# Local AI Chat - pocket — user reviews > 46 indexed App Store user reviews of Local AI Chat by Rica Harz, rated 4.40/5 from 65 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/local-ai-chat-pocket/id6476791661/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/local-ai-chat-pocket/id6476791661.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 50 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 6 ## Newest reviews (13 of 46) ### 3/5 — Potentiel mal optimiser *2026-05-04* Pocket marche bien avec les modele cloud et r est tres agreeable mais cequi me derange et ma pousser a supprimer l’app est que malgre que j’ai installé un petit modele local pocket a peine mon message envoyer a crash ce qui a fait de sa une experience gahe car app non optimiser. ### 2/5 — Why Is There A Limit for local models? *2026-01-30* I’m Running it On My Device And Yet I Have To Pay To Continue Chatting The UI Is Good But App Isn’t ### 3/5 — Gute Idee, es muss aber noch weiter daran gearbeitet werden ! *2025-11-14, version 0.3.9* Folgende NEUN „lokale Module“ funktionieren bei mir leider nicht bzw. lassen sich nicht oder nur teilweise herunter laden oder stoppen mittendrin einfach das Download. Manche davon bringen die App sogar zum kompletten Absturz. BITTE NACHBESSERN ! DANKE 👍🏻 -Liquid LFM2-8B-A1B -Llama 3.2 1B Instruct (das Zweite) -Deepcogito Cogito V1 Preview Llama 8B -Mistral 7B Instruct VO.3 -Hermes 2 Pro Mistral 7B -Phi 3.5 Mini 4K -Josiefied Qwen2.5 0.5B Instruct Abliterated V1 Float32 -Josiefied Qwen2.5 0.5B Instruct Abliterated V1 Float16 -Mistral Nemo Instruct 2407 ### 3/5 — My Opinion *2025-10-15* I love this app and I have had a great experience with it, but one criticism I have with it is that whenever i try to download and use a model that you recommended and i download it from the app and i use it, it gives a model unsupported error. ### 4/5 — Пишет ошибку в ответе *2025-10-11, version 0.3.7* Приложение очень хорошо отвечает на мои вопросы но есть проблема: она не всегда корректно отвечает и еще не работают генерация изображений ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work on my XR *2025-09-22* Probably a limitation of my old phone, but the lowest spec qwen model opens a interface with a + in the bottom left corner, menu lines in the top left and something obscured by a white box that fills the screen. ### 2/5 — Beautiful UI that under delivers *2025-08-27* It’s a beautiful app which attracted me to it, however I’m not paying for a beautiful UI when other free apps deliver 2x more functionality (e.g. the real value) and the same local models for free. They haven’t found their unique value so they are just throwing a paywall in a cash grab without thinking through what problem they are uniquely solving. Make all the local OSS models free (also add some of the heavier models a 16 pro can run) and build really good tools/integrations then run a freemium model on all the extra features and tools. Give me web search, cloud image models, connectors into Google Drive, Notion, etc. I will pay for that. ### 3/5 — paywall *2025-06-30* so many models locked behind an $18 paywall! wow **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! I understand your concern about the paywall. The decision to lock certain models behind a subscription was made to help support the costs associated with running and maintaining the high-performance models, as well as ensuring a sustainable service. That said, we’re constantly working on providing value to all users, and we also offer a selection of models that are available for free. Your input is important, and we’ll take it into account as we continue to improve the app. ### 3/5 — Gute Idee aber noch nicht ganz umgesetzt *2025-06-24, version 0.2.5* Die App an sich ist ein echt tolles Konzept vorallem das UI was von OpenAI inspiriert ist sieht einfach nur Hammer aus also auch da Respekt aber leider hängt und leckt die App nach 2/3 nachrichten und läuft deshalb instabil. Nach den neuen Updates sind nun auch die meisten Modelle nur noch für plus Mitglieder und nicht mehr gratis zugänglich was aber auch zum Teil verständlich ist wegen der api Nutzung. Bleib dran du hast bisher starke Arbeit geleistet! ### 3/5 — Ich bekomme ohne Internet kein Antwort *2025-05-29, version 0.2.2* Alles gut geklappt ich konnte auch die lokale ki installieren aber ich bekam keine Antwort ohne WLAN aber mit WLAN top ich muss dort loben aber ich bekomme halt oflinne kein antworten von der ki ### 3/5 — ? *2025-05-23, version 0.2.1* Ich dachte die app würde auch ohne wlan funktionieren aber als ich es versucht habe stand da eine Fehlermeldung das es internet braucht ### 4/5 — Could be better *2025-05-11* Very nice app. I’m paying for premium. I love the research feature for learning about something thoroughly. That’s unique enough to make me pay for it. I do think there really needs to be a focus on improving the text to speech so that text can be read out loud with a better model. This only works sometimes to begin with/may be very slow, and the voice is pretty bad. Pls work on that and I’ll continue paying. