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Maid vs PocketPal AI: catalog facts
Maid	PocketPal AI
Free Free and open source; remote providers may charge for their own APIs.	Free Free to use, with the source code published on GitHub.
Android	Android, iOS
Runs llama.cpp models locally on the device Can connect to an Ollama server	Runs language models on the phone itself Available for both Android and iOS
Local model speed is limited by phone hardware Hosted providers need their own API keys and billing	Limited to small models that fit on a phone Performance depends on the phone's hardware
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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