Comparison

Local LLM runner vs Bloks

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

Head to head
About

Local LLM runner

Features
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Run LLM on your iPhone, 100% local, no network (Network needed once to download a model) Models: • Qwen2.5 0.5B Instruct — ~0.4 GB (4 GB RAM) • Llama 3.2 1B Instruct — ~0.8 GB (4 GB RAM) • Qwen2.5 1.5B Instruct — ~0.9 GB (4 GB RAM) • Llama 3.2 3B Instruct — ~1.9 GB (6 GB RAM) • Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 — ~2.5 GB (6 GB RAM) • Qwen2.5 7B Instruct — ~4.4 GB (8 GB RAM) Also: • Add your own GGUF (for example, from Hugging Face) • Auto-estimated max context from GPU memory; you can change it Requires iOS 18 or later. Tested on iPhone 11, 14 Pro, 15 Pro with iOS 26. Qwen models © Alibaba Cloud. Licensed under Apache License 2.0. Llama 3.2 is licensed under the Llama 3.2 Community License, Copyright © Meta Platforms, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Built with Llama. On-device inference uses llama.cpp (MIT License).

About

Bloks

Features
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Bloks turns AI agents into little colleagues that live on your Mac. This is their phone app. Pair it with Bloks on your Mac by reading a six digit code off its screen. From then on, your agents are in your pocket: see what each one is working on, answer the question that is blocking one, approve or refuse the thing it wants to do, and watch a room of them work through a plan together. Answers arrive as the thing itself rather than a wall of text: a chart, a checklist, a decision with its options laid out. When an agent needs you, your phone buzzes, and the answer is one tap away. Your agents run on your Mac, with your own provider keys. The phone talks to your Mac directly, there is no account to create, and there are no analytics and no tracking in this app. New here? The app opens with a sample workspace so you can feel how it works before connecting your own. Bloks for Mac is free and open source: github.com/hamedgitty/bloks

Screenshots

Local LLM runner4 screens
Bloks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bloks at every 2 days against Local LLM runner's monthly. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Local LLM runner ships an update monthly, Bloks every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Local LLM runner versus Bloks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocal LLM runnerBloks
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB16 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperValerii LubninRahimi Enterprises LTD

In-app purchases

None

Local LLM runner

No in-app purchases

None

Bloks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Local LLM runner free?
Local LLM runner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bloks free?
Bloks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Local LLM runner or Bloks have ads?
Neither Local LLM runner nor Bloks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Local LLM runner or Bloks?
Local LLM runner ships an update monthly, and Bloks every 2 days. Most recently, Local LLM runner was updated on October 25, 2026 and Bloks on October 29, 2026.

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