VoxyAI vs LLMster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VoxyAI
Engage in AI conversations with voice input and robust privacy controls. Run AI models locally on-device or connect to cloud services using your own API keys. Seamlessly integrate with your Mac and leverage Siri shortcuts for enhanced productivity.
- On-device AI with Apple Intelligence
- Connect to cloud AI models (Claude, Gemini, OpenAI)
- Voice input for hands-free prompting
- Image analysis with vision-capable models
- Mac app integration
- Siri and Shortcuts integration
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VoxyAI brings private AI chat to your iPhone and iPad. It runs entirely on your own hardware: Apple Intelligence right on your iPhone or iPad, or the AI models on your own Mac. No account and no cloud: your conversations stay on devices you own, including your Mac if you turn on chat sync. ON-DEVICE AI - Apple Intelligence answers right on your iPhone or iPad, fast and private - No account or API key needed USE YOUR MAC'S AI - Pair with VoxyAI on your Mac by scanning a QR code - Chat with the MLX and Ollama models installed on your Mac - Keep your chats in sync with your Mac, if you like DOUBLE-CHECKED ANSWERS - Turn on LLM-as-judge and a second model checks each reply, marking it verified or flagged TALK, DON'T TYPE - Dictate your questions with built-in voice input - Have answers read aloud BRING YOUR FILES - Attach photos, documents, code and PDFs to your questions - Send text to VoxyAI from any app with the Share button KEEP AND SHARE - Export a chat as Markdown or PDF, or share any reply - Stop a reply mid-answer, or edit a question you already sent WORKS WITH SIRI & SHORTCUTS - Ask VoxyAI, Rewrite with VoxyAI and Start a chat, ready to use - Build your own automations in the Shortcuts app PRIVACY BY DESIGN - Everything runs on your iPhone, iPad or your own Mac - Chat sync goes only to your paired Mac, never to a server - VoxyAI never sees your conversations
LLMster
Connect to local AI models for fast, private conversations on your iPhone or iPad. Manage your models, organize chats, and utilize features like vision and hands-free voice interaction. Your data stays on your device and server.
- Connect to local AI models
- Private by design, no cloud relay
- Organize chats by title, model, or folder
- Vision support for image-based conversations
- Hands-free voice chat with on-device speech recognition
- Stream reasoning and rich Markdown responses
- Background processing with Live Activities
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Local AI, in your pocket. LLMster is a fast, private iPhone and iPad client for models running on your LM Studio server. Stream replies, reasoning, tool activity, and image-based conversations from the models you host—in an app designed to feel at home on iOS. Private by design LLMster connects directly to the server you choose. There’s no LLMster account, telemetry, hosted chat service, or cloud relay in the middle. Your conversation library stays on your device, while model context stays with your configured server. External integrations run only when you choose to enable them. Your models, wherever you run them Keep your models on the machine built for them: a workstation, home server, or always-on computer. Run the LM Studio desktop app or LM Studio’s headless daemon, point LLMster at the host, and start chatting. No companion desktop client is required. Choose the right model without leaving the conversation: • Search or sort by name, size, or format, then pin favorites • See which models support vision, reasoning, or tool calls • Change models without starting a new chat Organized from the start Search chats by title, model, or folder. Browse recent conversations across every folder, then organize, rename, pin, or duplicate important threads. Move and protect your chats Share individual conversations as .llmster files and import them on another device while preserving messages, images, reasoning, tool history, and chat settings. Back up and restore your entire local chat library—including folders, pins, drafts, and attachments—with optional password protection. Backups do not include server addresses, authentication keys, or app-wide settings. LLMster also verifies transferred response context against your configured LM Studio server before continuing a chat. Vision, direct to your server Attach up to four screenshots, photos, or scanned pages to a message and send them to a compatible vision model. LLMster resizes and compresses images on your device before sending them, so the originals remain with you. Open any attachment and pinch to zoom when you need to inspect the details. Hands-free voice chat Talk naturally using on-device speech recognition and text-to-speech. Audio stays on your device; only the resulting text is sent to your configured server. Natural turn-taking and subtle haptics keep the conversation moving without touching the screen. Control each conversation Every chat can have its own: • Integrations already configured in LM Studio • Custom system prompt • Tool-call visibility • Live reasoning preference Stream reasoning as Markdown while the model works, or keep the interface quiet with a compact Thinking indicator and open the completed reasoning when you want it. Control response auto-scrolling, and choose System, Light, or Dark appearance with your preferred accent color. Rich responses, as they arrive LLMster renders streaming Markdown smoothly, including syntax-highlighted code with copy controls, inline and block math, tables, links, lists, and more. Export or share transcripts with their original Markdown intact. Keep going while you move on LLMster asks iOS to continue eligible responses after you leave the app. When the system starts continued processing, progress appears as a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and, on supported iPhones, in the Dynamic Island. When a background response completes, LLMster can notify you locally—without routing your conversation through a push server. Tap a notification or Live Activity to return to the correct conversation. Setup instructions are available at https://llmster.app/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: LLMster at every 11 days against VoxyAI's every 2 months. LLMster also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). VoxyAI's advantage is iOS requirement (18.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for VoxyAI against 5.0 for LLMster. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
VoxyAI ships an update every 2 months, LLMster every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VoxyAI | LLMster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeffery Abbott | Dave Sebek |
Customer experience
VoxyAI
LLMster
In-app purchases
VoxyAI
No in-app purchases
LLMster
No in-app purchases









