Russet: Private on-device AI
Private, powerful, personal
Free
Russet enables private on-device AI on iPhone and iPad, powered by the latest and greatest models. By default, chats run fully on-device with no accounts, no ads, and no tracking of messages. Russet's models are optimized for Apple hardware and downloadable, so they work completely offline. All in one clean, native interface designed for privacy, focus, and flow.
Features
• Flexible chats: Choose models, adjust response style, branch or lock chats, and analyze PDFs and images.
• Text-to-speech: Import speeches generated in custom voices from Russet for Mac.
• Agent: Work with health data, schedules, contacts, and files through system-aware automation.
• Flow: Summarize, rewrite, debate, label, and translate text, even offline.
• Intelligent Templates: Get instant briefings powered by your calendar.
• Interactive stories: Create and explore text-based adventures in Agent > Game.
• Offline-ready: Works without an internet connection.
• Multilingual: Supports 13 written and spoken languages.
more So helpful to have Russet always available even when there’s no WiFi
So helpful to have Russet always available even when there’s no WiFi
Thank you 😊
Pretty cool app, clean interface easy to use. Developer is pushing updates regularly which is always great to see : )
Developer Response Thanks for your kind feedback 😊
Pretty cool app, clean interface easy to use. Developer is pushing updates regularly which is always great to see : )
Thanks for your kind feedback 😊
The icon is super cute!! But more importantly the app is actually so helpful and unique compared to other AI. It’s also completely free which I love ☺️
Developer Response Glad you’re liking Russet 😊
The icon is super cute!! But more importantly the app is actually so helpful and unique compared to other AI. It’s also completely free which I love ☺️
Glad you’re liking Russet 😊
It’s impressive to see how far this app has already come (as of version 1.2.5) especially for free so far. If you haven’t tried it, give it a shot. A good free LLM that runs on your phone is nice to have
It’s impressive to see how far this app has already come (as of version 1.2.5) especially for free so far. If you haven’t tried it, give it a shot. A good free LLM that runs on your phone is nice to have
Thank you 😊
- Export chats to open as view-only on other devices running Russet.
- New models: PrismML's Ternary Bonsai and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model and several MLX models now support calling tools in chat. You can ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in the chat without going through Agent.
- Choose from 7 default Personas for opinionated responses including Russet, Study Buddy and Devil's Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmarking, and save the results in Markdown format.
2026.6.1 2d ago
- Export chats to open as view-only on other devices running Russet.
- New models: PrismML's Ternary Bonsai and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model and several MLX models now support calling tools in chat. You can ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in the chat without going through Agent.
- Choose from 7 default Personas for opinionated responses including Russet, Study Buddy and Devil's Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmarking, and save the results in Markdown format.
2026.5.30 4d ago
- Export chats to open as view-only on other devices running Russet.
- New models: PrismML's Ternary Bonsai and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model and several MLX models now support calling tools in chat. You can ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in the chat without going through Agent.
- Choose from 7 default Personas for opinionated responses including Russet, Study Buddy and Devil's Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmarking, and save the results in Markdown format.
2026.5.26 May 26
- Export chats to open as view-only on other devices running Russet.
- New models: PrismML's Ternary Bonsai and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model and several MLX models now support calling tools in chat. You can ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in the chat without going through Agent.
- Choose from 7 default Personas for opinionated responses including Russet, Study Buddy and Devil's Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmarking, and save the results in Markdown format.
2026.5.24 May 25
- Export chats to open as view-only on other devices running Russet.
- New models: PrismML's Ternary Bonsai and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model and several MLX models now support calling tools in chat. You can ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in the chat without going through Agent.
- Choose from 7 default Personas for opinionated responses including Russet, Study Buddy and Devil's Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmarking, and save the results in Markdown format.
2026.5.22 May 22
- Export chats to open as view-only on other devices running Russet.
- New models: PrismML's Ternary Bonsai and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model and several MLX models now support calling tools in chat. You can ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in the chat without going through Agent.
- Choose from 7 default Personas for opinionated responses including Russet, Study Buddy and Devil's Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmarking, and save the results in Markdown format.
2026.5.18 May 18
- Export chats to open as view-only on other devices running Russet.
- New models: PrismML's Ternary Bonsai and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model and several MLX models now support calling tools in chat. You can ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in the chat without going through Agent.
- Choose from 7 default Personas for opinionated responses including Russet, Study Buddy and Devil's Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmarking, and save the results in Markdown format.
2026.5.14 May 13
- Export chats to open as view-only on other devices running Russet.
- New models: PrismML's Ternary Bonsai and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model and several MLX models now support calling tools in chat. You can ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in the chat without going through Agent.
- Choose from 7 default Personas for opinionated responses including Russet, Study Buddy and Devil's Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmarking, and save the results in Markdown format.
