Trending AI vs Modem AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trending AI
Explore and interact with a curated list of the latest trending AI Large Language Models. Discover and test cutting-edge AI technologies directly from your device.
- Access trending AI LLM models
- Interact with various AI models
- Discover new AI technologies
- Model requests via email
- In-app feature requests
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This weeks trending AI LLM spotlight: - Mixtral 8x7B Instruct - Meta: Llama 3 70B Instruct - Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku - Mistral 7B Instruct - Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct - Mistral Tiny - MythoMax 13B - WizardLM-2 8x22B - OpenChat 3.5 - OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k - MythoMax 13B (nitro) - Anthropic: Claude 3 Opus - OpenAI: GPT-4 Turbo - Anthropic: Claude 3 Sonnet - OpenAI: GPT-4o - Anthropic: Claude 3 Haiku (self-moderated) - Google: Gemini Pro 1.0 - WizardLM-2 7B - Nous: Hermes 13B - Mixtral 8x7B Instruct (nitro) - Microsoft's Phi 3 mini Instruct - Google Gemini 1.5 Pro Try it out yourself! Trending AI is your go-to app to play with the most trending AI Large Language Models Have a model or feature request? Contact me at palak@chatuncensored.ai or request within app! Terms of Use (EULA): https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT5Sg10a6DpB7VDrplyTvVkXcUBqhan6Ffs2fp3ragrReMXSq-YzJL7rLXobfKfbX3HT3HB12ljcAau/pub
Modem AI
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Modem AI is a private assistant for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It runs a language model on your device, so your conversations stay there. There is no account, and your prompts stay on the device rather than going to a cloud chatbot. The first launch downloads Phi-3-mini, about 2.7 GB. After that, you can chat without a connection. Replies can take longer than a cloud service. That is the trade for keeping the conversation on the device. The model needs about 4 GB of available memory. What you can do • Chat in natural language, including answers with lists and code • Dictate a message with on-device speech recognition. Audio stays on the device • Write a system message, and set temperature, top-p, and maximum response length • Choose light, dark, or system appearance • Copy a reply, start over, or clear history Privacy Your prompts and replies stay on the device. Modem AI does not read them. If you send feedback or report a reply, only what you choose to submit is shared. The app may send anonymous performance statistics, such as whether a feature succeeded. Those statistics do not include your conversations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Modem AI at none against Trending AI's 3. Modem AI also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). Trending AI's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). On price and ads 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. Trending AI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Modem AI asks for nothing beyond the download.
Trending AI ships an update fortnightly, Modem AI every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trending AI | Modem AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Palak Barman | Joe Mayo |
In-app purchases
Trending AI
- Pro Weekly$9.997 Days
- Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$79.991 Year
Modem AI
No in-app purchases









