Local Chat Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience79.5% of reviews
Neutral4.5% of reviews
Negative experience15.9% of reviews

~ Based on 44 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Local Chat Safe?

Local Chat: Private AI Chatbot appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Local Chat is 85/100.

This assessment is based on 55 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.5/5.

Safety Analysis

87.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.6% of ratings suggest some concerns
9.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 55 App Store ratings for Local Chat.

Is Local Chat Legit?

Local Chat: Private AI Chatbot appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Local Chat is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

좋아요

오프라인 상태에서도 사용 할 수 있어서 좋아요 추천합니다

App Genial!!

Ninguna APP la iguala

Garbage

Absolute garbage, ui doesn’t make sense, it even has a placeholder language setting, and it asks $99 for lifetime lol

Allows loading arbitrary models from Huggingface

Would be even better if we could load models from all of huggingface, not just-mlx-community.

Good, but not great

I’ve been using the app for the last several months. The overall design and interface is a little clunky until you get used to it. When you’re downloading a new local model, you have to stay active on that screen, or it will stop downloading if you go to another screen. What would make this app even better is a little more polishing with the UI and conversation syncing via iCloud.
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Response from developer

Please send me an email at support@localchat.co, because both of the things you're claiming are not accurate. Downloads work no matter what screen you're on in the app, and conversations sync via iCloud. I've spent a lot of time polishing the UI and would like to understand what you think doesn't work well.

Legends

I love your app. It’s finally an ai that is private and not used to train models.

Gave it a shot thumbs down

It took over an hour to download the AI I wanted. And then anytime I asked a question the app crashed. Also it’s confusing on the other side of things. I have no idea how to use an API code? Like what? Would be a cool app if it worked

Response from developer

I put a lot of time into making sure Local Chat works well, and I'm always available to fix any issues that you encounter. Please send me an email at support@localchat.co so that I can better understand the problem and make any necessary changes in the app.

Does not work with all providers

Does not work with all openAPI compatible providers, seems buggy.

Nice app!

I want to use different models, doing the right comparisons and combinations!

Excellent

Absolutely ideal for local prompt engineering before using up cloud credits. I’ve found it invaluable so far as a writing aid.

Súper!

Please add new OpenAI oss

The best choice

Among all the AI apps I've used for running lightweight models locally on iPhone, **LocalChat stands out as the absolute best**. The interface is clean, intuitive, and beautifully organized — no clutter, no confusion. It supports the **widest variety of models**, from open-source LLMs to vision-language models, and switching between **local and cloud inference** is seamless with just one tap.

Even more impressive, it has **multimodal capabilities**, letting users work with text, vision, and more — all from a single app. This is a game-changer for anyone exploring real on-device AI.

**Highly recommended**. If you're serious about local AI, **download this app now**.
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there are better options

ui isnt great, limited model selection

Response from developer

You can add any compatible model from the MLX Community on Hugging Face, in addition to the recommended models in the app. I work really hard to make the UI great. If you have suggestions for how it could be improved, please let me know at feedback@localchat.co. If this response has been helpful to you, please consider updating your review.

Super !

Efficace avec MLX et ne s’exécute qu’en local.
Merci.
Idées d’amélioration :
- indiquer les tokens/s pour le PP et TG
- dans shortcuts, ne mettre dans la liste des modèles que ceux qui sont installés.
- permettre de rendre persistant le modèle chargé en mémoire (via une option parametrable) : j’ai l’impression qu’à chaque fois que je reviens sur l’application, le modèle se reloade
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Might be the best!

I've downloaded and tested three AI apps the run directly on your phone, and I've gotten by far the best results from this one! All the apps allow you to download and experiment with different models, but this one has given me the best results right out of the box! Like all AI models, it can make mistakes, but this is the most reliable app I've tried that runs directly on my phone!
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I love it

I hope this app will have more features

최고의 앱

클로드 최신모델이나 제미나이 최신모델을 API형식으로 온라인 연결해서 사용하면 최고 최적 최장의 결과가 나옵니다. 애플에서만 사용할 수 있는게 아쉬워요

Great app, responsive developer

Best Mac/iOS app for running local models (and accessing Claude, Gemini etc). Excellent UI on all platforms, iCloud sync works very well. Had an issue, contacted the developer and heard back the same day. Highly recommended

Best one and I’ve tried them ALL

Shortcuts integration just works. Connects to my local OpenAI compatible LLM server perfectly. Finally, I have just one app as my go-to AI chat client. Deleted all the others that I’ve bought and tried. THIS is the one.

Great app, even better developer!

This is a must have app that makes running a range of local LLM models as simple as a few clicks and works across all my devices seamlessly. The developer is approachable, responsive and open to implementing suggestions, new ideas and fixing bugs. Highly recommended and well deserving of your support!
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