Do I still need ChatGPT subscription now I have Cursor?

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Hi guys.

Ttile say it all. I have been Cursor for Xcode coding and it has been fantastic. But now I am wondering if should stop paying for ChatGPT and instead use Cursor for all my AI needs? For instance I want to use it for writing description for my new upcoming IOS app, strategy for ranking in the Apple appstore and so on. I think Cursor could do it (and as + gave the choice of LLM tools) but I wanted to get your opinions if I could.

The only thing I see that maybe missing Dalle 3 for image creation. Probably could live without it or use maybe some free tool out there.

What do you think?

Thank you.

Mo

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itā€™s entirely up to you

sure, you can ask anything in the cursorā€™s chat, itā€™s just access to an llm

but questions like should i ditch my computer because i have internet on my phoneā€¦

you can hammer nails with a microscope if thatā€™s your thing

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Hey, for brainstorming, casual communication with the model, reasoning, and information searching, Iā€™d prefer to keep a ChatGPT subscription.

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Iā€™d recommend keeping ChatGPT for general use. Cursor is tailored to coding, and not the general prompting for which you have given examples.

I use ChatGPT on the occasions that Cursor gets ā€˜stuckā€™. It happens less frequently these days, but sometimes Cursor gets to a dead end where it canā€™t provide the solution that I need, and although itā€™s a bit tedious, I copy the relevant code to ChatGPT, explain the problem, and as a ā€˜fresh pair of eyesā€™ ChatGPT will give me a solution that I can continue to work on in Cursor.

Also, using Cursor for general GPT prompting is a waste of requests. I find ChatGPT to be worth every cent of the monthly subscription in addition to paying for Cursor, but I guess we all have our own requirements.

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Everyone has a different ā€œflowā€ on how they get things done. Iā€™ll describe mine a bit:

Iā€™m a freelance web developer. Iā€™ve only ever done front-end, and Iā€™m slowly getting into back-end, thanks to ChatGPT, Claude & Cursor. I do pay for all 3 services.

  • ChatGPT shines due to its ā€œmemoryā€ feature. So I use it for everything in life: meal prep recipes for the week, helping my kids with homework, automotive troubleshooting, generating *.ics files for quickly adding to Google Calendar, legal advice.

    • It remembers names of family members. Year/make/model of my vehicles. Ongoing legal issues with my ex-wife.
    • I paste in a URL of some article and ask it to summarize it for me, then to create headers of the main points, and make it markdown syntax for pasting into Obdisian.
    • I use the speech mode on the mobile app when chatting with my neighbor, who speaks fluent Spanish. I also use it when driving and Iā€™m brainstorming about anything, then I can resume in the web GUI when I get home.

  • Claude ā€¦ well ChatGPT covers damn near everything so I am using Claude less and less. But it really shines when writing blog posts, SEO, titles, descriptions, etc. To me it sounds more ā€œhumanā€ than ChatGPT.

    • one feature that Claude has that ChatGPT doesnā€™t is ā€œStar Chatā€, where I can save a chat and get back to it later, without having to scroll and find it.

  • Cursor + Composer for everything coding related. Making sure my code is type-safe. Generate SQL queries. Full shadcn components. I can paste in a screenshot of some UI component and tell it to create it in TailwindCSS. Then tell it to write a conventional git commit message.

So should you cancel your ChatGPT subscription? It all depends on how you are using it. But I would suggest NOT!