Locally AI by LM Studio vs DooNuts
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
DooNuts
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DooNuts turns your todo list into a nut harvest. Every todo is a nut. When it's done, tap the nut: the squirrel carries it to the basket – and your pile grows. PLAN SIMPLY • Today shows what's due today, category by category. • Later gathers everything with a date, week by week and month by month. • As many categories as you like, each with its own nut: Work as a walnut, Home as a hazelnut, Sports as a pine nut … • Checklists: open a nut and tick off the small steps one by one. • Hold a nut to move it – into a new order or another category. • Repeating nuts: daily, weekly, monthly – they come back on their own. • A calendar with every nut at a glance, per category too. • Reminders at the time you choose, notes on every nut. • Search across everything. HARVEST, DON'T JUST CHECK OFF • Every finished nut lands in the basket. This season's harvest grows into a pile of nuts, next to the harvest of all time – category by category. • Music if you like: with the melody on, each nut that lands in the basket and each tap on your pile plays the next note of the day's melody – or keep it to a simple plop. • Seven classical melodies, one for each day of the week – played on a piano sampled note by note just for DooNuts. The note button switches melodies; the info button tells you what's playing. • Tap the squirrel – it's happy to see you. A SCENE THAT LIVES WITH THE DAY • The view of the waterfall changes with the season, the time of day and the real weather: sun, clouds, wind, rain, thunderstorms – plus snowy winters, sunsets and starry nights. • The habitat: visit the squirrel and the deer by the river. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO • Open like a book: one screen becomes two. Your list on the left; on the right your week or your harvest, with your nut pile – one forest across both screens. Nibbit the squirrel carries your finished nuts across to the pile. • Half open like a laptop: the river comes alive above. Below, switch between your list and a music box: your nut pile becomes an instrument to tap, and after dark a soft night light. • Open and held upright: your list on top, your nut pile below. • Closed: everything fits the outer display. As you close it, Nibbit climbs down the side of your list; open it again and he climbs back to his seat. CALM AND PRIVATE • Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no ads, no tracking. • Your location is used for the weather only – and only if you allow it. • English, German and Japanese. DOONUTS PRO DooNuts Pro is all about the look and the sound: • Three more critters: a flying squirrel, a ground squirrel and a dormouse. • Three more instruments for the melody: pizzicato strings, vibraphone and synthesizer. • Set the scenery yourself: any season, any time of day, any weather. • Seven more app icons. Pro is a growing collection: new critters, instruments and icons join it over time. DooNuts Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription – the yearly one with 7 days free for first-time subscribers – or a one-time purchase that's yours for good, no subscription. The app shows the price in your currency before you buy. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple account; manage or cancel it in your account settings. Everything that matters stays free – Pro takes nothing away. Privacy policy: https://juliannoxlabs.com/privacy.html Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Weather data by Apple Weather. DooNuts is made by JulianNoxLabs – independent software by Julian Laping. // crafting digital tools and sound
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Locally AI by LM Studio at none against DooNuts's 3. Locally AI by LM Studio also leads on chart position (#139 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. DooNuts sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Locally AI by LM Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.
Locally AI by LM Studio ships an update weekly, DooNuts every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Locally AI by LM Studio | DooNuts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #139 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Element Labs Inc | Julian Laping |
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
DooNuts
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Locally AI by LM Studio
No in-app purchases
DooNuts
- DooNuts Pro (Month)$1.991 Month
- DooNuts Pro (Year)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- DooNuts Pro (Forever)$29.99
Questions
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