2026.5.13 May 12
Russet enables private on-device AI on iPhone and iPad, powered by the latest and greatest models. By default, chats run fully on-device with no accounts, no ads, and no tracking of messages. Russet's models are optimized for Apple hardware and downloadable, so they work completely offline. All in one clean, native interface designed for privacy, focus, and flow.
Features
• Flexible chats: Choose models, adjust response style, branch or lock chats, and analyze PDFs and images.
• Text-to-speech: Import speeches generated in custom voices from Russet for Mac.
• Agent: Work with health data, schedules, contacts, and files through system-aware automation.
• Flow: Summarize, rewrite, debate, label, and translate text, even offline.
• Intelligent Templates: Get instant briefings powered by your calendar.
• Interactive stories: Create and explore text-based adventures in Agent > Game.
• Offline-ready: Works without an internet connection.
• Multilingual: Supports 13 written and spoken languages.
2026.5.6 May 4
- Export on-device chats for import as read-only on other devices.
- New models added: Liquid's LFM 2.5 VL, PrismML's Ternary Bonsai, and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.05.05 Apr 30
- Export on-device chats for import as read-only on other devices.
- New models added: Liquid's LFM 2.5 VL, PrismML's Ternary Bonsai, and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.05.04 Apr 29
- Export on-device chats for import as read-only on other devices.
- New models added: Liquid's LFM 2.5 VL, PrismML's Ternary Bonsai, and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.05.03 Apr 28
- Export on-device chats for import as read-only on other devices.
- New models added: Liquid's LFM 2.5 VL, PrismML's Ternary Bonsai, and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.05.02 Apr 26
- Export on-device chats for import as read-only on other devices.
- New models added: Liquid's LFM 2.5 VL, PrismML's Ternary Bonsai, and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.05.01 Apr 25
- New models added: PrismML's Ternary Bonsai and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.04.30 Apr 23
- New models added: PrismML's Ternary Bonsai and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.04.29 Apr 20
- New models added: PrismML's Ternary Bonsai and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.04.28 Apr 20
- Gemma 4, Google's most intelligent open models yet, is now live on Russet. Gemma 4 outperforms models 20x its size in some industry-standard benchmarks.
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.04.27 Apr 17
- Gemma 4, Google's most intelligent open models yet, is now live on Russet. Gemma 4 outperforms models 20x its size in some industry-standard benchmarks.
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.04.26 Apr 16
- Gemma 4, Google's most intelligent open models yet, is now live on Russet. Gemma 4 outperforms models 20x its size in some industry-standard benchmarks.
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.04.25 Apr 15
- Gemma 4, Google's most intelligent open models yet, is now live on Russet. Gemma 4 outperforms models 20x its size in some industry-standard benchmarks.
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.04.24 Apr 11
- Gemma 4, Google's most intelligent open models yet, is now live on Russet. Gemma 4 outperforms models 20x its size in some industry-standard benchmarks.
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.04.23 Apr 10
- Gemma 4, Google's most intelligent open models yet, is now live on Russet. Gemma 4 outperforms models 20x its size in some industry-standard benchmarks.
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.04.22 Apr 10
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Say hello to the latest and greatest Qwen3.5 Small Model Series (SMS) now live on Russet. Qwen3.5 brings multimodal chats, enabling image-to-text for the first time on Russet for iPhone and iPad! Download from Settings and spin up a new Chat to try.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.04.19 Apr 6
- Apple Foundation Model (Apple Intelligence) and several MLX models now supports tool-calling in Chat. You can now simply ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in Chat instead of going through Agent.
- Introducing Persona: Tune your response style with 7 presets, including Russet, Study Buddy, and Devil’s Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, better yet, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmark and save results as Markdown.
- Say hello to the latest and greatest Qwen3.5 Small Model Series (SMS) now live on Russet. Qwen3.5 brings multimodal chats, enabling image-to-text for the first time on Russet for iPhone and iPad! Download from Settings and spin up a new Chat to try.
- Expanded supported attachment types in chat for all on-device models. Plus new agentic tools thanks to more supported attachment types: Summarize Document and Explain Code.
2026.04.18 Apr 4
- Export chats to open as view-only on other devices running Russet.
- New models: PrismML's Ternary Bonsai and Google's Gemma 4.
- Apple Foundation Model and several MLX models now support calling tools in chat. You can ask Russet to list today's or tomorrow's schedule directly in the chat without going through Agent.
- Choose from 7 default Personas for opinionated responses including Russet, Study Buddy and Devil's Advocate. Set your default Persona in Settings > Chat > Persona. Or, create your own!
- Benchmark downloaded MLX models in Settings > Developer > Benchmarking, and save the results in Markdown format.
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