Local LLM runner vs Abliterated
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Local LLM runner
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Run LLM on your iPhone, 100% local, no network (Network needed once to download a model) Models: β’ Qwen2.5 0.5B Instruct β ~0.4 GB (4 GB RAM) β’ Llama 3.2 1B Instruct β ~0.8 GB (4 GB RAM) β’ Qwen2.5 1.5B Instruct β ~0.9 GB (4 GB RAM) β’ Llama 3.2 3B Instruct β ~1.9 GB (6 GB RAM) β’ Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 β ~2.5 GB (6 GB RAM) β’ Qwen2.5 7B Instruct β ~4.4 GB (8 GB RAM) Also: β’ Add your own GGUF (for example, from Hugging Face) β’ 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 Β© Alibaba Cloud. Licensed under Apache License 2.0. Llama 3.2 is licensed under the Llama 3.2 Community License, Copyright Β© Meta Platforms, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Built with Llama. On-device inference uses llama.cpp (MIT License).
Abliterated
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Abliterated is an unofficial native iOS client for models hosted by abliteration.ai. Talk to abliterated models: open-weight LLMs with the refusal direction removed in the weights. They answer prompts other APIs decline. Use it for writing, code, research, red-teaming, and eval work the hosted models are built for. You are responsible for how you use the models and for following Appleβs and local law. Disclaimer: You need an abliteration.ai account and API key. Usage is billed by abliteration.ai. No affiliation with Abliteration AI. Conversations go to abliteration.ai. Abliteration states zero data retention by default.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Local LLM runner at 18.0 against Abliterated's 27.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Local LLM runner | Abliterated |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 β better | 27.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Valerii Lubnin | Peter Aleksander Bizjak |
In-app purchases
Local LLM runner
No in-app purchases
Abliterated
No in-app purchases
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