# Private LLM

> Offline AI chat app for iPhone, iPad and Mac with a one-time price

Private LLM is a paid app that runs open-source language models entirely on an iPhone, iPad or Mac. Conversations stay on the device, no account is needed, and an internet connection is used only to download models and updates. It is bought once on the App Store instead of by subscription, and the developer quantizes each model itself instead of loading files from Hugging Face.

- **Category:** AI Assistants
- **Made by:** Numen Technologies Limited
- **Website:** https://privatellm.app
- **Runs on:** macOS, iOS
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 9, 2026

## Pricing

Private LLM is a paid product, starting at $4.99 one-time (US App Store).

- **Pricing model:** Paid
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private LLM | $4.99 one-time purchase | One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac with every model in the catalog, and can be shared with up to six people through Family Sharing. |

Read from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/private-llm-local-ai-chat/id6448106860 on Oct 9, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Private LLM before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **One purchase for every Apple device** (Lifetime license): Private LLM is bought once with no subscription. The purchase unlocks the iPhone, iPad and Mac versions and extends to a Family Sharing group of up to six people. Source: https://privatellm.app/en

## App Store prices by country

"The app", as each country's App Store showed it on Oct 9, 2026. These are the app's prices, not the website's.

| Country | Price | In US dollars |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | $4.99 | |
| United Kingdom | £4.99 | about $6.60 (32% more) |
| Germany | 5,99 € | about $6.71 (35% more) |
| Canada | $6.99 | about $4.91 (about the same) |
| Australia | $7.99 | about $5.58 (12% more) |
| India | ₹ 399 | about $4.12 (17% less) |
| Brazil | R$ 29,90 | about $5.97 (20% more) |
| Mexico | $99.00 | about $5.44 (9% more) |
| Turkey | ₺149,99 | about $3.05 (39% less) |
| Indonesia | Rp 49ribu | about $2.74 (45% less) |
| Philippines | ₱ 199.00 | about $3.17 (37% less) |
| South Africa | R69.99 | about $4.23 (15% less) |

## Key features

- **On-device chat with open models:** Runs open-source models such as Llama 3.3, Qwen3, Gemma 3, Phi 4 and DeepSeek R1 Distill on the device. The site's catalog lists 142 models, filterable by device, memory and use case.
- **No account and no cloud:** Prompts are processed on the device and nothing is sent to a server. The app needs no login and, according to the vendor, collects no personal data.
- **Siri and Shortcuts:** Two app intents work with Siri and the Shortcuts app, and x-callback-url support lets other apps pass text in and get the model's reply back.
- **Writing tools across macOS:** On a Mac, select text in any app and right-click to rewrite, summarize or correct it on-device. This works in English and major Western European languages.
- **In-house quantization:** Models are compressed by the developer with OmniQuant and GPTQ, which the vendor says keeps output closer to the original model than the round-to-nearest method used by llama.cpp and MLX apps.
- **System prompts and sampling settings:** The system prompt can be customized to shape how a model responds, and sampling temperature and Top-P can be changed from their defaults; those changes apply after the app restarts.

## Good for

- Apple users who want AI chat that never leaves the device
- People who prefer a single purchase to a monthly subscription
- Building Siri and Shortcuts workflows around a local model

## Worth knowing

- It cannot read documents or files, and it has no internet access for live information.
- Models cannot be loaded from Hugging Face; only those the developer has quantized are offered, and they are text-only.
- Larger models need recent hardware: the vendor recommends an iPhone 15 Pro or newer and an Apple Silicon Mac.
- The Android version is an early beta offered as a direct APK download, not through Google Play.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.1 out of 5 from 734 ratings in the United States, read Oct 9, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6448106860

## Works with

Siri, Apple Shortcuts

**Tags:** Chat assistant, Works offline, Local-first, One-time purchase, AI features

## Alternatives

- [Locally AI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/locally-ai): Free app that runs open AI models offline on iPhone, iPad and Mac. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/locally-ai-vs-private-llm)
- [PocketPal AI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pocketpal-ai): Open-source app for running AI models offline on phones and tablets. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pocketpal-ai-vs-private-llm)
- [LM Studio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lm-studio): Desktop app for running open AI models on your own computer. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/lm-studio-vs-private-llm)
- [Jan](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jan): Open-source desktop app for running local and cloud AI models. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jan-vs-private-llm)
- [Msty](https://toolgpa.com/tools/msty): Private AI workspace for local and online models. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/msty-vs-private-llm)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 9, 2026:

- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/private-llm-local-ai-chat/id6448106860
- https://privatellm.app/en
- https://privatellm.app/en/faq
- https://privatellm.app/en/models
- https://privatellm.app/press-kit

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