Locally AI by LM Studio vs ClawTalk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Locally AI by LM Studio
This app allows you to run powerful AI models directly on your iPhone or iPad without an internet connection. Enjoy complete privacy as no data is collected or sent to servers. It's optimized for Apple devices, offering fast and private AI interactions.
- Run AI models offline
- Private and no data collection
- Supports Llama, Gemma, Qwen, and more
- Optimized for Apple Silicon
- Chat, analyze images, generate text
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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
ClawTalk
Interact with AI agents using voice commands or text. This client offers on-device speech recognition for privacy and streams responses with markdown rendering. It supports multi-agent channels, image sending, and direct interaction with agent tools.
- Voice-first interaction (hands-free/push-to-talk)
- On-device speech recognition for privacy
- Real-time streaming responses with markdown
- Multiple text-to-speech provider options
- Multi-agent channel management
- Image sending for visual context
- Direct interaction with agent tools
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Have a real, hands-free conversation with your AI agents. ClawTalk is a native iOS client for OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent framework — and it's built around voice. CONVERSATION MODE Tap once and start talking. ClawTalk listens for the end of your sentence, transcribes it on-device with WhisperKit on the Apple Neural Engine, sends it to your agent, streams the reply, and speaks it back to you. Then it starts listening again — automatically. No buttons, no taps between turns. iOS voice processing (the same audio pipeline Zoom and FaceTime use) handles echo cancellation, automatic gain, and noise suppression, so the agent's own voice never re-triggers the mic. Your audio never leaves the device. Only the resulting text is sent to your gateway. PUSH-TO-TALK Prefer to just dictate a single message? Press and hold the mic. Release to send. STREAMING RESPONSES Text streams in real-time as your agent generates it. Full markdown support: code blocks, tables, lists, inline formatting. TEXT-TO-SPEECH Choose how the agent speaks back: - ElevenLabs — highest quality, most natural voices - OpenAI — great quality, cost-effective - Apple — free, works offline, no API key needed MULTI-AGENT CHANNELS Separate channels for separate agents. Each channel keeps its own conversation history. Browse the agents on your gateway, or type an agent ID manually. IMAGE SENDING Attach up to 8 photos per message. Your agent can see and respond to images. TOOLS DASHBOARD Reach into your agent's internals without going through chat — memory, sessions, available agents, browser status, models. SECURITY FIRST - Credentials live in the iOS Keychain (encrypted by the Secure Enclave) - HTTPS enforced on every connection — plain HTTP is rejected - On-device speech-to-text — audio never reaches any server - Chat history encrypted at rest with iOS Data Protection - TLS 1.2 minimum WHAT YOU NEED ClawTalk connects to your own OpenClaw gateway over HTTPS. You'll want: 1. A running OpenClaw instance with the HTTP API enabled 2. A secure path to it — Cloudflare Tunnel, Tailscale, or similar 3. A gateway token ClawTalk ships no AI models and no cloud services. It's a client for your self-hosted OpenClaw setup. The GitHub repo has setup instructions. OPEN SOURCE ClawTalk is MIT-licensed and fully open source on GitHub. Build it yourself for free, or buy from the App Store to support ongoing development and get automatic updates.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Locally AI by LM Studio at Free against ClawTalk's $2.99. Locally AI by LM Studio also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (76% vs 50%). ClawTalk's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#185 vs unranked). On rating, ads, monetization model 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
Locally AI by LM Studio is free to download; ClawTalk costs $2.99 up front. Locally AI by LM Studio sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per month. ClawTalk asks for nothing beyond the download.
Locally AI by LM Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Locally AI by LM Studio has 1.9K ratings behind it against 4, 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 50% of ClawTalk's.
Locally AI by LM Studio ships an update weekly, ClawTalk every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Locally AI by LM Studio | ClawTalk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #185 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Element Labs Inc | Samuel David |
Customer experience
Locally AI by LM Studio
ClawTalk
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
ClawTalk
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Locally AI by LM Studio
- Plus Monthly$8.991 Month
ClawTalk
No in-app purchases
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