PerChat AI vs remote for IINA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PerChat AI
Engage in private AI conversations powered by your own device. Create detailed characters and enjoy offline chat experiences. Enhance chats by using a Mac or Windows PC as a remote server for more complex interactions.
- On-device AI processing for privacy
- Offline chat functionality
- Create detailed AI characters
- Role-play with various personas
- Use Mac/Windows PC as remote server
- Curated LLM model selection
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PerChat AI, the chatbot app powered by your own devices. Unlike other AI chatbot apps, all Characters, Chats, and data remains on your iPhone at all times and no data is shared. This app can run AI chats all on your iPhone if you wish, no internet required! It supports a wide range of iPhones, starting from the iPhone XS and up. 4GB of RAM is recommended but the more RAM you have, the better! If you happen to have a Mac or Windows PC lying around, you can have more complex and interesting chats by using that machine as a remote server for this app. Note that remote chatting is only supported on your own home network, or with the use of a VPN to access outside your home. You can run the PerChat AI server on your Mac or Windows PC with some hand-picked models, or you can run your own server such as LM Studio or Ollama, and have character chats using those tools. Features: - create richly detailed Characters to chat with, and Personas to chat with - partake in epic conversations with dungeon masters, real celebrities, or any character you can imagine - choose from a curated list of LLM models that will run well on your iPhone to change the flavor of your chats - run a vast number of LLMs on your own Mac or Windows PC to offload computing, and improve chat quality
remote for IINA
Control your Mac's IINA media player from your iPhone. Requires the "iOS Remote" plugin for IINA to be installed on your Mac. Offers basic playback control.
- Control IINA player on Mac
- Basic playback features
- iPhone integration
- Requires iOS Remote plugin
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The app lets you to control IINA player on your Mac. Please launch IINA with "iOS Remote" plugin installed and you can control the basic features of the player with your iPhone. This is not an official iOS IINA client
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PerChat AI at 5.0 against remote for IINA's 3.0. PerChat AI also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
PerChat AI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
PerChat AI ships an update every 4 weeks, remote for IINA every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PerChat AI | remote for IINA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryan Laseter | Павел Губарев |
In-app purchases
PerChat AI
No in-app purchases
remote for IINA
No in-app purchases
