Reins: for Ollama & LM Studio

Reins: for Ollama & LM Studio

Private, Local AI Chat

262 ratings
107 reviews
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Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • January 2, 2025
  • August 16, 2026

Features

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About

This app provides a mobile interface for interacting with self-hosted large language models. It allows users to connect to their Ollama servers remotely, manage multiple chats, customize prompts, and adjust advanced model parameters for research and experimentation.

Remote Ollama server access
Per-chat system prompts
Prompt editing and regeneration
Image integration in chats
Advanced model parameter configuration
Model selection and creation
Multiple chat management
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What users say

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What's New in Reins

2.2.0

August 16, 2026

LM Studio and OpenAI-compatible server support are here, along with a much better web tool and a lot of improvements. • LM Studio support: Connect the same way you connect to Ollama. Model capabilities, loaded instances, downloads with live progress. • OpenAI-compatible backend: Connect to any server that speaks the OpenAI API, like oMLX, llama.cpp, vLLM and more. • Smarter web tool: Targets what you actually asked for. More focused answers, up to 90% less context used. Now works on sites that used to fail. • Default chat configuration: Set a default system prompt and generation options once. Every new chat starts there. • Background downloads: Model pulls keep running when you leave the app with live progress. (Requires iOS/iPadOS 26+) • Load models: Load an installed model right from the Manage Models page with custom context size support for LM Studio. • Compose Mail tool on macOS: No longer iOS-only. • Send feedback from the app: New Support section in Settings. • Bug fixes and improvements.

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Subscription plans

Monthly

All Pro features, billed monthly

$6.991 Month
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In-App Purchases

$99.99

Lifetime

One-time purchase, Pro forever

Charts

Top Grossing

📉 15-2

Developer Tools

This app dropped -2 positions in Developer Tools chart.

Last updated on August 18, 2026.

Top Free

📉 80-3

Developer Tools

This app dropped -3 positions in Developer Tools chart.

Last updated on August 18, 2026.

User reviews

Can’t even add API key to test local server

So just to test this app with my local server that has an API key on it and is used by many other apps, I am forced to trial. Not even a one server local only limit. Only no-trial option is to open my stuff up? Nope. Removed. Was good, now not.

Great

Reins is, hands down, a very good app. It looks amazing and I really like using it with my local setup.

What is lacking is Family Sharing. I will not pay 4 x the subscription to allow everyone in the family to use our own local LLM.

Down the road it would be interesting to also support mlx inferenz servers, given that we are in Apple land here.
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Only for pro

Description says it connects to what ever servers you want and it allows to use.. some how I doesn’t see that it only does that if you subscribe to the pro version. So no you don’t pay fees for the LLM , you just have to pay it to the app instead… don’t see that as a savings

Used to be decent, now charges a subscription (or $100) to use basic model features on local hosts

Thinking and tool use are basic features provided by the already running ollama server. I get gating some features, like search API features, or things that require your custom MCP server, but gating basic model features like thinking, image input support, or simple things like a server list, model parameters, and other things that the users are already getting just by running ollama is just kind of... clownish

i could see paying $10 or so for some of those features. one time. the more premium lifetime access for the search feature and custom tools and whatever also makes sense, but a subscription fee for features that were already freely available before makes me sad. i could just pay $20 for for claude credits to deploy openwebui with a self update script or something and use that in safari at that point 😭
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Subscription walled

When I first got the app it seemed to have decent functionality but now every basic feature is behind a subscription wall. Use something else.

User experience

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Reported Bugs

12 issues

Scrolling jumping around

Bug

Table display scrunched on mobile

Bug

Connection does not maintain in background

Bug

UI takes up too much space on tablets (vertical)

Bug

Cannot save system prompt

Bug

Cannot drop all chats

Bug

Cannot view billion parameters

Bug

Drains battery on iPhone 15 pro with long chats

Bug

No longer works with cloud LLMs

Bug

Does not work with Ollama turbo

Bug

Stops responding to user input after a while

Bug

Connecting to many domains on local network (privacy concern?)

Bug

Requested Features

25 requests

Add .txt file support

Feature

Allow disabling 'Thinking' phase

Feature

Integrate MCP server support

Feature

Add web search API

Feature

Support for text and PDF file uploads

Feature

Centralized chat sync (iCloud, NAS)

Feature

Ability to delete chats

Feature

Set default model

Feature

Add custom cloud names (like OpenWebUI)

Feature

Support for API key authentication

Feature

Add Realtime, Speech to Text, and Text to Speech features

Feature

Allow LLMs to search the internet

Feature

Support for OpenAI API endpoints

Feature

Display math formulas and complex text better

Feature

Add text size selection/font options

Feature

Add accessibility settings (font size)

Feature

Support for embedding features (code windows with copy)

Feature

Better error reporting

Feature

Add API key for Ollama or custom headers

Feature

Show Tokens/s metric

Feature

Dynamically resizable text output

Feature

Ability to create prompts and custom modelfiles

Feature

File attachment feature (text, PDF, docs)

Feature

Access to camera

Feature

Voice to text input

Feature

FAQ

What does Reins do?

Reins is a mobile application designed to provide a user-friendly interface for interacting with self-hosted large language models (LLMs) running on Ollama. It enables remote access to your Ollama server, allowing you to chat with your models, manage conversations, and fine-tune parameters from your mobile device.

What are the key features of Reins?

Key features include remote connection to self-hosted Ollama servers, per-chat system prompt customization, prompt editing and regeneration, image integration for richer conversations, advanced model parameter adjustments (like temperature and context size), model selection and creation from prompts, and efficient management of multiple chat sessions.

Is Reins free to use?

Based on the provided information, Reins is a free application. It does not have in-app purchases or advertisements, indicating a completely free user experience for its core functionality.

What is required to use Reins?

To use Reins, you must have an active connection to a self-hosted Ollama Server. The application itself acts as a client to interact with your existing LLM setup, meaning you need to have Ollama installed and running on a server that your mobile device can connect to.

Who is the target audience for Reins?

Reins is primarily targeted at LLM researchers, developers, and hobbyists who are using self-hosted Ollama models. It's for individuals who want convenient mobile access to their private AI models for experimentation, development, or casual interaction on the go.