AI Walkie vs Local Brain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AI Walkie
This app offers a walkie-talkie style chat experience powered by AI. It integrates voice transcription and text-to-speech, acting as a private assistant across multiple Apple devices. Customize interactions with persona tabs and utilize function calls for enhanced productivity.
- Walkie-talkie style AI chat
- Voice transcription
- Text-to-speech
- Customizable persona tabs
- Function Call to Shortcuts integration
- Cross-device support (iOS, Mac, Watch)
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AI Walkie: A chat client in walkie-talkie style, powered by ChatGPT & voice transcription & text to speech, like a private assistant, available anytime. Features: - Walkie Talkie style chatting with LLM on iOS, Mac, and Watch - Quick switching & reorganization via customizable persona tabs - Function Call to Shortcuts
Local Brain
This app allows you to run powerful AI language models directly on your device, ensuring complete privacy and offline functionality. Select from various models and manage multiple conversations simultaneously for a personalized AI experience.
- Run AI models locally
- Full offline capability
- Choose from multiple models
- Create multiple chat contexts
- Privacy-focused AI
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Run Large Language Models locally on your device with full offline capability. You can choose from multiple available models and create multiple chat contexts using different models. The power of AI in your pocket without hurting your privacy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AI Walkie at 3.0 against Local Brain's 1.9. Local Brain's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AI Walkie holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of AI Walkie's written reviews are positive against 33% of Local Brain's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AI Walkie ships an update weekly, Local Brain every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AI Walkie | Local Brain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LI-JEN LIU | Michal Jach |
Customer experience
AI Walkie
Local Brain
In-app purchases
AI Walkie
No in-app purchases
Local Brain
No in-app purchases
