Alternatives to ChatterUI
An Android front end for running language models on the phone or connecting to API providers. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
ChatterUI
An Android front end for running language models on the phone or connecting to API providers.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as ChatterUI.
PocketPal AI
A mobile app for Android and iOS that downloads small language models and runs them on the phone.
PocketPal AI runs small models on the phone and adds an iOS version, but focuses on local models rather than connecting to API providers.
Maid
A free, open-source app for chatting with llama.cpp models locally and remote AI providers.
Maid is open source, runs llama.cpp models on Android, and can also connect to an Ollama server and several hosted providers.
Layla
An offline AI assistant app that runs language models directly on Android and iOS devices.
Layla runs models offline on Android and iOS with character creation for role-play, but is closed source and freemium.
Ollama App
A cross-platform chat client for talking to language models running on an Ollama server.
Ollama App is an Apache-2.0 Android and desktop client that chats with a separate Ollama server rather than running models on the phone.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
llama.cpp
The C++ engine most local AI apps are built on, running language models on ordinary hardware.
SillyTavern
A locally-installed front end for language models aimed at long-form roleplay and character-driven writing.
Private LLM
An offline AI chat app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that runs open language models on the device.
LLMFarm
An iOS and macOS app for running large language models offline on the device using GGML.
