Comparison

MLC Chat vs Zwind Scrapbook

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MLC Chat

Engage in conversations with open language models directly on your iPad or iPhone. Once a model is downloaded, all interactions occur locally, ensuring privacy and offline functionality without internet access. This app is designed for non-commercial use, allowing you to run various open-source language models on your device.

Highlights
  • Local AI model chat
  • Offline functionality
  • No internet required
  • Privacy-focused
  • Open-source project integration
  • Downloadable language models
Features
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MLC Chat lets users chat with open language models locally on ipads and iphones. After a model is downloaded to the app, everything runs locally without server support, and it works without internet connections do not record any information. Because the models run locally, it only works for the devices with sufficient VRAM depending on the models being used. MLC Chat is part of open source project MLC LLM, with allows any language model to be deployed natively on a diverse set of hardware backends and native applications. MLC Chat is a runtime that runs different open model architectures on your phone. The app is intended for non-commercial purposes. It allows you to run open-language models downloaded from the internet. Each model can be subject to its respective licenses.

About

Zwind Scrapbook

Features
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Screenshots hold articles, conversations, ideas, and things you meant to revisit. Zwind Scrapbook turns those scattered images into a personal journal you can search, read, and share. Scan new screenshots from Photos or choose images to import. The app suggests groups of related screenshots, lets you review each item before saving, and can stitch consecutive images into one long page. You can also skip items you do not want to organize yet, restore skipped groups later, or manually merge related Review items. Saved items stay organized in your Journal for later reading. Text recognition makes screenshot text searchable alongside titles and content. With AI screenshot understanding, recognized text and layout can become a clearer journal page, title, and share excerpt. All Journal pages can be browsed by screenshot date, helping you rediscover old articles, chats, and everyday moments. When something is worth sharing, select a title, excerpt, and image to make a simple share page. You can also export your journal as an Obsidian-friendly ZIP — no worries about data locking. Removing a Journal item does not delete the original photo. Free users get a limited amount of screenshot processing, so you can try it first; Pro supports ongoing development and gives users unlimited screenshot processing plus generous AI credits. SUPPORT Email: support@zwind.app Privacy Policy: https://zwind.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://zwind.app/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Docs and guides: https://zwind.app/

Screenshots

MLC Chat2 screens
Zwind Scrapbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MLC Chat at none against Zwind Scrapbook's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Zwind Scrapbook sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. MLC Chat asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MLC Chat versus Zwind Scrapbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMLC ChatZwind Scrapbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (78 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings78 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.7 GB30 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperTianqi ChenZwind App

Bugs and requests

MLC Chat

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Phi model crashes on iOS 26.0.1 17 Pro Max
  • App crashes on iPad Pro 4th Gen, iPadOs 17.7
  • RedPajama model crashes app on initialization
  • Update is extremely slow
  • Download model button disabled in new version
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  • RedPajama model crashes, custom model download removed
  • App closes when hitting send on iPhone 13
  • Conversation resets when app is backgrounded
  • Vicuna and Mistral 7B models cause crashes
  • Some 7b q4f16/q4f32 models crash on iPhone 15 Pro
  • App crashes on iPhone 13 mini
  • Cannot load other models from URL
  • Crash on iPhone 12
  • Severe heating and frequency reduction on A15
  • Low VRAM failed initialization on 3GB LP DDR4X phone
  • Cannot run 4bit model on iPhone 15 with 8GB RAM
  • Loading models from HF MLC official Repo causes crashes

Requested features

14 requests
  • Ability to import custom models (from URL/Hugging Face)
  • Support for more specific models (DeepSeek, Phi-2, Gemma 2B/7B, MoE Mixtral 8x7B, LLaVA)
  • History of conversations
  • iOS shortcuts support
  • Ability to export entire responses
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  • Information on VRAM requirements per phone/model
  • Ability to change system message/create custom profiles
  • Ability to edit responses and system prompt
  • Add coffee support
  • Delete downloaded models
  • Change settings per model (repetition penalties, temperature)
  • How-to guide for importing/recompiling LLMs
  • Estimate model compatibility before download
  • Support for CN and ZH languages

Zwind Scrapbook

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MLC Chat

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Zwind Scrapbook

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Pro$5.997 Days
  • Yearly Pro$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$59.99

Questions

Is MLC Chat free?
MLC Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zwind Scrapbook free?
Zwind Scrapbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MLC Chat or Zwind Scrapbook have ads?
Neither MLC Chat nor Zwind Scrapbook shows ads.

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