Chat with LM Studio, Ollama, and oMLX from your iPhone — or run on-device models offline. Private local AI on hardware you control. No cloud chat subscription required.
THREE WAYS TO USE IT
1. On-device — download a model and chat with no internet
2. Connected — LM Studio, Ollama, Jan AI, or oMLX over Wi‑Fi or USB
3. Remote — LM Mini Connect from anywhere, encrypted with your key
One app for phone-side models and your desktop local setup.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Phone models are not the same as huge hosted models in a data center. They are smaller, and that is expected. Performance will vary by hardware.
What you gain is control: offline use, private chats on your device or your home machine, and freedom to run the open models you choose.
BUILT FOR
- People already running LM Studio, Ollama, oMLX or Jan AI who want that stack in their pocket
- People who want on-device chat when they are offline or away from Wi-Fi
- People who care about keeping conversations off third-party chat servers
- Researchers, builders, and privacy-minded users experimenting with local AI
INSIDE THE APP
- Download and run on-device models on your phone
- Connect to LM Studio, Ollama, Jan AI and oMLX
- Remote access through LM Mini Connect with your encryption key
- Manage and download models on LM Studio from your phone
- Local conversation history, folders, and context usage tracking
- Personas, plus group chat with up to 5 models in one conversation
- Voice chat with Kokoro
- Image generation with ComfyUI and Automatic1111
- Web search through SearXNG
- Memory so your AI can remember details about you
- On-device semantic search across your chats
- Background generation, so you don't have to sit and stare at the screen
- Themes, backgrounds, and avatars
- Import chats from LM Studio
- Optional encrypted cloud backups
- Custom servers with custom headers
- Optional APIs when you want them: OpenAI, OpenRouter, Mistral, DeepSeek, Google Gemini, and more
- MCP tool calling
- In-app support and feature requests
- Dark mode and a chat UI meant for daily use
PRIVACY
For local use, chats stay on your phone, or between your phone and your own computer. We don't need your conversations to make that core local path work. If you choose optional cloud APIs, those requests go to the provider you pick.
SETUP
On-device: a compatible phone with enough free storage and memory for the model you pick. Connected mode: LM Studio, Ollama, or oMLX on your computer, plus local network or USB access, or LM Mini Connect for remote use.
Install LM Mini and keep your local AI with you.
Download LM Mini today and start chatting with your local AI models privately and securely!
This app uses Apple Standard EULA license and its available at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Can’t connect to my LM studio because iOS never prompt me for access to local network. Tried on both iPad and iPhone and never asked for local network so it can’t see LM studio. Is there a way to trigger iOS into asking. I check in local network settings inside iOS and the app doesn’t appear on the list.
Developer Response
Can you try to uninstall and reinstall the app? please reach out to me using Feature Requests under LM Mini settings and I'll sort it out for you.
Just what you are looking for!
EthoTech
I have been searching for a while for an ios app that would let me connect to my local instance or anything server running on the local network. Pairing this with a Wireguard VPN to your local network and it works anywhere with internet connectivity. The dev is super responsive,seems kind and wants to make a great app and it shows! Love the app, made with passion from a dev that listens to user feedback. If you want to connect to your server from ios and want additional features, please check out this app.P.S. To the dev/ team:Please keep up the great work and don't don't forget about the users once you guys get super popular! You have (literally) saved a life. <3
Developer Response
You are most kind with your words sir. I am really, really glad to learn that you like my work. 🙏🏽
Worst local LM client
hugesavings
I'm not going to document every problem as there are many. This app requires a desktop companion app besides just LM Studio. Because I have other apps that connect to LM studio, this is a strange quirk considering this is the official app. It also doesn't automatically start with comp. The model also unloads after a moment of inactivity if you change windows. There's also a bunch of image generation features bolted on that don't work out of the box. This is simply unfinished software. Someone should use an AI to finish it. As an AI product these issues are unacceptable because fixing them is trivial. 07/15 - response to developers response: LM mini is a desktop app enabling the mobile app
Developer Response
This is Simply not true, You do not need anything else to use the app LM Studio. Model is loaded and unloaded on your PC, if it unloads automatically its something on your PC.
Gives new purpose to my IPad
Errrrorrrr
This app is amazing! I almost never write reviews, but it's completely transformed my old iPad. A truly fantastic addition! Just one suggestion, could connection be done through USB-C as an option? Would love to use this app during a flight, so I can use my iPad instead pulling out my heavy MBP. == Update: I open a ticket in Support / Feature request. Titled: USB-C connection as option. Thank you for taking the time to look into this.
Developer Response
Interesting suggestion, can you please open a ticket in Support / Feature request under Settings to discuss it in more details?
- Added a direct Wi-Fi connection to your Mac when you're on the same network: faster, encrypted, and works without internet
- Added: pick any model downloaded on your Mac from your phone
- Improved chat sync with your Mac: only changes are sent, pictures and memories come along, and edits and deletions sync
- Fixes chats with your Mac's models failing when Tool Use is off, in group chats and in Arena
- Fixes big models on your Mac timing out while they load
- Improved messages when your Mac is loading, needs a new QR scan or needs an update
Version 1.10.7
The developer, Sultan Haider, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
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