Local LLM Server Pro vs Lochan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Local LLM Server Pro
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Transform your iPhone, iPad, or Mac into a private, local LLM AI server โ completely ad-free. This powerful utility allows you to run Large Language Models (LLMs) powered by Apple Intelligence directly on your device, providing an OpenAI-compatible API and Ollama compatible API for your development and testing needs. This is the premium, ad-free version of Local LLM Server. Enjoy a clean, distraction-free experience while running your local AI server. Run a local AI LLM server on your Apple Intelligence enabled device to give private, local edge AI abilities to your applications. Note: This app requires iOS 26.0/macOS 26.0 or above to run Apple Intelligence models. **Key Features:** * **Ad-Free Experience:** No ads, no tracking, no distractions. * **Local Server Hosting:** Run a fully functional LLM server right from your pocket. No internet connection is required. * **OpenAI-Compatible API:** Seamlessly integrate with existing tools and clients that support standard chat completion endpoints (OpenAI and Ollama API). * **Real-Time Monitoring:** Keep track of your server's information with a live status dashboard showing IP address, active port, and logs. * **Live Logs:** View real-time server logs to debug requests and monitor performance instantly. * **Developer Friendly:** Includes built-in curl command example to quickly test your server. Whether you are an AI researcher, a developer building private apps, or an enthusiast exploring local intelligence, this app provides the local LLM AI infrastructure you need using the devices you already have. This app is not affiliated with nor is endorsed by Apple. Use responsibly and in accordance with Apple's terms of service.
Lochan
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Your coding agents keep working when you step away. Lochan is how you keep up with them, calmly. When Claude Code, Codex or any other agent on your computer stops to ask a question, open its real terminal on your phone, read what it did, and answer. Then get back to your walk. A CALM VIEW OF A BUSY HERD Every agent on the machine at a glance, with a line on where each one left off. The ones waiting on you always come first. - Tiles: the whole herd as a grid that moves as your agents do - Board: Blocked, Working, Done and Idle as columns you swipe through - Projects: agents grouped by the project they are working in ASK THE SHEPHERD One question, the whole herd. The Shepherd is an agent on your computer that reads every other pane. Ask it what needs you, what changed or whether anything is stuck, and it answers from what is on the screens, with a link to each pane it mentions. It runs Claude Code by default, or Codex, Pi, OpenCode or Grok. ANY AGENT CAN JOIN THE HERD Lochan does not plug into your agent. It opens the terminal the agent is already running in, so it works with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Grok, OpenCode, Aider and anything else with a prompt. A new agent works the day it ships. A REAL TERMINAL, IN YOUR POCKET Tap any agent for the actual session: full output, scrollback and a keyboard. MAKE THE KEYS YOUR OWN Two rows of keys sit above the terminal. Drag any key to either row, switch off the ones you never use, and add your own: - Text keys for the commands you repeat, like /compact, /usage or /model sonnet - Chord keys for Ctrl, Option and Shift combos, like your tmux prefix or Ctrl-R SHARE A SCREENSHOT WITH YOUR AGENT Pick a photo, take one of the screen in front of you, or send a file. It lands on your computer and its path goes into the prompt, ready for you to finish and send. SAY IT. CHECK IT. SEND IT. Dictate a long instruction, read the transcript, and send it only when it reads right. Or write it in a real text box, with a draft that waits if you get pulled away. RUN THE HERD FROM YOUR PHONE Start a new agent in any project, rename it, and close it when it is done. BUILT FOR A PHONE Lochan tells each agent it is being driven from a phone, so it leads with the answer, keeps replies short and batches its questions. PAIRED IN ONE SCAN Run one line on your Mac or Linux machine, then scan the code it shows. Your phone makes its own key, and it stays in the phone's Keychain. Nothing to type, no private key to copy. Save every machine you own and switch between them from the title bar. No account, and no Lochan server in between: your phone talks to your computers over SSH. Away from home you need a route to them, and Tailscale is the two-minute version. ALSO IN LOCHAN: A PRIVATE AI CHAT Chat with Apple's on-device model, open models downloaded to your phone, or cloud models with your own API key. Conversations branch instead of overwriting, and you can share one with a link we cannot read. Lochan works with Herdr, the terminal workspace for AI coding agents, on the computers you own.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Lochan at Free against Local LLM Server Pro's $3.99. Lochan also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Local LLM Server Pro's advantage is chart position (#2 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Lochan is free to download; Local LLM Server Pro costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Local LLM Server Pro ships an update every 6 weeks, Lochan fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Local LLM Server Pro | Lochan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free โ better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Best chart rank | #2 โ better | โ |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad โ better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kevin Tang | Purplecones, LLC |
In-app purchases
Local LLM Server Pro
No in-app purchases
Lochan
No in-app purchases
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