The Private LLM Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Private LLM in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Private LLM
The Insider’s Guide
Offline AI chat app for iPhone, iPad and Mac with a one-time price
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI assistants, read from Private LLM’s own pages.
Made by Numen Technologies Limited · checked Oct 9, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Private LLM’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Private LLM’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 9, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.0
GPA, above 2 of the 57 other AI assistants we grade
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.
To get you started, here are 8 things to know about Private LLM, taken from its own pages and our grades.
- 1
Best for offline AI chat on Apple devices, paid for once
Private LLM runs open models on your iPhone, iPad or Mac with no account, no cloud and no subscription, for $4.99 once across all three, with Family Sharing.
- 2
What it costs
Paid plans start at $4.99 one-time (US App Store).
- 3
It runs on 2 platforms
macOS and iOS.
- 4
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.
- 5
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.
- 6
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.
- 7
A 2.0 GPA, above 2 of 57
That is against the other AI assistants we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 8
Keep it
To replace Private LLM you would be making an AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Private LLM at a glance
- Pricing
- Paid, from $4.99 one-time (US App Store)
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- macOS, iOS
- Made by
- Numen Technologies Limited
- Category
- AI Assistants
- Our grade
- 2.0 GPA, fair
- Store rating
- 4.1 on the App Store, 734 ratings
The report card
Best for offline AI chat on Apple devices, paid for once
Private LLM runs open models on your iPhone, iPad or Mac with no account, no cloud and no subscription, for $4.99 once across all three, with Family Sharing. It's text chat only: it can't read your files or look anything up online, it offers only the models its developer has prepared, the larger ones want an iPhone 15 Pro or newer, and there's nothing free to try first.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A | $4.99 once on the US App Store, and that covers iPhone, iPad and Mac, every model in the catalogue, and up to six people through Family Sharing. The middle subscription in this category costs more than that in a single month. |
| Free plan and trial | F | Nothing is free. No free version and no trial on record, so it's $4.99 before you can open it. A small gamble at that price, but still a gamble. |
| Features | C | It does its one job fully — private text chat with open models from a catalogue of 142, with system prompts, Siri and Shortcuts, and rewrite tools in any Mac app — and that job is a narrow part of what this category does. It can't read documents and has no internet access at all. |
| Ease of use | C | 4.1 from about 730 App Store ratings, the ordinary middle of this category. You also pick and download a model before the first chat, and the larger ones want an iPhone 15 Pro or newer, or an Apple Silicon Mac. |
| Platforms and integrations | C | iPhone, iPad and Mac with hooks into Siri and Shortcuts, which is Apple and nothing else. The Android version is an early beta you fetch as an APK outside Google Play, and no Windows or web version is listed. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Private LLM is for
- Fits if you want AI chat that never leaves your iPhone, iPad or Mac
- Works for people who build Siri or Shortcuts routines and want a local model inside them
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you want it to read PDFs or look things up online, because it does neither
- Not for you if you want to try before you buy, as there's no free version or trial
- Not for you if you're on Android, where it's only an early beta downloaded outside Google Play
- Too light for picking your own models: nothing loads from Hugging Face, and every model is text only
- Tight if your devices are older, as larger models want an iPhone 15 Pro or newer, or an Apple Silicon Mac
Good to know
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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$4.99 one-time
To start
Private LLM is a paid product, starting at $4.99 one-time (US App Store).
The middle subscription in this category costs more than that in a single month.
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 apps.apple.com on Oct 9, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Lifetime license
One purchase for every Apple device
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.
Stated on privatellm.app
What the app costs elsewhere
Each country’s App Store price for the app, against $4.99 in the United States, in dollars at the day’s rate. The four cheapest and the four dearest of 11.
| Country | Price there | In dollars | Against the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | Rp 49ribu | $2.74 | 45% less |
| Turkey | ₺149,99 | $3.05 | 39% less |
| Philippines | ₱ 199.00 | $3.17 | 37% less |
| India | ₹ 399 | $4.12 | 17% less |
| Australia | $7.99 | $5.58 | 12% more |
| Brazil | R$ 29,90 | $5.97 | 20% more |
| United Kingdom | £4.99 | $6.60 | 32% more |
| Germany | 5,99 € | $6.71 | 35% more |
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
2
Places it runs: macOS and iOS
Offline AI chat app for iPhone, iPad and Mac with a one-time price. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: works offline, local-first, one-time purchase, AI features, chat assistant.
