Great app, but keep limitations in mind
It is a great idea to have a local AI chat . No privacy concerns or subscription fees.
Having an offline AI tool on my iPhone/iPad is most welcome.
The problem is, as another reviewer stated - that Ensu does not know how to say “I don’t know” and gives wrong answers to some questions.
So, double check what it tells you - especially the really important stuff.
Having an offline AI tool on my iPhone/iPad is most welcome.
The problem is, as another reviewer stated - that Ensu does not know how to say “I don’t know” and gives wrong answers to some questions.
So, double check what it tells you - especially the really important stuff.
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GPT-4
Currently used GPT-4 under the hood and is fast on an iPhone 16. While perhaps not as powerful as a cloud-based system like ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, etc it does well for general use.
Its perfect for me
For I generally use chat bots for, this is literally perfect
Thank u🫡
Thank u🫡
Tried twice. Unable to load model on iPhone 17
Tried this app twice. Can’t even get it to load the model both times. Tired in previous initial version and this updated version. Same error, unable to load model despite it downloading. Tried on iPhone 17 and older iPhone 14 Pro, and still, can’t get it to load. I’ve tired deleting the app and trying again. Tried disabling adblockers. I’ve tried restarting the phones. At a loss why it’s not loading. GitHub shows others having model loading issues on the .AppImage but no real place to ask questions outside of discord which I’m avoiding.
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Fast
It’s fast and local, lots of potential for new features.
Love Ente; please slow down
What We Tested and What We Found
We put Ente’s new AI assistant, Ensu, through six demanding questions spanning probability puzzles, philosophical reasoning, and real-world emergencies like wilderness medical crises, car breakdowns, and a sick child in the middle of the night. Across every category, Ensu demonstrated the same core weakness: it could recognize that a situation was serious without understanding why it was serious. It dressed up its answers in confident formatting, numbered steps, bold headers, organized sections, which made the responses look authoritative while the actual content was frequently wrong or dangerously incomplete. In the medical scenarios especially, it missed critical diagnoses entirely, identifying unequal pupils as a possible eye infection rather than a brain emergency, and describing a textbook meningitis presentation in a child without ever mentioning meningitis.
Should You Trust Ensu in a Pinch?
In a word: no, at least not for anything that matters. This is a painful conclusion to reach about a product from Ente, a company that built its reputation on being genuinely trustworthy with things people care about. Ente Photos passed independent security audits and earned real loyalty by doing one thing exceptionally well. Ensu does not carry that same standard forward. It scores adequately on presenting information clearly, which makes it feel more reliable than it actually is, and that gap between feeling trustworthy and being trustworthy is the most important finding here. For low-stakes tasks like drafting a note or answering a general question, it would likely serve you fine. But if you were considering using it as an offline reference during a camping emergency, a roadside breakdown, or a medical scare, our testing suggests Ensu could actively steer you wrong at the exact moment you need accurate guidance most. The danger isn’t that it says “I don’t know” — it’s that it never does.
We put Ente’s new AI assistant, Ensu, through six demanding questions spanning probability puzzles, philosophical reasoning, and real-world emergencies like wilderness medical crises, car breakdowns, and a sick child in the middle of the night. Across every category, Ensu demonstrated the same core weakness: it could recognize that a situation was serious without understanding why it was serious. It dressed up its answers in confident formatting, numbered steps, bold headers, organized sections, which made the responses look authoritative while the actual content was frequently wrong or dangerously incomplete. In the medical scenarios especially, it missed critical diagnoses entirely, identifying unequal pupils as a possible eye infection rather than a brain emergency, and describing a textbook meningitis presentation in a child without ever mentioning meningitis.
Should You Trust Ensu in a Pinch?
In a word: no, at least not for anything that matters. This is a painful conclusion to reach about a product from Ente, a company that built its reputation on being genuinely trustworthy with things people care about. Ente Photos passed independent security audits and earned real loyalty by doing one thing exceptionally well. Ensu does not carry that same standard forward. It scores adequately on presenting information clearly, which makes it feel more reliable than it actually is, and that gap between feeling trustworthy and being trustworthy is the most important finding here. For low-stakes tasks like drafting a note or answering a general question, it would likely serve you fine. But if you were considering using it as an offline reference during a camping emergency, a roadside breakdown, or a medical scare, our testing suggests Ensu could actively steer you wrong at the exact moment you need accurate guidance most. The danger isn’t that it says “I don’t know” — it’s that it never does.
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