Alternatives to Enclave AI
An iPhone, iPad and Mac app for chatting with open-source AI models that run offline on the device. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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Enclave AI
An iPhone, iPad and Mac app for chatting with open-source AI models that run offline on the device.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Enclave AI.
Private LLM
An offline AI chat app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that runs open language models on the device.
Private LLM also runs models offline on iPhone, iPad and Mac with Siri and Shortcuts integration, but it is a paid, closed-source app.
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 for free on iOS and Android, but it does not list voice chat or PDF chat.
fullmoon
A free app for chatting with small local language models on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro.
fullmoon is a free offline chat app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro using MLX, but it supports only Apple silicon and a small set of models.
LLMFarm
An iOS and macOS app for running large language models offline on the device using GGML.
LLMFarm is an open-source iOS and macOS app based on GGML and llama.cpp, though it is a small single-developer project without listed voice or document chat.
Google AI Edge Gallery
A mobile and Mac app from Google for downloading and running generative AI models on-device.
Google AI Edge Gallery is Apache-2.0 and runs on iPhone, Android and Mac, but it is a showcase app limited to allowlisted models.
Layla
An offline AI assistant app that runs language models directly on Android and iOS devices.
Layla runs models offline on iOS and Android with role-play character creation, but it remains closed source and uses a freemium model.
RecurseChat
A macOS chat app for local AI models, with optional Claude and ChatGPT support.
RecurseChat runs local models offline with on-device RAG for your files on macOS only, is paid after a trial, and has no iPhone version.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
LM Studio
A polished desktop app for downloading, running and chatting with local language models, with an OpenAI-compatible server built in.
Jan
An open-source ChatGPT replacement that runs entirely offline, and can also front cloud providers when you want them.
Ollama
The simplest way to pull down an open language model and run it on your own machine, from one command or a desktop app.
ChatterUI
An Android front end for running language models on the phone or connecting to API providers.
Maid
A free, open-source app for chatting with llama.cpp models locally and remote AI providers.
