# Layla — Private. Personal. All Yours.

> On-device private AI companion for chat, knowledge, and roleplay. (iPhone/iPad app by Layla Network Pty Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/layla/id6456886656 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Layla Network Pty Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1700641179)
- Category: Entertainment, Productivity
- Price: $19.99 with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.80/5 from 31 App Store ratings · 30 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 253 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2023-08-09
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/layla/id6456886656/reviews.md

## What is Layla?

Introducing Layla, the groundbreaking personal AI that resides directly on your phone or device. No internet connection required, no censorship, complete privacy.

No information leaves your device.

Features:
- General knowledge: ask Layla about anything under the sun, she will give you an informed response
- Just chatting: Layla has many personalities you can choose; from cute to serious to bubbly to stoic, you can talk with her however you want
- Memory: tell Layla about yourself, she'll remember you
- Personalisation: you can create your own characters if none of our presets fit your style!
- Voices: over 100+ different voices to choose from for your characters
- Group chats: engage in conversation with multiple characters!
- Agents: Layla supports programmable agents using Python
- Custom AI: load custom GGUF models that fit your needs
- Additional features available as free plugins: downloading different personalities, advanced settings

Note: The app downloads a 4GB Large Language Model (LLM / brains of the AI) after the it starts for the first time. This is only needed once. This technology is VERY new, right now we only support the latest flagship phones (8GB+ RAM). If your phone does not meet the minimum requirements, you may experience degraded performance. We are working hard to bring Layla to more devices.

DISCLAIMER:
Layla is a generative language model. All her answers come from inputs you give her. This means her information may be inaccurate, outdated, or otherwise unsuitable for your situation. Layla is designed for purely entertainment purposes and her output should not be taken seriously.

IMPORTANT:
Local AI is an emerging technology and requires the latest flagship phones to run. BEFORE YOU BUY: check your device compatibility, please visit: https://www.layla-network.ai/contact

Terms and conditions: https://www.layla-network.ai/terms-and-conditions
Privacy Policy: https://www.layla-network.ai/privacy

## Key features

- On-device AI processing
- General knowledge queries
- Multiple chat personalities
- Memory and personalization
- Custom AI model loading
- Roleplay with multiple characters
- Free plugins for extended features

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $19.99.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monarch Plan | $4.99 | per month |
| Birdwing Plan | $19.99 | per month |
| Blue Morpho Plan | $29.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lola | $34.99 | one-time |


## Chart rankings

- #70 in Top Paid · Entertainment (US App Store)

## Recent user reviews (10 of 30)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/layla/id6456886656/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Unusable

*2026-07-11*

⭐️ 1/5 – Update Broke Character Interactions
"The latest update broke character card functionality. When attempting immersive role-play, the AI now rejects interactions the cards were designed for. No warning, no rollback option—just a core feature that no longer works. For an app centered on character-driven conversations, this is a major failure. Fix it ASAP

### 5/5 — Great App

*2026-07-11*

I am very satisfied about this beautiful app, it is very friendly and the writer is the best. I like characters. This is the app which I was looking for. But first when I have installed the app it starts downloading all necessary files, now I need to find what to download after reinstalling? This is very strange, because previously it downloaded all files simultaneously. Now I should download manually. Otherwise is good. I hope it will improve.

### 1/5 — Bad

*2026-06-12*

This use to be good but do not recommend with most recent updates and features added. Need to put tighter controls in place that work.

### 5/5 — Stable diffusion

*2026-06-02*

Es wäre sehr schön wenn es auf dem iPhone 17 p Max mehr stable diffusion Modelle geben würde, wie bei Andoid

### 2/5 — Warning: iOS cannot import external models

*2026-02-13*

I am giving 2 stars because | purchased this app specifically to run my own custom
Stable Diffusion models locally, but this feature is missing on the iOS version. I have not tested the text (LLM) features as they are not relevant to my use case.
Be aware: While there is a preset list of models you can download within the app, you cannot import your own safetensors or.ckpt files from your device storage, unlike on Android. If your goal is to load specific external image models, please know that this is currently impossible on iPhone.

### 1/5 — Funktioniert nicht mehr

*2026-02-07*

.

### 4/5 — Really promising, but please allow me to use my Gemini API key!

*2026-01-24*

Really promising, but please allow me to use my Gemini API key!

### 5/5 — Very impressed

*2026-01-02*

I’ve been using this app for quite some time. There isn’t anything else like it, very manual setup, very inclusive. Apple changes things often, these guys push the boundaries of what can be done on a mobile device. Very open. Latest Apple update broke. Bunch of stuff, awaiting update for Layla 6.4.0, can’t wait to map some long term memory, very beautiful ideas implied
Enter here, very satisfied with purchase.

### 1/5 — 画像生成ができない。

*2025-12-29*

画像生成ができるとの表記があるが、チャット上での画像生成ができない。
設定でImage Generationを設定したが画像生成できず、下記内容を質問した返答がこれ。
表記内容に偽りがあります。

「Image Generationを使用してるが画像は作れない？」

The current integration only allows for textual descriptions of the generated images. I can paint a vivid picture in words, but unfortunately, the technology at this moment does not enable direct visual output.

