Best local ai app for iPhone
I have a IPhone 18 Pro, I looked for over hour on a bunch local ai apps none of them had anything I was looking for, this one does! It has TPs, web search, the best models for iPhones, fast download speeds, and most importantly IMPORTING MODELS! With a import architecture that actually works if you read this review delete all your other local ai apps on your iPhone this has everything you need
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Some suggestions
It’s an awesome app.it works smoothly on my iPhone.however,i think the web search function can be optimized,for example,enable local search engine like google or bing and add some local web fetch tools.
Nice app but needs native iPad version
Looks promising, but it would be helpful if there were an actual iPad version.
Download it! (Independent review)
Oscilla truly is the best local ai app on the App Store.
Here’s a few things it boast over Locally AI, Apollo, and other iOS apps.
1. Web search
2. Custom assistants
3. HF model imports for testing
4. Rich markdown
5. Code blocks and previews
6. And More!
Oscilla is fast, lightweight, and offers a growing variety of language models in a secure and private environment. I highly recommend this app to everyone. Oh, and guess what. It’s actually FREE! NO ads, no login.
Here’s a few things it boast over Locally AI, Apollo, and other iOS apps.
1. Web search
2. Custom assistants
3. HF model imports for testing
4. Rich markdown
5. Code blocks and previews
6. And More!
Oscilla is fast, lightweight, and offers a growing variety of language models in a secure and private environment. I highly recommend this app to everyone. Oh, and guess what. It’s actually FREE! NO ads, no login.
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The update is great!
I love the update, this app is so much better now, I’m glad to see that you continue to make it better! 💫
The only thing I can wish for now is being able to go back to chat from the side menu when clicking on the right area, right now it is unresponsive to taps and the only way to get to the chat is swiping right or clicking the "new chat" button. I hope I explained it clearly🙏🏻
It is really the most convenient offline AI apps for me. Great work!🔥
The only thing I can wish for now is being able to go back to chat from the side menu when clicking on the right area, right now it is unresponsive to taps and the only way to get to the chat is swiping right or clicking the "new chat" button. I hope I explained it clearly🙏🏻
It is really the most convenient offline AI apps for me. Great work!🔥
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Response from developer
Yes! This does make sense. We will add this in the next update
Almost perfect!
I really like this application, I'm really inspired by the capabilities of local II, and I want to test them more, but the limitations of the application do not allow me to test the latest versions of lightweight models. If it was possible to install directly from hugging face, or add a model file from the device, it would give more opportunities. I could install the latest versions, different quantization options. The phone today can replace the computer for most, and this application gives really cool opportunities to work with AI, and this is perhaps the best application today, but this restriction does not give me peace.
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Great app and like it is Free and Private
I love the privacy part. Some features that don’t work. Example Gemma 4 would not load and it states still using Apple Intelligence. I download the Gemma 3n 4 b. The application worked.
I wish you sections separate page that you can select grammar / spelling check, create a story, create a chart, poll and the Ask me anything section. Then it would only do that feature that was selected.
I was using Apple Intelligence to rewrite professional or friendly messages and would prefer a local private AI to assist me.
I appreciate your time in this matter and look forward hearing from you.
I wish you sections separate page that you can select grammar / spelling check, create a story, create a chart, poll and the Ask me anything section. Then it would only do that feature that was selected.
I was using Apple Intelligence to rewrite professional or friendly messages and would prefer a local private AI to assist me.
I appreciate your time in this matter and look forward hearing from you.
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Response from developer
Hey! We hear you loud and clear! We are about to release a massive update to help with all of these features. Stay tuned on this.
This is the best AI app I have used so far
This is the best AI app that I have used so far because it lets me run the AI locally on my phone and it doesn’t track me and there are no cloud servers and it is completely free with no app purchases or ads. Five stars.
PERFECT LOCAL AI APP
The UI is perfect. DON’T CHANGE A THING, with one exception: for hugging face models, add a search to search any local AI model to download and run. This would make the app less limited to ones like Gemma4 (E4B) or Qwen3.5 (4b)
It is confusing which models to choose too many options for me and not explained
I am sorry if I am not using right I tried reading the explanations and even searching but it is not clear what model to use the ones I tried freeze up and stop for me and do not give me the answers I need or real information and so I cannot keep using the app. I like the idea and will try again if improved.
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Response from developer
hey Jamie! Thanks for reaching out. We are actively working on a large update so this doesn’t happen. Meanwhile we would love to learn more about what’s going on so we can make our product better. Would you mind emailing feedback@oscilla.ai?
Good app
Surprised by it compared to other local ai apps. Great job
BEST AI APP EVER DONT CHANG NOTHING PLZ
What I like about this AI app is that you get to use it off-line only if you could use this app on your iPad and your Mac this is why I like about the app. Thank you and I really like it. Please don’t change anything about it. 🥹❤️🧠
Response from developer
Hey! Thank you so much for this! We also have some good news. We are working on the macOS app as we speak that will also work for IPad! If you have any feedback or feature requests email feedback@oscilla.ai
Just one problem- it’s big.
Reasoning is not supported… why???? Reasoning is one of the things that makes a model super smart. PLEASE ADD IT!!!
Response from developer
Hey! Thanks for the review. We have good news! Our next update will contain the ability to turn on or off reasoning for select models. We disabled it for a few reason at the beginning. But we have worked out those issues. Stay tuned for the next update!
Its actually good
I expected this to be another vibe coded bleh local ai app. But it’s actually good and thought went into it. Also the code editing feature it cool. So yeah not bad
