# Hugging Chat — Chat with Open AIs LLMs & GPTs

> Free chat with diverse open-source AI models and community assistants. (iPhone/iPad app by Hugging Face, Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hugging-chat/id6476778843 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Hugging Face, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1020581002)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.80/5 from 80 App Store ratings · 44 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, European Spanish
- Released: 2024-04-17
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hugging-chat/id6476778843/reviews.md

## What is Hugging Chat?

Chat for free with the best open source AIs from Meta, Microsoft, Google and Mistral!

With Hugging Chat, you're in control of your AI assistants. 
Keep in your pocket the most popular open source chat service used by millions on hf.co/chat

CHOOSE YOUR AI

Hugging Chat lets you pick the AI model you want to use, with the most powerful GPTs always available, including
‣   Llama 3 by Meta
‣   Mixtral by Mistral
‣   Gemma by Google
‣   Phi 3 by Microsoft
‣   Command R+ by Cohere

ASSISTANTS FOR ANYTHING

Use over 1,000 AI Assistants created by the Hugging Face community, including
‣   Image Generator
‣   ChatGpt
‣   Website Designer
‣   Copywriting AI
‣   Python coding assistant
‣   Emojify
‣   Wedding Planner

CUSTOMIZE YOUR AI 

Want to create your own AI, and set your own rules?
Hugging Chat lets you add your own System Prompt so your AI Assistants always respect your rules.

KEEP CHATS PRIVATE

Hugging Chat is free and does not store your chats, and does not use your chats to train new AIs.

ASK AI ANYTHING

The only limit is your imagination, get creative!
‣   Create fun images
‣   Learn to code on the go
‣   Compose a poem for your loved one
‣   Write better emails
‣   Summarize long texts

Created with love in Paris

Terms of Service: https://huggingface.co/terms-of-service
Privacy Policy: https://huggingface.co/privacy

## Key features

- Choose from multiple AI models
- Access over 1,000 AI assistants
- Customize AI behavior with system prompts
- Create images with AI
- Get coding assistance
- Private and non-training chats

## What do users think of Hugging Chat?

**Pros**

- 🚀 Ability to use advanced open-source models
- 🔍 Good models, with LLMs ranked between GPT-3.5 and GPT-4
- 🌐 Conversations sync with online version
- 🆓 Free and easy to use
- 🤖 Multiple large models to choose from
- ⚡️ Snappy inference speed for Llama 3 8B model

**Cons**

- 🔒 Sign-up process had issues with password breaches
- 🐞 Buggy app with constant connection drops and errors
- 🔄 Can't retry outputs without each attempt being added to the conversation
- 🔒 Can't edit own inputs
- 🔍 Lack of features like search bar, creating custom assistants, web browser UI, file/photo upload
- ⚠️ Login issues, with repeated 403 errors
- 📱 Lack of iPad/iPadOS support

## Recent user reviews (10 of 44)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hugging-chat/id6476778843/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work anymore :(

*2025-06-28*

Was really nice but completely stopped working after I was logged out and tried logging in again, where if you even tried logging in it’d give you an error and you couldn’t do anything anymore

### 1/5 — Broken and Neglected

*2025-06-01*

As most reviews say, yeah the developers must think this app is garbage and left it there, because it shows. EVERY SINGLE Qwen model is unusable, Deepseek is very buggy, the few models that do work must be tweaked because you need to basically get your prompt to a SCIENCE if you want just a decent response from it, and Ik the models aren’t that bad because if you do use it on some other interface they work fine. The devs really don’t care which is kinda sad with the amount of potential an app like this can have yall should do better.

### 1/5 — App isn’t being updated

*2025-02-24*

Seems like they have given up on this app.  Using the multiple LLM models, the answers are very poor with other apps with those models performing much better.  This app did allow Mistral for instance before they came out with their own app but using the native app is much better.

### 1/5 — Useless

*2025-02-24*

Start a chat, delete the chat. Now the app is broken somehow. When you open again, it stuck on loading.

### 5/5 — This app is useful for using DeepSeek-R1.

*2025-02-16*

You don’t really need to sign up for DeepSeek to use DeepSeek, but if you just use this app then you can use it without making an account, also you can use it locally. However, Qwen models don’t work at all. It’s incredibly frustrating that every Qwen model is broken. I wish there was iPad UI for this app, it’s inconvenient to use it on iPad.

### 5/5 — Great app

*2025-02-04*

This has lots of potential don’t stop updating it

### 5/5 — APP needs improvement

*2025-01-30*

1. Request developers to add popular high-availability multi-language open source models. 
2. Add two additional features: chat font size increase and one-click return to the bottom and top of the chat window.
Thank you so much!

### 2/5 — Do not update!!! Used to be good but abandoned

*2025-01-27, version 1.0.7*

They basically just took away a majority of features in the app, it use to be amazing but it doesn’t have any of the functionality of before. To me it’s an easy fix to get it integrated but the Developer has obviously abandoned the app.

### 5/5 — Qwen models don’t work at all.

*2025-01-20*

It’s incredibly frustrating that every Qwen model is broken.

### 1/5 — The word useless comes to mind

*2025-01-11*

This app feels like talking to someone who doesn’t speak your language while wearing noise-canceling headphones. If it misunderstands your question and thinks you’re asking about something illegal, it’s game over. No matter how many times you clarify, clear its memory, or even reinstall it, it’s stuck on that one misunderstanding. You can explain a thousand times, ‘That’s not what I asked,’ and its response will still be, ‘I understand you’re asking about something illegal.’ No, I’m not! Absolutely ridiculous. Honestly, it’s so useless I might as well use Google—and we all know how frustrating Google can be. Once it misunderstands, it’s done. No other questions, no moving forward—just stuck forever. Completely useless.

## Frequently asked questions about Hugging Chat

### What is Hugging Chat?

Hugging Chat is a free application that allows you to chat with various open-source AI models from companies like Meta, Google, and Microsoft. It also provides access to over 1,000 AI assistants created by the Hugging Face community for a wide range of tasks.

### What AI models can I use with Hugging Chat?

You can choose from powerful AI models such as Llama 3 by Meta, Mixtral by Mistral, Gemma by Google, Phi 3 by Microsoft, and Command R+ by Cohere. The app ensures the most powerful GPTs are always available for your use.

### Is Hugging Chat free to use?

Yes, Hugging Chat is completely free to use. It does not have any in-app purchases or advertisements, making it accessible for everyone to explore AI capabilities.

### Are my conversations private with Hugging Chat?

Yes, your chats are private. The application does not store your conversations and does not use them to train new AIs. This ensures your interactions remain confidential.

### What kind of tasks can I use the AI assistants for?

The AI assistants can be used for a vast array of tasks, including generating images, designing websites, writing better emails, summarizing long texts, composing poems, and even acting as a wedding planner or a Python coding assistant.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.7 — 2024-06-06

Bug fixes

### 1.0.6 — 2024-06-04

Bug fixes

### 1.0.5 — 2024-05-28

Bug fixes

### 1.0.4 — 2024-05-24

Bug fixes

### 1.0.3 — 2024-05-07

- New settings to disable haptic feedback
- Discussions are smoother and faster

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