of October 5, 2026:

- A new Create item appears in the sidebar.

## Portal pages

- Le Chat: https://ai-portal-library.dev/portals/mistral
- Qwen Chat: https://ai-portal-library.dev/portals/qwen

## Screenshots

- Le Chat, desktop: https://ai-portal-library.dev/img/shots/2026-10-19/mistral.local.png?v=1792783876770
- Qwen Chat, desktop: https://ai-portal-library.dev/img/shots/2026-10-19/qwen.local.png?v=1792783990543