Comparison

HelloAgent vs Local Inference OnDevice Agent

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

Head to head
About

HelloAgent

Features
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HelloAgent is an inbox for the personal AI agents you build. Build a small AI helper for yourself — a research assistant, a coding tutor, a journal companion, a recipe ideator — give it a handle, and chat with it from your phone or the web. Your agents, your handle, your inbox. — Build your own agent with the open-source SDK in Python or TypeScript. Pick your model — any LLM API or local runtime. Pick your tools. Pick your prompt. The agent runs wherever you want — on your laptop, a VPS, a Raspberry Pi. — Talk to it from anywhere. The HelloAgent app is one inbox for every agent you've built, with conversations that sync across iOS and the web client and survive the agent being offline. — Sign in with Apple, Google, or email + password. — Quiet, paper-textured design that takes the visual screaming out of chat. Optimised for long-form work, code blocks, and math. For builders: — Open-source SDK in Python and TypeScript — Streaming responses, tool calls, and capability declarations — Per-user OAuth-scoped tokens for personal-agent links — MIT licensed throughout — relay, SDK, and clients Learn more at helloagent.cc.

About

Local Inference OnDevice Agent

This app provides an AI chat experience that runs entirely on your device, ensuring your conversations remain private and offline. It offers various AI models, integrates with device tools, and allows for custom API key usage.

Highlights
  • Runs entirely on-device
  • Fully offline functionality
  • Zero data collection
  • Optional API key integration
  • Tools: calculator, web search, webpage reading
  • Contacts & calendar integration
  • Vision models for photo analysis
  • On-device text-to-speech
Features
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Your AI. Your phone. Nobody else's business. LocalInference runs powerful open AI models entirely on your device. Your conversations never leave your phone — no account, no cloud, no analytics, no tracking. Ever. PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE, NOT BY PROMISE • Everything runs on-device; works fully offline after a one-time model download • Zero data collection — we couldn't read your chats if we wanted to • API keys (optional) stored in the secure keychain, sent only to the provider you chose A REAL ASSISTANT, NOT JUST A CHATBOT • Tools: calculator, web search, date & time, webpage reading • Contacts & calendar integration — every write action asks you first • Ask about photos with vision models • Reads answers aloud with on-device voices BUILT FOR TINKERERS • 16 curated models from 0.5B to 8B — Qwen3, Llama, Gemma, DeepSeek R1, Phi, SmolVLM • Only models that fit your device's memory are offered • Live tok/s, time-to-first-token, and token counts per response • Thinking models show their reasoning in collapsible blocks • Bring your own keys: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google — or any OpenAI-compatible server (llama.cpp, LM Studio, Ollama) on your own network Built with Llama. Gemma models provided under the Gemma Terms of Use.

Screenshots

HelloAgent3 screens
Local Inference OnDevice Agent3 screens

Verdict

The call

HelloAgent and Local Inference OnDevice Agent are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
HelloAgent versus Local Inference OnDevice Agent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHelloAgentLocal Inference OnDevice Agent
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB52 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperHimanshu KumarSameer Shanbhag

In-app purchases

None

HelloAgent

No in-app purchases

None

Local Inference OnDevice Agent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HelloAgent free?
HelloAgent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Local Inference OnDevice Agent free?
Local Inference OnDevice Agent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HelloAgent or Local Inference OnDevice Agent have ads?
Neither HelloAgent nor Local Inference OnDevice Agent shows ads.

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