Indie App Spotlight: ‘AnywAIr’ lets you play with local AI models on your iPhone

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact . AnywAIr , which is a play on the word “anywhere”, is a nifty little iOS app that lets you play with AI models - regardless of if you have an internet connection. It offers custom themes, a plethora of tools and games, and all of the local AI models you could want to mess with. Top features People often talk about the power of Apple silicon when it comes to local AI models, and AnywAIr gives you a glimpse of what’s possible with your iPhone. First and foremost, the app supports both MLX and Llama models. This gives you loads of flexibility for which model you pick, and AnywAIr supports all of the notable offerings, including Qwen 2.5, Gemma 3, Llama 3.2 and more. At the end of the day, these are still going to be small models that can run on an iPhone with 8-12GB of memory. That said, they’re still rather knowledgable, and have one large advantage: privacy. If you’re worried about AI companies being able to access your chats (or train based on your conversations), local LLMs have a huge advantage. AnywAIr also has a couple of fun LLM powered games in the app, including guess the word, story scramble, and spin the bottle. It also has a translator tool, which can come in handy in instances where you’re completely offline. Download the app AnywAIr is available for free on the App Store for the core experience. For games, additional models, and some additional themes - you can pay $9.99 for lifetime access, or $14.99 if you’d like to chip in some extra support for the developer. The best holiday discounts for Apple products: AirPods Pro 3 - $199 ($50 off) M4 MacBook Air - $749 ($250 off!) iPad Air 11′′ - $449 ($150 off) M4 Mac mini - $479 ($120 off!) Apple Watch SE 3 - $199 ($50 off) Apple Watch Ultra 2 - $549 ($250 off!) Follow Michael: X/Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More. our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on exclusive stories , reviews , how-tos , and subscribe to our YouTube channel

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