# Local LLM runner — On-device AI chat, no network

> On-device AI chat, no network (iPhone/iPad app by Valerii Lubnin.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/local-llm-runner/id6801577666 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Valerii Lubnin](https://appshunter.io/developer/6801577669)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 25 MB
- Languages: American English, Russian
- Released: 2026-08-26
- Data updated: 2026-10-02
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/local-llm-runner/id6801577666/reviews.md

## What is Local LLM runner?

Run LLM on your iPhone, 100% local, no network
(Network needed once to download a model)

Models:

• Qwen2.5 0.5B Instruct — ~0.4 GB (4 GB RAM)
• Llama 3.2 1B Instruct — ~0.8 GB (4 GB RAM)
• Qwen2.5 1.5B Instruct — ~0.9 GB (4 GB RAM)
• Llama 3.2 3B Instruct — ~1.9 GB (6 GB RAM)
• Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 — ~2.5 GB (6 GB RAM)
• Qwen2.5 7B Instruct — ~4.4 GB (8 GB RAM)

Also:

• Add your own GGUF (for example, from Hugging Face)
• Auto-estimated max context from GPU memory; you can change it

Requires iOS 18 or later.
Tested on iPhone 11, 14 Pro, 15 Pro with iOS 26.

Qwen models © Alibaba Cloud. Licensed under Apache License 2.0.

Llama 3.2 is licensed under the Llama 3.2 Community License, Copyright © Meta Platforms, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Built with Llama.

On-device inference uses llama.cpp (MIT License).


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 0.1.914 — 2026-09-23

• Add your own GGUF (for example, from Hugging Face)
• Auto-estimated max context from GPU memory; you can change it
• Clearer errors when a model does not fit or decode fails

### 0.1.537 — 2026-08-26

No release notes.

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