# Pi vs Qwen Chat: UI comparison

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

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

## Differences

- Pi shows 8 menu items; Qwen Chat shows 12.
- Pi uses 4 text sizes; Qwen Chat uses 3.
- Pi shows a note about the AI's limits; Qwen Chat does not.
- Pi was captured in dark mode; Qwen Chat in light mode.
- Pi's message box sits in the bottom third of the screen, Qwen Chat's in the middle third.

## Similarities

- Both message boxes cover about 4% of the screen.
- Both sidebars take a similar share of the screen width (22% vs 19%).

## Latest menu changes

### Pi

No menu changes have been recorded for Pi yet.

### 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

- Pi: https://ai-portal-library.dev/portals/pi
- Qwen Chat: https://ai-portal-library.dev/portals/qwen

## Screenshots

- Pi, desktop: https://ai-portal-library.dev/img/shots/2026-10-19/pi.local.png?v=1792784025150
- Qwen Chat, desktop: https://ai-portal-library.dev/img/shots/2026-10-19/qwen.local.png?v=1792783990543