Comparison

Silo vs Time left

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

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About

Silo

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Silo runs AI models like Gemma 4, Phi-4, and Mistral directly on your iPhone. No servers. No subscriptions. No internet connection. Your conversations never exist anywhere but your device. Actually Private, Not "Cloud Private" Most AI apps encrypt your data before sending it to their servers. Silo never sends it at all. Zero network requests. There is no server to breach. No account required. No login. No data collection. Anonymous by design. Works Without Internet Airplane mode, off-grid, no Wi-Fi. Silo works everywhere because everything runs on your hardware. No connection means no data leaks. Ever. Chat on a plane, in the subway, or anywhere you want absolute privacy. No Subscription. No Limits. No $20/month plans. No lifetime unlock fees. No usage limits. No accounts. No paywalls. Download and use every feature immediately. Open-Source Silo's complete source code is public on GitHub. Don't take our word for privacy. Read the code and verify it yourself. No trust required. Built by an independent developer, not a corporation. Run Popular AI Models On-Device Run the latest open-source LLMs locally with full Metal GPU acceleration. Gemma 4, Phi-4, Mistral, and more running on your iPhone with no cloud required: - Google Gemma 4 E2B. The newest architecture from Google, available in Q4 and Q8 quantizations. Run Gemma 4 entirely on-device. - Microsoft Phi-4 Mini. Top-performing small model, beats Llama 3.2 on every benchmark. Runs on 4 GB RAM. Phi-4 is the best model for its size. - Mistral / Ministral 3B. Instruct and Reasoning variants from Mistral AI. - Liquid AI LFM 2.5. Ultra-efficient 1.2B models with thinking mode. - SmolLM3 3B. Compact, multilingual, 6-language support from HuggingFace. - Meta Llama 3.2. Fast 1B and 3B models from Meta. - Plus Dolphin uncensored, Phi-4, and more community models. Download the models you want and switch between them. Q4 quantizations for every device, Q8 for devices with more memory. Bring Your Own Models from Hugging Face Import any GGUF model from Hugging Face directly in the app. Paste a Hugging Face URL and download. Run Phi, Dolphin, StarCoder, TinyLlama, or any GGUF-compatible model from the Hugging Face model hub. Your models, your choice. Uncensored Models Silo does not filter, censor, or restrict model output. Use uncensored or custom fine-tuned models with zero guardrails imposed by the app. The model answers. We don't interfere. Run Dolphin uncensored, unfiltered Llama, or any model you choose. Chat History & Conversations Save, browse, and manage multiple conversations. Pick up where you left off. Delete conversations you no longer need. All conversation history stored locally on your device. Nothing is ever uploaded. Streaming Markdown Rendering Responses render with proper formatting as they stream. Bold, italic, headers, code blocks, numbered lists, and nested bullets. No raw markdown syntax cluttering your chat. Fast on Apple Silicon Built with llama.cpp and optimized with Metal GPU acceleration and BF16 compute on supported hardware. Responses stream in real time with zero server latency. Tuned for iPhone performance. Gemma 4, Phi-4, Mistral, and Llama all run smoothly on recent iPhones. Model Management Browse recommended models including Gemma 4, Phi-4, Mistral, Llama, SmolLM3, and LFM. Download with progress tracking and manage your model library. See model sizes before downloading. Cancel downloads anytime. Corrupt file detection keeps your library clean. Your AI assistant should answer to you, not to a cloud provider.

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Time left

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Keep a countdown to your next trip, birthday, anniversary or deadline. Count the days since a new job, a relationship, or a fresh start you want to remember. Time Left gives your dates a home that feels like a notebook. Handwritten lettering, paper textures, little sketches and tally marks make the wait something you can see. Choose light paper or the new dark paper theme. Put a countdown widget on your Home Screen or Lock Screen, or check your dates on Apple Watch. Open the app for the hours left today and a look at your week, month and year. MAKE ROOM FOR YOUR DATES • Create a countdown for birthdays, holidays, exams, concerts, deadlines and dates of your own. • Count the days since a moment that matters to you. • Set daily, weekly, monthly or yearly repeats. • Add reminders to upcoming dates. • Choose hours, days, weeks, months, years or percentages, or let Automatic choose. • Pick a widget drawing, from tally marks and a sun arc to an hourglass, candle or jar. • Use tally marks in medium countdown widgets, too. • Import dates from the Apple calendars you choose. • Look back at completed countdowns in Past dates. • Turn on optional iCloud sync to keep your dates across devices. FREE TO START Keep up to three active personal dates for free, with small tally and sun-arc widgets. The Apple Watch app is free, too. Time Left Pro adds unlimited countdowns and count-ups, more widget sizes and more drawings. One-time purchase. No subscription.

Screenshots

Silo3 screens
Time left4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Silo at none against Time left's 1. Time left's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 15 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Time left sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Silo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Silo ships an update every 15 months, Time left every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Silo versus Time left: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSiloTime left
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.618.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB33 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBixby Apps, LLCPRABAKARAN RAVICHANDRAN

In-app purchases

None

Silo

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Time left

One-time1
  • Time Left Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Silo free?
Silo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time left free?
Time left is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Silo or Time left have ads?
Neither Silo nor Time left shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Silo or Time left?
Silo ships an update every 15 months, and Time left every 9 days. Most recently, Silo was updated on October 24, 2026 and Time left on October 24, 2026.

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