Comparison

Local LLM runner vs Abliterated

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” 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: 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).

About

Abliterated

Features
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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 Apple’s 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.

Screenshots

Local LLM runner4 screens
Abliterated4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Local LLM runner versus Abliterated: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocal LLM runnerAbliterated
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.0 β€” better27.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size25 MB7 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperValerii LubninPeter Aleksander Bizjak

In-app purchases

None

Local LLM runner

No in-app purchases

None

Abliterated

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Local LLM runner free?
Local LLM runner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Abliterated free?
Abliterated is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Local LLM runner or Abliterated have ads?
Neither Local LLM runner nor Abliterated shows ads.

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