Comparison

Models Zoo vs Zode for ZCode

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Zode for ZCode

Features
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Zode is the phone companion for ZCode, the AI coding app. Start a task in ZCode on your Mac, then keep an eye on it from the couch, the kitchen, or the train. WHAT YOU CAN DO • See what needs you. Sessions waiting for your answer sit at the top. Running ones come next. Finished ones are grouped by day. • Read the work like a document. Text, code and tables look clean, and tool steps fold into one quiet line. • Reply, stop, or start. Answer a question, stop a task that went the wrong way, or start a new one in the folder you choose. • Catch up after a bad connection. Zode shows what you missed. • Light and dark look that follow your phone. HOW IT CONNECTS Zode is a companion, so ZCode keeps running on your Mac. A small free relay on the same Mac passes messages between your phone and ZCode: Phone -> Zode relay on your Mac -> ZCode Install the relay with one command, then pair once by scanning a QR code. At home Zode uses your Wi-Fi. Away from home, use a private network such as Tailscale. BEFORE YOU START You need ZCode on a Mac and the free, open-source Zode relay: https://github.com/zrll2/zode NO MAC NEARBY? Tap "Try the demo" on the first screen to explore everything with sample data. No account or network needed. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Your messages go between your phone and your Mac only. We have no servers. Zode is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Z.AI or Anthropic. ZCode and Claude Code are trademarks of their respective owners.

Screenshots

Models Zoo4 screens
Zode for ZCode4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Zode for ZCode at 16.4 against Models Zoo's 18.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Models Zoo versus Zode for ZCode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterModels ZooZode for ZCode
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaisuke MajimaGOOLOO PTE LTD

In-app purchases

None

Models Zoo

No in-app purchases

None

Zode for ZCode

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Models Zoo free?
Models Zoo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zode for ZCode free?
Zode for ZCode is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Models Zoo or Zode for ZCode have ads?
Neither Models Zoo nor Zode for ZCode shows ads.

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