Comparison

GNTK/AI 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

GNTK/AI

Features
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GNTK/AI — your personal AI assistant for iPhone, iPad and Mac, by GNTK. Unified access to 20 LLM models via a robust AI Gateway: 3 Claude variants (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus 5), 4 GPT variants (GPT-5.6 Luna, GPT-5.6 Sol, 4o, 4o mini), Gemini, Mistral, Grok, Grok Build, Groq, Cohere, Workers AI, Inkling, Muse Spark, Gemma 4, GPT-OSS, Nemotron and Perplexity — plus Auto and Exacto routing. Free, unlimited on-device Local mode with Apple Intelligence. GNTK/AI Plus unlocks premium cloud models (3-day free trial), or bring your own API key with GNTK/AI BYOK. Teams: GNTK/AI for Small Teams shares a premium pool across 5, 10 or 20 seats. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.gntkh.com/legal/privacy

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

GNTK/AI4 screens
Local Inference OnDevice Agent3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Local Inference OnDevice Agent at none against GNTK/AI's 1. Local Inference OnDevice Agent also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.4). GNTK/AI's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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. GNTK/AI sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month. Local Inference OnDevice Agent asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GNTK/AI ships an update every 5 days, Local Inference OnDevice Agent every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
GNTK/AI versus Local Inference OnDevice Agent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGNTK/AILocal Inference OnDevice Agent
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.416.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB52 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperGNTK Holdings LLCSameer Shanbhag

In-app purchases

1 purchases

GNTK/AI

Subscriptions1
  • GNTK AI Plus$6.991 Month
None

Local Inference OnDevice Agent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GNTK/AI free?
GNTK/AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Local Inference OnDevice Agent free?
Local Inference OnDevice Agent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GNTK/AI or Local Inference OnDevice Agent have ads?
Neither GNTK/AI nor Local Inference OnDevice Agent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GNTK/AI or Local Inference OnDevice Agent?
GNTK/AI ships an update every 5 days, and Local Inference OnDevice Agent every 2 weeks. Most recently, GNTK/AI was updated on October 5, 2026 and Local Inference OnDevice Agent on October 9, 2026.

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