It can't read documents and has no internet access at all.
- 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.
Where it runs
- macOS
- iOS
What it works with
- Siri
- Apple Shortcuts
Private LLM is made by Numen Technologies Limited.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
2/57
Other AI assistants it is graded above
Private LLM's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 2 of the 57 other AI assistants we grade, and level with 1.
It stands best on value for money (A, above 38 of 57) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 58 AI assistants we grade, cut by the letter each got. Private LLM’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 38 of 57
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 57
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 57
- CEase of useAbove 3 of 57
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 2 of 57
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Private LLM you would be making an AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 54 of the 57 other AI assistants grade higher. It costs $4.99, paid once.
What you could not
- An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make.
- Apps for macOS and iOS that stay in step with each other.
- Hooks into the device itself: Siri and Shortcuts.
What this rests on. Private LLM’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Locally AI, PocketPal AI, LM Studio, Jan and Msty
The 5 tools Private LLM is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.2GPA
Locally AI
Free
Free app that runs open AI models offline on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
- Locally AI has a free plan. Private LLM does not.
- Private LLM can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- 2.8GPA
PocketPal AI
Free plan · from $0.99 one-time
Open-source app for running AI models offline on phones and tablets.
- PocketPal AI has a free plan. Private LLM does not.
- Only Private LLM lists a macOS app.
- Only PocketPal AI lists an Android app.
- 3.0GPA
LM Studio
Free plan · from $20/mo
Desktop app for running open AI models on your own computer.
- LM Studio has a free plan. Private LLM does not.
- Only Private LLM lists an iOS app.
- Only LM Studio lists Windows and Linux apps.
- 3.0GPA
Jan
Free
Open-source desktop app for running local and cloud AI models.
- Jan has a free plan. Private LLM does not.
- Only Private LLM lists an iOS app.
- Only Jan lists Windows and Linux apps.
- 2.6GPA
Msty
Free plan · from $149/yr
Private AI workspace for local and online models.
- Msty has a free plan. Private LLM does not.
- Only Private LLM lists an iOS app.
- Only Msty lists a web app.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Private LLM free?
No. Private LLM is a paid product, starting at $4.99 one-time (US App Store).
How much does Private LLM cost?
Private LLM lists one plan. Private LLM: $4.99 one-time purchase.
What platforms does Private LLM work on?
Private LLM is available on macOS and iOS.
Does Private LLM offer any discounts?
Private LLM publicly lists the following: One purchase for every Apple device.
How is Private LLM rated?
Private LLM's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.1 out of 5 from 734 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 9, 2026.
Does Private LLM have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 9, 2026. Private LLM is listed for macOS and iOS.
Does Private LLM have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 9, 2026. Private LLM is listed for macOS and iOS.
Is Private LLM open source?
Private LLM is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 9, 2026.
Does Private LLM work offline?
Yes, according to its own site. What works without a connection differs by plan and platform, so check the vendor's page for the detail.
What does Private LLM integrate with?
Private LLM's listing names Siri and Apple Shortcuts. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Who makes Private LLM?
Private LLM is made by Numen Technologies Limited.
What are the alternatives to Private LLM?
The closest alternatives to Private LLM in our directory are Locally AI, PocketPal AI, LM Studio, Jan and Msty.
How does Private LLM compare with other AI assistants?
Private LLM's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 2 of the 57 other AI assistants we grade, and level with 1.
Could I make my own version of Private LLM?
To replace Private LLM you would be making an AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Private LLM’s own pages on Oct 9, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Private LLM's own pages on 9 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-02-19.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Numen Technologies Limited. Prices change, so check privatellm.app before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
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- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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