Offline AI vs Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Offline AI
This AI assistant operates entirely on your device, ensuring complete privacy and no internet connection is required. Enjoy instant responses and use it anywhere without data concerns. All conversations are kept private and never leave your phone.
- Works offline
- No internet connection required
- Instant responses
- Complete privacy
- Data stays on device
- Zero tracking
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Offline AI - Your Private AI Assistant Experience the power of AI without compromising your privacy. Crusoe runs entirely on your device with no internet connection required. Works Offline • No internet connection needed • Instant responses without delays • Use anywhere - flights, remote areas, poor signal • Never worry about data usage Complete Privacy • All conversations stay on your device • No data sent to external servers • Zero tracking or analytics • Your chats never leave your phone
Control
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Your AI conversations with complete privacy. Control is a free LLM interface that puts you in charge of your AI experience. Chat with lightweight open source language models while keeping your data completely private. These mobile-optimized models offer basic AI assistance with the trade-off of complete privacy and offline functionality - everything runs locally on your device. This is a basic tool. Privacy & Data Protection: All processing happens on your device with no data collection or sharing. Your conversations never leave your phone and no accounts, logins, or cloud storage are required. Works completely offline with zero network dependencies for chat, no tracking or analytics. Your data stays yours and history resets after every session or 24 hours, whichever comes first, ensuring no persistent data storage. Choice: Choose from various open source language models and switch between models instantly to find the perfect AI assistant for your specific needs. Free and open source with no subscriptions or hidden costs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Control at none against Offline AI's 3. Control also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). Offline AI's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.5). On price, 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. Offline AI sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Control asks for nothing beyond the download.
Offline AI ships an update every 3 months, Control every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Offline AI | Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 574 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Zhaonian Luan | Carlos Tarrats |
In-app purchases
Offline AI
- Tip for OfflineAI team$1.99
- Tip for OfflineAI team$4.99
- Tip for OfflineAI team$9.99
Control
No in-app purchases
