Alternatives to Google AI Edge Gallery

A mobile and Mac app from Google for downloading and running generative AI models on-device. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Google AI Edge Gallery.

  • PocketPal AI

    A mobile app for Android and iOS that downloads small language models and runs them on the phone.

    FreeProprietaryAndroidiOS

    PocketPal AI downloads small language models and runs them on Android and iOS phones, but it has no Mac version and is not listed as open source.

  • ChatterUI

    An Android front end for running language models on the phone or connecting to API providers.

    FreeProprietaryAndroid

    ChatterUI runs models on Android phones and can also connect to API providers you choose, but it is Android only and its licence is not stated.

  • Maid

    A free, open-source app for chatting with llama.cpp models locally and remote AI providers.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    Maid is an open-source Android app that runs llama.cpp models locally and can also connect to Ollama servers or hosted providers with their own API keys.

  • Layla

    An offline AI assistant app that runs language models directly on Android and iOS devices.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOS

    Layla runs models offline on Android and iOS with character creation for role-play chats, but it is closed source, freemium and has no Mac version.

  • Private LLM

    An offline AI chat app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that runs open language models on the device.

    PaidProprietarymacOSiOS

    Private LLM is a paid, closed-source offline chat app for iPhone, iPad and Mac with Siri and Shortcuts integration, and it has no Android version.

  • Enclave AI

    An iPhone, iPad and Mac app for chatting with open-source AI models that run offline on the device.

    FreeProprietarymacOSiOS

    Enclave AI runs models offline on iPhone, iPad and Mac with local voice chat and PDF chat, but it is closed source and Apple only.

  • fullmoon

    A free app for chatting with small local language models on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro.

    FreeProprietarymacOSiOS

    fullmoon is a free offline chat app for Apple silicon iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro using MLX, limited to a small set of small models.

  • LLMFarm

    An iOS and macOS app for running large language models offline on the device using GGML.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSiOS

    LLMFarm is an open-source iOS and macOS app running GGML models offline without an account, but it is Apple only and maintained by a single developer.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Google AI Edge Gallery as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Google Gemini

    Google's multimodal AI assistant, formerly Bard, integrated with other Google services.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Google AI Edge Gallery runs Gemma models fully on an Android phone, iPhone or Mac under Apache-2.0, as a showcase app rather than a full assistant.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.