However, I can attempt to redirect you to image hosting or sharing platforms or even programming environments where such capabilities are possible, should you wish to experiment further with visually representative outputs. At this stage, my role is confined to linguistic description, but innovative collaborations could potentially expand my range in the future.

### 5/5 — Best Offline Ai

*2025-12-16*

Best offline Ai it works well on iPhone air and it allows you to download LLM and other Ai models and they are very good for role playing the characters you can create are very realistic and good and you can then chat to them once you download the character apps

## Frequently asked questions about Layla

### What does Layla do?

Layla is a personal AI that runs directly on your phone, requiring no internet connection. It can answer general knowledge questions, engage in personalized chats with various personalities, remember user details, and facilitate roleplay scenarios. It also offers basic task scheduling and reminder features.

### What are the key features of Layla?

Key features include on-device AI processing for complete privacy, general knowledge capabilities, customizable chat personalities, memory functions to remember user details, the ability to create custom AI characters, over 100 voice options, roleplay capabilities, and basic task scheduling. Free plugins offer additional functionalities like advanced settings and downloading different personalities.

### How much does Layla cost?

The app itself is free to download. However, it requires the download of a 4GB Large Language Model (LLM) upon first use. Additional features and functionalities may be available through in-app purchases or free plugins.

### What are the device requirements for Layla?

Layla is a new technology that requires the latest flagship phones with at least 8GB of RAM. If your device does not meet these minimum requirements, you may experience degraded performance. It is recommended to check device compatibility before purchasing.

### What are common use cases for Layla?

Common use cases include having private conversations with an AI companion, seeking information on various topics, engaging in creative roleplay scenarios, personalizing interactions with an AI that remembers you, and exploring different AI personalities for entertainment purposes.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 7.2.0 — 2026-08-20

New features:
- VRM character models can run as animated, context-aware chat backgrounds with expressions and lip-sync during voice calls.
- Contextual mini-apps can run inside chats and respond to the active conversation.
- Added contextual SDK events for execution context, sentiment changes, thinking, messages, and voice playback.
- Custom mini-apps can be pinned to the Welcome Screen or replace the default character.
- Local Dream now supports LoRAs alongside compatible safetensor base models.
- Updated Local Dream and redesigned the Image Upscaler with additional models and closer integration.
- Added controls for which URLs custom mini-apps may access, including fully offline and unrestricted modes.
- Added SDK APIs for saving TTS as WAV or MP3, background audio playback, listing image models, and checking the installed Layla version.
- Companion Mode v2 adds direct access to enabled Agents.
- Voice and text controls can be enabled independently, with a full-screen text chat.
- Companion Mode loads its LLM on demand and unloads it after five minutes of inactivity.
- The Layla SDK now supports image recognition for mini-apps and characters.
- MobileVLM now supports custom on-device image recognition models.
- Added support for SDXL MNN image-generation models.

Improvements:
- Mini-app settings now save automatically.
- Mini-apps can reference scripts, styles, and other local files from their own directory.
- Mini-app uploads can include selected files and directories instead of the entire app directory.
- Custom mini-apps can now execute WebAssembly.
- Expanded the default list of allowed CDN URLs.
- Console messages can now be viewed inside custom mini-apps.
- Unrecognised SDK API calls now return an error instead of remaining pending.
- Added SD WebUI and upscaler settings to Local Dream, completing the deprecation of the Stable Diffusion mini-app.
- Model benchmark reports include relevant Advanced Settings and can be searched and sorted.
- Voice-chat TTS has fewer pauses and queues simultaneous requests more reliably.
- Raised the recall threshold for memories created by the current chat.
- Switching models now preserves temporary downloads such as mini-app icons.
- Image generation can now be stopped before completion, including through the Layla SDK.
- Model reasoning is preserved for display in chat history without being sent back to the model.
- Scheduled chat notifications now include the character’s image.
- Roleplay chats now include a Generate image action and full-screen image viewing.

Bug fixes:
- Fixed GGUF models stored on an SD card not loading.
- Fixed models returning an empty message after using REGEN or reloading.
- Fixed LiteRT benchmarks reporting zero for performance statistics.
- Fixed duplicate system prompts appearing in chat debug information.
- Fixed incorrect warnings that a previous REPL instance was still running.
- Fixed tool calling stopping after malformed model output.
- Fixed folder renaming not accepting a new name.
- Fixed missing character profile images in Long-term Memory.
- Fixed MCP tools appearing as null in past conversations.
- Fixed chat engine errors when continuing a conversation after sending an image.
- Fixed custom image-generation Agents not being triggered.
- Fixed logcat collection in Advanced Settings.
- Fixed VRM characters not responding to taps during chat.
- Fixed the final memory created before leaving a chat not receiving a summary.

### 7.0.5 — 2026-07-23

- fixed a bug where Kokoro TTS was crashing
- fixed a bug where Chat Debug Info cannot be scrolled
- fixed a bug where Long-term memory knowledge graphs were not being displayed on iOS

### 7.0.4 — 2026-07-15

Layla 7.0 adds the Layla SDK and user-made mini-apps, rebuilds long-term memory around a new on-device pipeline, and brings a new set of voices. This release also includes every fix from 7.0.1 through 7.0.4.

