LocalMind: Ollama & LM Studio

Name: LocalMind: Ollama & LM Studio
Rating: 4.5 (15 reviews)
Author: Abdul Momin Sakib

Private AI, offline & online

Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

15 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Utilities
Developer

Abdul Momin Sakib
Language

EN
English
Size

127.3
MB

Choose where your AI runs. Chat with on-device models, connect your own server, and use voice, personas and optional encrypted S3 sync. Your AI. Your choice. LocalMind brings Ollama, LM Studio and on-device AI models to your iPhone or iPad. Choose where your AI runs and keep control of your conversations. CONNECT OR RUN LOCALLY Connect your Ollama or LM Studio server, use OpenRouter, Requesty or an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, or download a supported model to run on your device. On-device chat works offline after the model is downloaded. TOOLS FOR EVERYDAY WORK • Voice conversations, dictation and text-to-speech. • Markdown, highlighted code, tables and LaTeX math. • Custom AI personas and adjustable generation settings. • Temporary chats, saved messages and searchable chat history. • Optional MCP tools and end-to-end encrypted sync to your own S3-compatible storage. PRIVACY YOU CONTROL Chat history is stored on your device. LocalMind has no analytics or ad trackers. When you use a remote server or cloud provider, your messages go directly to that service. Optional cloud sync uses storage you control. Model availability, speed and features depend on your device and the selected model or server. Cloud services may require your own API key and charge their own fees. Open source: https://github.com/abdulmominsakib/localmind

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

15 Ratings

I don’t write reviews on apps
Sep 3
Another waiting game
If you want to acess your home mostly offline llm stack, This app is the real deal, hook up to your home Stack of llms on your pc via WiFi or tailscale and message, transcribe or even have a voice conversation using lower web usage local voice to text software. It has good model organization, good server organization, conversation mgt and even some native setting like token size you can adjust on the client/Moble side. Interface is pretty seamless so far.

Developer Response
Thank you for your review, it means a lot to me :)
I don’t write reviews on apps
Sep 3
Another waiting game

If you want to acess your home mostly offline llm stack, This app is the real deal, hook up to your home Stack of llms on your pc via WiFi or tailscale and message, transcribe or even have a voice conversation using lower web usage local voice to text software. It has good model organization, good server organization, conversation mgt and even some native setting like token size you can adjust on the client/Moble side. Interface is pretty seamless so far.
Developer Response Sep 25
Thank you for your review, it means a lot to me :)
Checks all the boxes
Aug 27
Dibjibjub
I wanted a single app to run local LLMs and connect to cloud providers. This app does both really well for free. Only feedback is that the side bar is a bit cluttered, perhaps add a traditional chat history sidebar like other apps? But that’s not a big deal and the chats are organized very well.

Developer Response
That's a good suggestions, I will experiment with it and will check how it looks, maybe we can add collapsable toggle for other options. Let's see. Thank you for your review :)
Checks all the boxes
Aug 27
Dibjibjub

I wanted a single app to run local LLMs and connect to cloud providers. This app does both really well for free. Only feedback is that the side bar is a bit cluttered, perhaps add a traditional chat history sidebar like other apps? But that’s not a big deal and the chats are organized very well.
Developer Response Sep 25
That's a good suggestions, I will experiment with it and will check how it looks, maybe we can add collapsable toggle for other options. Let's see. Thank you for your review :)
Not sure why the good reviews
Oct 23
_AppReview_
The issues were present before and even with the most recent update, it only runs Apple Intelligence, which seems to run fine. The inclusion of certain features (message regen, history, TTS, etc) is nice but…models download from the curated list fine but it doesn’t load them… I did get one small model from the list to actually run briefly (first time… after I updated the app today… v1.9.1(96). When delete the downloaded model from the curated on-device list, I get an error stating the model is not found.. even though it shows downloaded. Crash report displays and then an error in the app where my only option is to close and reopen… Loading local models (even small ones) give an error that persists even after closing and reopening the app. I do appreciate that its development is active and not stagnant but doesn’t seem to work beyond a certain point.
Not sure why the good reviews
Oct 23
_AppReview_

The issues were present before and even with the most recent update, it only runs Apple Intelligence, which seems to run fine. The inclusion of certain features (message regen, history, TTS, etc) is nice but…models download from the curated list fine but it doesn’t load them… I did get one small model from the list to actually run briefly (first time… after I updated the app today… v1.9.1(96). When delete the downloaded model from the curated on-device list, I get an error stating the model is not found.. even though it shows downloaded. Crash report displays and then an error in the app where my only option is to close and reopen… Loading local models (even small ones) give an error that persists even after closing and reopening the app. I do appreciate that its development is active and not stagnant but doesn’t seem to work beyond a certain point.

• Refreshed animated launch screen and clearer startup recovery. • Fixed loading of on-device GGUF models on iOS. • Improved speech playback stability and model download handling. • Refined layouts and navigation spacing.

Version 1.9.1 Oct 23

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Seller: Abdul Momin Sakib
Size: 127.3 MB
Category: Utilities
Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.6 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.3 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

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