# Roles Witch — Privacy-first AI companion

> Privacy-first AI companion (iPhone/iPad app by Alexander Nusov.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/roles-witch/id6760476951 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Alexander Nusov](https://appshunter.io/developer/1860295669)
- Category: Entertainment, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 88 MB
- Languages: American English, Russian
- Released: 2026-04-12
- Data updated: 2026-10-06

## What is Roles Witch?

Roles Witch is a next-generation privacy-first voice assistant with built-in role-playing features. It supports voice calls, chat, seamless role switching, and powerful on-device models.
Everything runs entirely on your device. There are no accounts, no sign-ups, and no logins. No analytics. Private by default, and the only option.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0 — 2026-09-21

- On-device AI now runs on LiteRT-LM — the same models as the Android app, with vision and thinking support per model
- New voice speed picker, clearer "Use GPU" toggle, and a HuggingFace token field for gated models in Settings
- Video calls now use the live camera frame for image turns
- Model list shows download size and RAM requirements
- Add on-device AI models by HuggingFace URL, with access-token support

### 0.9 — 2026-09-11

New features
- All threads and roles are now fully editable — the "protected" lock has been removed
- On-device model downloads can now be cancelled via the close button
- The role picker has been removed; the new-chat sheet now pre-fills with the Virtual Character role
- Gemma 4 models promoted to vision-capable (VLM) on-device
Improvements
- The assistant's seed prompt and summary have been refreshed for a better default experience
- Removed the "Smart Assistant" seed role — its behaviour has been merged into the main role
- Profile editing now opens as a navigation destination instead of a sheet
- Picker sheets, voice selection, and toolbar icons have been polished
Bug fixes
- Profile photo crop view now opens full-screen and respects sheet sizing
- Message limit and reasoning effort sheet rows are now fully tappable
- Avatar seeding now correctly reads from the active thread

### 0.8 — 2026-08-26

Roles Witch has been rebuilt from the ground up.

• Newer models on device: Qwen3 and Gemma 4 run entirely on your iPhone, with
  nothing sent anywhere. The list is trimmed to the models actually worth
  running, and downloads now keep going while your screen is locked, showing
  real progress along the way.

• Search your conversations: find any message by what it says, and jump
  straight to it.

• The chat list is rebuilt in Messages' shape, with a timestamp on every
  conversation and search and compose together in the bottom bar.

• Ask AI from Siri and Shortcuts — with a spoken reply, or silently.

• Connect tools: register your own MCP servers and switch them on per
  conversation.

• Connecting your own API endpoint is simpler: one row for the address and
  token, and a searchable model picker instead of typing a model name.

### 0.6 — 2026-04-20

- UI improvements
- Added Shortcuts

### 0.5 — 2026-04-12

No release notes.

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