# LocalGen: AI Art Playground — user reviews

> 42 indexed App Store user reviews of LocalGen by Aina Artificial intelligence LLP, rated 4.30/5 from 144 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/localgen-ai-art-playground/id6754815804/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/localgen-ai-art-playground/id6754815804.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 102 · 4★ 17 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 15

## Newest reviews (11 of 42)

### 3/5 — Some issues in artistic creativity

*2026-06-27*

Generally the app does produce good results although some annoying results.  Some people end up with multiple limbs in odd places.  It produces goods female nudes but men have all been castrated

### 2/5 — Wear your seatbelt

*2026-06-16*

If this app were a movie title, it would be Crash.

Crashes, like clockwork, every 2-4 attempts. I use a few similar apps that don’t crash at all. 

iPhone 14 Pro Max iOS 26.5

### 4/5 — Great pictures, the re-compiling process is a PAIN

*2026-04-28*

Powerful and quick model. Definitely better than apple's image playground junk.

I bought the pro license!

I love the app. However, I dislike that after every iOS update that each and every model installed has to be re-compiled at a cost of ~200sec each (10min+). For me, that means each time I use the app after iOS update I do not get to use the app while the idea is fresh in my mind. I forget what I was gonna to create. I then spend the time re-compiling. This is a frustrating process and it takes me a while to want to use the app again. I have PTSD and it hurts to continually wait 10 minutes re-compiling. It is so frustrating that you have to do all this when you want to use an app.

I appreciate the developers response and I have updated my review accordingly.

**Developer response:** Hi. 
I am sorry for your experience. 
The reason you needed to redownload model, is because I replaced it with better models as I improved the app. 
It will not happen again, because models are finalized.

### 3/5 — One issue

*2026-04-28*

Can we access the generated photos without having to save each one? I generated way too many photos to save one by one…

**Developer response:** Hi, 
You can check generated images in gallery by just tapping on them. You don't need to save them for that.

### 4/5 — Definitely has potential

*2026-04-12*

I think this could be a really great app especially based on how well the developer has created the UI and just the overall spread. However, it absolutely needs to have checkpoints and LORA upload abilities. My advice would be just unlock it and let people bring in their own models. Make sure you write up a good terms and service agreement and based on how good-looking it is, I think it would sell like crazy.

### 3/5 — Pb de prompt

*2026-03-28*

L’image générée ne correspond pas au prompt… est ce dû à une modération trop forte ou une incompréhension de L’AI …

**Developer response:** Bonjour !
C’est peut-être parce que l’application ne comprend que l’anglais.

### 3/5 — Back to 2024

*2026-02-22, version 6.0.0*

The results remind me of Stable Diffusion images from 2023-2024. It's generally poor at rendering scenes with more than one person. Skin textures are better than apps from 2023 but not up to 2025-26 levels. There is no option for landscape or portrait aspect ratios. Even with the pro package models, it's quite limited. Rendering scenes without humans in them, such as architectural or urban settings, the limitations really show up. And I stand by my original comments that the free version doesn't provide enough reason to pay for the $30 upgrade. I'm hopeful that the dev uses an AI to help work through product marketing steps and ends up with a more functional app. Right now it's targeting guys who want to (poorly) render nsfw solos of females.

### 3/5 — Nice but needs Lora/embedding/checkpoint support

*2026-02-10*

Happy to pay for the lifetime as soon as those are supported. Until then it’s ok to play around with, but not great for specific results.

### 4/5 — Full optimized!

*2026-01-31*

The app works surprisingly fast on old devices. 

There will be support for other models in the future like Flux or SD3? 

This should be fine knowing the good performance of Neural Engine. 🔥

### 4/5 — An image model is missing

*2026-01-29*

The photorealistic image model is missing

**Developer response:** Hi,
I noticed that photorealism model, has worse quality that default model. So I decided temporary remove it. 
I will return it in 6.0.0, once I find a way to make quality comparable.

### 4/5 — Had to Re-download Models

*2026-01-26*

Hello developers!  First, let me say that I really enjoy how straight forward this app is, in fact it’s ease of use is what made me decide to make a HUGE $30 purchase even though the Draw Things app can do text to image for free and offers all text-to-image models on their platform (just search & download).  My main issue is that I downloaded all 5 models offered in this app, then I came back to it later and it wanted me to re-download the models again.  This is a lengthy process and I really just wanted the models to be stored so I could switch between them.  Why did the models get flushed out and require me to re-download them?

