Models Zoo vs Macon+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Models Zoo
Explore and experiment with various AI models directly on your device. This app allows you to chat with language models, generate images, process audio and video, and inspect model performance without needing a server or account. It's designed for developers to easily integrate AI into their own applications.
- On-device AI model catalog
- Chat with language and vision models
- Image generation and manipulation
- Audio processing and speech synthesis
- Model inspection and benchmarking
- Swift code export for integration
- Privacy-focused local inference
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Core ML Models is a curated, on-device AI playground. Download any model from the built-in catalog and try it out instantly — no server, no account, nothing leaves your device. Every model is an open-source release converted from PyTorch to Apple's Core ML format and tuned to run efficiently on the Neural Engine, GPU, or CPU. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Chat with small language models (Gemma, etc.) including multimodal vision+text • Generate images from text with Hyper-SD • Remove backgrounds, matte video subjects, and colorize old photos • Estimate depth and reconstruct 3D faces from a single photo • Detect and classify with YOLO, SigLIP, and zero-shot open-vocabulary models • Separate music stems with Demucs and transcribe audio to MIDI with Basic Pitch • Clone voices and synthesize speech with Kokoro and OpenVoice • Super-resolve images with SinSR and RealESRGAN. DEVELOPER TOOLS, NOT JUST A DEMO • Inspect — see every .mlpackage's input/output tensor shapes, data types, compute-unit setting, on-disk size, and Core ML metadata at a glance. • Benchmark — run warmup + timed iterations on your own device and get average / median / min / max latency plus memory delta. Switch compute units (All, CPU+GPU, CPU+ANE, CPU only) to find the fastest config for your hardware. • Swift Code — export a ready-to-paste Core ML loading + inference snippet wired to the model's actual input/output names, so integration into your own app is copy-paste fast. DESIGNED FOR THE NEURAL ENGINE Each model ships with compute-unit settings tuned per-architecture (Neural Engine, GPU, CPU) so you get the best inference speed Apple Silicon can deliver. OPEN AND TRANSPARENT Every model in the catalog links back to its original paper, repository, and license. Conversion scripts are public on GitHub so you can see exactly how the .mlpackage files were produced. PRIVACY FIRST All inference runs locally on your device. The app only fetches model files from public storage over HTTPS — there are no analytics, no ads, and no account to create. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone or iPad with Apple Silicon recommended for best performance • Some large models require several GB of free storage and ≥ 6 GB RAM
Macon+
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MacOn + turns your iPhone or iPad into a home screen for your Mac. Pair once with a single-use code and the Mac on your desk comes with you: its screen, its apps, its builds, its terminal, even its lock screen. It is built like a toy, in a soft 3D clay world you can spin with a finger, and it comes in seventeen themes shared with the Mac app. SEE IT, DRIVE IT • Stream the Mac's screen in hardware H.264, up to 120 fps on ProMotion • Control it with touch, a virtual trackpad and a Sidecar-style Touch Bar • CompactOS refits one Mac window to your phone, so Xcode, Safari or Notes behave like phone apps • Picture in Picture keeps the Mac on screen while you use other apps BUILDS, LIVE • Every pipeline as a step timeline with streaming logs, durations and the raw console • Watch, run, re-run or cancel from anywhere • The full pipeline editor on your phone: provider, repo, branch, triggers, timeouts A DECK AND FLOWS • Turn the device into a Stream Deck: apps with their real icons, shortcuts, media keys, sliders, and live tiles for CPU, battery and builds • Wire up automations as clay blocks on swinging strings: triggers, shell, files, web, AI and logic • Run them from the deck, on a schedule, or when a folder changes A POCKET DEV ENVIRONMENT • Browse the repo, edit in tabs, save back to the Mac • Real terminals on the Mac, tabs included. Shells keep running when you leave • Build and test Xcode projects, pick schemes and destinations JUST ASK • Chat with AI running on your own Mac through Ollama • Or speak a task and Jev drives the Mac step by step, reading the screen as it goes. Jev comes with Pro, with no API key to find • Bring your own AI: Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, a local model, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Keys live in the Mac's Keychain, never on the phone WAKE IT, UNLOCK IT • Wake the Mac over your network, a free Cloudflare tunnel, or iCloud • Unlock it from a themed 3D padlock, with an optional privacy curtain so nobody sees the screen but you • Universal clipboard between the Mac and your devices FLEET • Every paired device hanging off your Mac on a string, with a live glow for the active ones EVERY POWER, YOUR CALL Screen sharing, control, wake and unlock are all off until you turn them on in the Mac app. Pairing codes are single-use and expire. Your code, keys and screen never leave your Mac. There is no MacOn server in between. WHAT YOU NEED The free MacOn app for macOS 14 or later, from macon.id. Same Wi-Fi to start, or turn on Remote access on the Mac to reach it from anywhere. FREE AND PRO Free, forever: unlimited screen, control and CompactOS on your home network; build monitoring, live logs and run or cancel from anywhere; local AI chat; and 40 minutes a day of remote screen when you are away. MacOn Pro adds unlimited remote access from anywhere, unlocking the Mac and the privacy curtain, Jev, the full code workspace, unlimited deck keys and flows, Picture in Picture, every theme, and every Mac you own. Pro is an auto-renewable subscription: $39.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, $4.99 a month, or $1.99 a week. Prices may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://macon.id/privacy Terms of Use: https://macon.id/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Models Zoo at none against Macon+'s 3. Models Zoo also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Macon+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Models Zoo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Models Zoo ships an update every 5 days, Macon+ every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Models Zoo | Macon+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Daisuke Majima | Ali Haidar |
In-app purchases
Models Zoo
No in-app purchases
Macon+
- MacON Pro$1.997 Days
- MacON Pro$4.991 Month
- MacON Pro$39.991 Year