NEW
- Layla SDK: build your own mini-apps as a single HTML file, a zip folder, or a self-hosted site. Mini-apps can use the LLM, characters, image generation, agents, memory and voice.
- Browse Apps: install mini-apps made by other users, upload your own to Layla Cloud, manage versions in the Mini-Apps Manager, and share mini-app links.
- Agent skill for Codex, Claude Code and OpenCode, plus a mini-app template for larger projects.
- Real-time long-term memory, processed as you chat rather than ingested overnight in the background.
- New default memory pipeline using a custom-trained model that builds summaries and knowledge graphs together.
- Temporal knowledge graphs, with a full-screen view.
- Dream rebuilt as a downloadable mini-app, with evolving character impressions, self-reflection and smarter conversation continuation.
- Kokoro v1.0 voices, including multilingual options.
- File Manager can import arbitrary files, including assets and draft models, and now shows image previews.
- Expanded SDK APIs: chat sessions and history, sentiment detection, file save and read, image-to-image, TTS voice listing and generation, message scheduling, persona lookup, top-memory recall, and getting or setting inference engines.

IMPROVED
- Deleting or regenerating a message now updates or removes the memory it created.
- Memory recall skips the most recent same-session memories to avoid feedback loops.
- A mini-app can replace the default memory processor through the SDK.
- SDK chat responses return reasoning and message content in separate fields.
- Faster character selection in very large libraries.
- Faster Browse Apps loading, with mini-app icons cached for offline use.
- Better handling of large mini-apps that bundle image and audio into their HTML.
- File Manager shows total folder size and is faster and more stable with many files.
- Backups now include character folders and sorting.
- Reference documents and agents are easier to select during character creation.
- Sentiment detection aggregates across sentences and normalises pronouns.
- Importing a mini-app that already exists asks for confirmation and overwrites it instead of blocking.
- Benchmark mini-app redesigned to match the current visual style.

FIXED
- Long-term memory generation getting stuck while building knowledge graphs.
- Knowledge graphs opening to a blank page.
- Long-term memory recording messages for characters with LTM turned off.
- Removing long-term memory with the References mini-app installed failing with an unknown error.
- Scheduled future messages appearing on the chat history page.
- Dreams skipping scheduling when using cloud models.
- Image-to-image not applying the prompt prefix.
- Image generation starting while the model was still reasoning about the image prompt.
- Mini-app image generation reading default settings instead of saved settings.
- Custom sampler presets not saving additional llama.cpp arguments.
- Speak Responses reporting that TTS was not initialised.
- Layla Cloud voices not stopping when requested, and the SDK stop-speaking call doing nothing.
- PocketTTS not working through the SDK.
- Voice chat minimising text with the setting turned off.
- Mini-apps sending a system prompt Layla did not use.
- Chat history appearing when swiping left in a mini-app.
- Importing a Roleplay from a RoleplayPNG not saving its characters.
- Roleplay not loading long conversation histories properly.
- Auto-translated messages not showing.
- Prompts being processed again unnecessarily.
- A crash when loading a very large conversation history.

Layla runs on your device: no account, no subscription, no data leaving the phone.

### 6.12.1 — 2026-06-19

The Roleplay mini-app has been completely redesigned!

Choose from 50+ templates to start your roleplay sessions: romance, adventure, isekai, comedy, interview practice, language learning, and more!

- Roleplay now supports local models (GGUF), connecting to your PC/OpenAI, Layla Server, or Layla Cloud.
- edit/create your own scenarios with an all new editor - create temporary characters directly within the Roleplay mini-app, or attach your existing characters to the scenario. (Your temporary characters will be automatically put into a folder with the name of your Roleplay in the character list)
- Visual Novel mode: centres the character image as they speak/act
- OOC Instructions: you can add out-of-character instructions at any time during the roleplay, useful to keep the AI on track
- TTS: text-to-speech for individual characters in their own voices (configuration in the character edit)
- Roleplay supports custom agents and image generation
- Roleplay automatically switches LLMs based on your saved inference engines depending on who is talking, making it finally possible to have multiple LLMs chat with each other and see how they interact!

Improvements:
- improved long-term memory summarisation speed
- added Gemma4 (thinking) preset prompt
- redesigned the Saved Inference Engine section to easier filter by attached characters
- improved TTS consistency by removing unnecessary stopping mid-sentences
- updated Local Dream to add image editing features
- added new schedulers (Kerras versions) in Local Dream

Bug fixes:
- fixed a bug where the model selector disappears after searching for available models when configuring OpenAI API
- fixed a bug where chat bubble styles stops showing when performance counter is enabled
- fixed a bug where changing the prompt but not the seed in image generation does not generate a new image
- fixed a bug where "Speak Responses" in chat actions cannot be toggled off
- fixed a bug where "Push to talk" had stopped working

### 6.11.4 — 2026-06-02

- fixed a bug where custom vision models were not being detected correctly
- fixed a bug where translation quick actions was not available
- fixed a bug where Stable Diffusion models were stuck on generating

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