Local LLM vs OmniTroop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Local LLM
This AI assistant runs locally on your device, offering privacy and control over your data. It can access device information, perform web searches, manage tasks, and even interact with your Mac for enhanced capabilities. Supports both Apple's built-in models and open-source options from Hugging Face.
- Local AI model processing
- No cloud or tracking
- Access to Apple's on-device model
- Download open models from Hugging Face
- Device integration for tasks
- Image and document analysis
- Mac pairing for enhanced processing
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MITHRIL is a private AI assistant that runs on your iPhone and iPad. Your conversations are processed and saved on your device, or on your own Mac if you pair one. No account, no cloud, no tracking. TWO KINDS OF MODELS • Apple's on-device model, built into iOS 26 on devices with Apple Intelligence. Nothing to download. • Open models from Hugging Face in GGUF format, from companies like Alibaba, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral, DeepSeek and Liquid AI. Browse by company, see whether a model fits your device's memory before you download it, and switch any time. AN ASSISTANT THAT CAN DO THINGS It knows today's date, the time and your city from your device, and asks before it acts. Texts and emails open as drafts for you to review and send. Choose which abilities it can use: • Reminders and calendar events • Texts, email and phone calls • Look up your contacts • Directions and places nearby • Run your Shortcuts • Web search: Wikipedia, DuckDuckGo, or Brave with your own key • Search your own documents • Today's date and exact math PHOTOS, YOUR PHONE AND YOUR MAC • Ask about a photo: attach one, take one or paste a screenshot, and models that read images answer on the device. • Search my phone: ask about the text in your photos, screenshots and the folders you pick, indexed on the device. • Use your Mac: pair your own Apple silicon Mac and chat with the bigger models on it over your Wi-Fi, encrypted between your devices. • Run your coding agents or a terminal on your Mac from here. PRIVACY YOU CAN SEE The Privacy map shows what runs on your device, what goes online, and exactly what is sent. A web search sends only the search words, never your conversation, and your location is only turned into a city name. A live list shows every network request MITHRIL makes. VOICE Dictate with Apple's speech recognition, or download NVIDIA Parakeet for more accurate on-device transcription. Hear answers in natural voices generated on the device. The floating assistant stays with you in Picture in Picture while you use other apps. FOR THE CURIOUS Tap the speed line under an answer for a live engine dashboard: tokens per second, time to first token, context use, cache hits and memory. REQUIREMENTS iOS 26. Apple's on-device model needs a device with Apple Intelligence. Open models run on any supported iPhone or iPad. Larger models need more memory, and MITHRIL shows what fits before you download. Models are made by their publishers and downloaded from Hugging Face. MITHRIL doesn't train or host models.
OmniTroop
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OmniTroops is the mobile cockpit for your self-hosted OmniTroops gateway — the multi-agent AI platform that runs on your own hardware, with your own models. Drive your fleet from anywhere: • CHAT WITH ANY AGENT — streamed responses, markdown, images, file diffs, and live plan cards, rendered natively. • GET PINGED WHEN IT MATTERS — push notifications when a long-running mission finishes, fails, or an agent has a question only you can answer. Tap the notification and land directly in that conversation. • YOUR WHOLE FLEET — switch between agents and teams, watch sub-agents spawn and report back, resume any session. • ZERO-CONFIG ON YOUR NETWORK — gateways on your LAN are discovered automatically (Bonjour). Away from home, connect through your own secure remote URL (Cloudflare Tunnel, Tailscale, or reverse proxy — wss:// TLS). • SPEAK YOUR MISSIONS — push-to-talk dictation straight into the composer. • ATTACH AND BROWSE — send photos to your agents and browse your gateway's documents and plans. • YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS — the app talks only to the gateway you point it at. No analytics, no tracking, no third-party data collection. OmniTroops requires a running OmniTroops gateway (free download at omnitroop.com). It is a companion app — bring your own fleet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Local LLM at every 4 days against OmniTroop's monthly. OmniTroop's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Local LLM ships an update every 4 days, OmniTroop monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Local LLM | OmniTroop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DEPLOY FORWARD LLC | Morten Vinther |
In-app purchases
Local LLM
No in-app purchases
OmniTroop
No in-app purchases









