Locally AI by LM Studio vs Digext
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Locally AI by LM Studio
Run powerful AI models like Llama and Gemma directly on your iPhone and iPad. Enjoy offline, private, and secure AI interactions without any data collection. Optimized for Apple Silicon for fast performance.
- Run AI models offline
- 100% private, no data collection
- Optimized for Apple Silicon
- Supports multiple AI models
- Chat, analyze, and create with AI
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Run AI models like Llama, Gemma, Qwen, and more on your iPhone and iPad. Offline. Private. No login. No data collection. Powered by Apple MLX. Meet Locally AI by LM Studio, the AI app that respects your privacy. No login. No data collection. Just pure intelligence, running entirely on your iPhone and iPad. Why Locally AI? - 100% Offline: No internet needed. Chat anywhere. - Total Privacy: No login, no data collection. Your data stays on your device. - Optimized for Apple Silicon: Powered by Apple MLX for lightning-fast responses. - Multiple models supported: Run Llama 3.2, Google Gemma 2 & 3, Qwen 3, DeepSeek, and more. - Chat, Analyze, Create: Ask complex questions, analyze images, or generate text. Download Locally AI now! Privacy Policy: https://locallyai.app/privacy-policy.html Terms & Conditions: https://locallyai.app/terms.html
Digext
Organize web links, videos, notes, and conversations in a private, local-first digital library. Utilize built-in tools for reading, playback, and querying your saved content. Optional cloud sync and AI assistance are available.
- Save web links, videos, notes, and conversations
- Organize with tags and collections
- Built-in reading and playback tools
- Private diary functionality
- On-device AI for content queries
- Optional iCloud sync
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Digext saves your AI conversations and the best of the web, then collects and organizes them beautifully. Paste to save, or share directly from any app. Save answers from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok, and whole webpages, articles, posts and reels from YouTube, X, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, Medium, Substack and more. No typing. Everything lands in a library that organizes itself: smart and custom collections with their own covers, plus titles, tags and summaries written on your device by Apple Intelligence. Digext is local-first. Your content stays on your device by default, with optional iCloud sync if you enable it. With Digext you can: • Save AI conversations from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok • Save webpages, articles, posts and reels from YouTube, X, Instagram, TikTok and more • Collect them into smart and custom collections, organized for you • Get titles, tags and summaries made on-device with Apple Intelligence • Import your ChatGPT and Claude conversations and notes • Search everything, in the app and from Spotlight • Ask questions about what you saved with Apple Intelligence, or sign in to Claude or ChatGPT • Read later, or listen with premium voices in your language • Export as HTML, Markdown or PDF • Keep a private journal of your day Digext Pro unlocks advanced diary features, imports, playback queue, and more — with flexible monthly and annual plans. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Locally AI by LM Studio at none against Digext's 10. Locally AI by LM Studio also leads on ratings volume (1.9K vs 11) and iOS requirement (18.1 vs 26.0). Digext's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Digext sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Locally AI by LM Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.
Digext holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Locally AI by LM Studio has 1.9K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Locally AI by LM Studio's written reviews are positive against 100% of Digext's.
Locally AI by LM Studio ships an update weekly, Digext every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Locally AI by LM Studio | Digext |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 235 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Element Labs Inc | Digext LLC |
Customer experience
Locally AI by LM Studio
Digext
Bugs and requests
Locally AI by LM Studio
Reported bugs
2 issues- Stops responding when Airplane mode is turned on
- Interface issues on iPhone 15 Pro
Requested features
4 requests- Add option to switch between downloaded models
- Implement autoscroll feature
- Add support for more model types (e.g. SolvLM2, Grante Vision)
- Allow users to add models from Hugging Face
Digext
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Locally AI by LM Studio
No in-app purchases
Digext
- Digext Pro$5.001 Month
- Nap App Icon$1.00
- Flip App Icon$1.00
- Big Wave App Icon$1.00
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- Spotlight App Icon$1.00
- Bubbles App Icon$1.00
- Twin App Icon$1.00
- Beam App Icon$1.00
- Bunny App Icon$1.00
- Digext PRO$10.00
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