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your support and for being a premium subscriber! I am really glad to hear that you're enjoying the research feature — it's great to know it's making a meaningful difference for you. I truly appreciate your feedback on the text-to-speech functionality. Improving the voice quality and performance is definitely on my radar, and your input will help shape the next versions of the app. If you don’t mind, could you please submit a support ticket at oneai.framer.website/support? I would love to chat with you about improvements to the app. ### 3/5 — Datei Uploud und Modell Downloud stürzt ab *2025-04-24, version 0.2.1* Ich finde es eine sehr gute Idee es funktioniert auch gut bis auf den Downloud von Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-8bit leider stürzt die App bei 100 Prozent immer ab hat auch schon neu install probiert hat trotzdem nicht geklappt. Außerdem warum gibt es ein Limit auf Datei Uplouds bei einer lokalen Ki? Und warum kann ich der lokalen ki Dateien hochladen aber sie kann gar keine pdfs lesen ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Limit for local models *2026-06-18* The sub limits you to cheaper obscured models and throttles you by focing lower context so you end up paying more than youd pay using an API yourself rather than saving money. ### 1/5 — Sucks! *2026-03-21* Current chat will just gone if you swipe open side bar when it’s generating. It’s sucks! Disappointed! Plus; switching model bar keeps wink whenever you open it. ### 1/5 — Attention payant *2026-01-25* Attention,,, on vous fait tout télécharger à la fin on vous dit que c’est gratuit pendant trois jours mais c’est payant ### 1/5 — clickbait *2025-11-04* They claimed that this model would work without the Internet, but with any offline request the AI ​​returns an error. 1 star ### 1/5 — Not what is says it does. *2025-10-19* This does not do local ai. this does not do other models at all even offline models. It says it is always claude all the time even if a different model is selected. Tried qwen3. ask what the model name is. it says. it is claude. qwen3 online the offical site says it is qwen. ### 1/5 — Response failure *2025-09-19, version 0.3.4* Aktuell ständig Response failure! ### 1/5 — Nothing works *2025-09-03* I saw an ad for this app, I was really impressed. Upon entering app, you get subscription at your face right away. Local models don’t work, their “recommended” gamma model didn’t even give answer (only got unsupported model message), deepseek never ends thinking stage because it is getting stuck in a loop. GPT 5 didn’t work for me as well, just a sorry message. Also, design is fully copied from ChatGPT. Idea was great, but implementation is the worst. ### 1/5 — Useless. *2025-06-09, version 0.2.3* The app rarely works none of the models respond and if they do it takes ages. The app is slow and literally a carbon copy of ChatGPT. Get original. 💋 ### 1/5 — Worst ai app *2025-05-07* Keeps crashing, buggy as hell. Modifying a message literally just doesn’t work, sometimes regenerating just sends the first message in the chat, can’t delete messages, lots of text is broken « settingsView-pocketiOS »… I do not recommend **Developer response:** Hello, Thank you again for your feedback. I’m happy to let you know that most of the bugs you mentioned have been addressed in version 0.2.3. We recommend updating to this latest release, as it includes significant stability improvements and fixes for message modification, regeneration, and other issues. If you continue to experience problems or need further assistance, please visit our support page for troubleshooting guides and to submit any additional details: https://oneai.framer.website/support We appreciate your patience and are committed to delivering a smoother experience. Best regards, Timon Harz ### 1/5 — Crash *2025-01-30, version 0.1.3* iPhone 11 iOS 18.3 egal ob Cloud oder lokal es funktioniert nicht. Und es werden auch URL aufgerufen die nicht gerade nach Datenschutz aussehen. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Navy *2026-02-01* It's great ### 5/5 — Nice *2025-11-30* အရမ်းမိုက်တယ် ဒီ App က ### 5/5 — Overall Positive *2025-11-20* Great app for just using offline LLM models for on to go research. UI/UX is really user friendly to use, like easy navigation, simple chatting, and a lot more. I recommend this as a more of a ChatGPT alternative with a similar UI. ### 5/5 — Can I switch from cloud to private *2025-10-08* Just read the title please ### 5/5 — GREAT *2025-06-08, version 0.2.3* Best ai app I've seen in a while, it runs locally and even has the best ai models. Great if you need storage and want to use multiple ai apps. AND the plus is SO cheap compared to the value you are getting. Would like that qwen modell are free please. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-05-11* brilliant app ### 5/5 — Fantástica *2025-04-18, version 0.2.1* Ofrece un montón de funciones de pago ChatGPT plus gratis y varios modelos de IA de forma gratuita. Por ejemplo, la función de ChatGPT vídeo la tenemos gratuita usando un límite de veces ### 5/5 — Very good but could be more creative with the UI *2025-04-13* I love this app don’t get me wrong but the UI is way to similar to ChatGPT. I think it would be better if you were to make your own kind of UI. Thanks ### 5/5 — Great app! *2025-04-06, version 0.1.8* If you’re looking for a powerful, privacy focused AI app that works without an internet connection, this is the one to get. It’s fast, reliable, and offers a variety of features, all while respecting your privacy. It’s a must have tool for anyone who needs AI assistance on the go. Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — Good *2025-04-04, version 0.1.8* Its good, its also made by a indie dev which i like and overral has good capabilities and offline usage is great👍 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-13.*