**Developer response:** Hi,
Thanks for your support. 
I work hard to update and improve models every day. Sometimes I manage to make models, much faster and higher quality. In that case app deletes legacy models, so you can replace them with better options. 
I am sorry for that inconvenience.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Overpriced for local generation

*2026-07-16*

Is honestly mediocre in comparison to the free draw things, just look up tutorials, you can do much here without upgrading even locally a lot of stuff is locked behind it

### 1/5 — Abandoned

*2026-05-26*

Seems to be abandoned

**Developer response:** Hi.
App is not abandoned, but rather finished. From the very first day we had clear idea, what feature we plan to develop and that once they are implemented app will not get any new releases(except bug fixes).

That being said, support is still active and we closely monitor our app.

### 1/5 — Paywall

*2026-04-03*

Not sure if it works as advertised or not, it is paywalled. Good for the dev to get some money for their effort, but with just 6 reviews it seems that the effort is on getting subscriptions instead of giving the product for free for a week, and then charge or get ads revenue

**Developer response:** Hi. 
You can use app for free. If you are not ready to purchase anything you can close paywall.

### 1/5 — Отвратно

*2026-03-30*

Не генерирует по промту абсолютно. Делает совершенно неведомые изображения!

**Developer response:** Hi! Thanks for your review!
The app only supports English. You probably tried typing in Russian, which the app doesn’t understand.

### 1/5 — Overpriced for local generation

*2026-03-25*

They raised the price for permanent unlock apparently, its 35 now, steep for something that is fairly mid.  They are taking advantage of the lack of simple alterantives to draw things, the free, yet comppex app.

### 1/5 — Incorrect compatibility notes

*2026-03-17*

Notes say it works with iPad with an a12 chip, but after I downloaded the app I received a message that it requires a14 or higher or it would take longer than 5 minutes to generate an image.

**Developer response:** Hi,
I am really sorry for your experience.
Unfortunately App Store doesn't let us put message in A14 in notes. I wrote in description, that app only supports A14+ applications.

### 1/5 — Generator worth an update and improvement.

*2026-03-13*

Poor quality generator, never reproduces the same thing well.

### 1/5 — Achtung! Datenschutz nicht vorhanden

*2026-03-03*

Die App behauptet, alles lokal und offline zu verarbeiten, doch bereits beim ersten Start wurden meine Anfragen ohne meine Einwilligung auf unbekannten Servern verarbeitet. Wohin die Daten gehen, wie lange sie gespeichert werden und wer Zugriff darauf hat – darüber schweigt die App vollständig. Das ist kein Kavaliersdelikt, sondern ein klarer DSGVO-Verstoß. Hände weg.

**Developer response:** Hi.
App can generate images locally only after compilation is finished. 
If you try to generate images, before compilation is finished, app will warn you that remote servers will be used. 
This feature exists so you can generate images, without waiting for compilation. App is very transparent about that.

### 1/5 — Bad

*2026-01-25*

generated 10 “realism” photos and immediately met with morphed objects and people. not good ai

### 1/5 — $5 per week?

*2026-01-10, version 4.1.0*

Nope, that just crazy….

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Seems to work well so far

*2026-08-16*

Works so far

### 5/5 — Mt bom funciona bem

*2026-08-06*

Sugestão: adicione opções de comprar créditos. Ou até mesmo assistir anúncios para poder fazer uma edição.

### 5/5 — Got a free 24 hours to try Pro

*2026-06-17*

You won’t regret buying the full version

### 5/5 — Your app is awful

*2026-05-09*

Keeps crashing every 5 lth or so edits. Don’t recommend. Garbage

**Developer response:** Hi, 
I am sorry for your experience. 
It is really unexpected, since our app has crash free rate of 99.9%. 
Can you tell me devices that you used, so we can fix your problem?

### 5/5 — Insaneee

*2026-03-29*

This app is so cool! No wifi, very fast and high quality! I love it.

### 5/5 — Great app!!

*2026-03-18, version 6.0.0*

Powerful and quick model. Definitely better than apple's image playground junk.

I bought the pro license!

### 5/5 — This is a game changer

*2026-03-06*

I used to get really annoyed with how expensive image generation was.
This changed everything. Now I can generate high-quality images cheaply and basically without limits.

### 5/5 — Surprisingly legit

*2026-02-22*

Very happy w it

### 5/5 — I love it

*2026-02-15*

I love the app, but after an update, i cant restore the purchase

### 5/5 — Surprised by this app

*2026-02-07*

I was a bit skeptical when first trying the free version. It doesn’t offer a ton of customization options like other apps, but as I stated using more of it, I realized that is part of the reason I like it. It’s not super complex with features that I don’t understand or use. It gets to the point and provides a high level of security and images. After a few hours, I bought the lifetime purchase.

---

*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 2026-09-04.*