ArcanAI
Chat Privately with AI
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Your AI, your device, your rules. Run powerful language models privately and offline with no accounts, no subscriptions, no data ever leaves your phone.
ArcanAI is a private, on-device AI chat app that runs open-source language models entirely on your iPhone or iPad. No accounts. No
subscriptions. No cloud. No internet required.
Import any GGUF model from Hugging Face and start chatting — every conversation happens locally, powered by hardware-accelerated inference using
Apple's Metal framework. Your messages never leave your device.
KEY FEATURES
- Run AI models 100% offline — on a plane, off the grid, anywhere
- Import any GGUF model from Hugging Face — choose the size and capability that fits your device
- Store and switch between up to 5 models at once
- Analyze documents — upload PDFs, spreadsheets, text files, CSVs, and more
- GPU-accelerated inference for fast, streaming responses
- Full conversation history with multiple independent chats
- Edit messages and regenerate responses
- Customize temperature, max tokens, and system prompts
- Beautiful dark UI with markdown-rendered responses
- Text-to-speech support
SUPPORTED MODEL FAMILIES
Llama, Gemma, Mistral, Phi, Qwen, and any ChatML-compatible model.
RECOMMENDED STARTER MODELS
- Llama 3.2 1B (~570 MB) — great for older devices
- Gemma 2 2B (~1.0 GB) — balanced performance
- Qwen 2.5 3B (~1.5 GB) — multilingual and code capabilities
PRIVACY FIRST
Zero data collection. Zero telemetry. Zero crash reporting. Zero cloud sync. Your conversations and model files stay on your device — always.
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The developer, Jackson Giordano, 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.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Jackson Giordano
- Size
- 38.9 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
18+
- 18+
- Copyright
- © Jackson Giordano 2026