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About this app

<p>Arbiter is a privacy-first offline AI assistant that runs on your device. Choose from lightweight open-source models like Gemma, Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen, and Mistral, or connect to larger models running on your PC or Mac over your local network. You can also connect to Arbiter for Mac when it is serving a local model on your network. There are no accounts, servers, or data collection. All your conversations are stored securely on your device, under your control.</p>
<p>Key Features:</p>
<p>- On-Device AI: Download and run models locally on your iPhone<br />
- Apple Intelligence Support: Use Apple’s on-device Foundation Model on supported devices without downloading another model<br />
- Local Image Generation: Create images directly on your device with Stable Diffusion<br />
- Local Network Models: Connect to more powerful models running on your PC or Mac through tools like LM Studio, Ollama, or Arbiter for Mac<br />
- Visual AI Support: Upload images or take photos in-app to use with MLX-powered visual models<br />
- Document & File Uploads: Summarize files and extract key insights<br />
- Expanded File Support: Work with DOCX, RTF, HTML, Markdown, CSV, JSON, code, PDF, and text files<br />
- Bring Your Own Model: Search Hugging Face, download compatible models, or import supported GGUF files and MLX folders already on your device<br />
- MCP Tools: Connect to compatible MCP servers, review tool arguments, and run tools when needed<br />
- Optional Web Search: Access up-to-date information when needed, while keeping your core experience private and local<br />
- Smart Chat Suggestions: Context-aware suggestions tailored to your selected model and role<br />
- Personalization: Customize system prompts and model settings for a more tailored experience<br />
- Advanced Model Controls: Adjust context size, maximum response length, temperature, Top-P, and Top-K<br />
- Local Model Benchmarking: Measure model quality, speed, response time, and memory use directly on your device<br />
- Privacy by Design: Your conversations and data never leave your device unless you choose to enable web search or connect to a local network model<br />
- Model Flexibility: Choose from multiple open-source AI models to balance speed, accuracy, and memory use<br />
- Improved Reliability: Smarter context handling and enhanced error management for a more stable experience<br />
- No Hidden Costs: Avoid expensive cloud fees with local and local-network processing</p>
<p>Whether you want to brainstorm, code, proofread text, analyze images, summarize files, search the web, or experiment with the latest open-source AI, Arbiter makes advanced AI models accessible while keeping your data in your hands.</p>
<p>Device Requirements: For smooth on-device performance, Arbiter is recommended for iPhone 13 Pro or later, or devices with at least 6GB RAM. Older devices may experience memory issues or crashes.</p>

What stands out

Runs open-source models like Llama and Gemma entirely on-device for complete privacy.
Supports local image generation with Stable Diffusion and visual AI tasks.
Connects to larger models on PC/Mac via local network or uses Apple Intelligence.

Version updates

Version 0.2.09

- Create images locally with Stable Diffusion - Find and download compatible models from Hugging Face - Import your own GGUF and MLX models - Work with DOCX and more file formats - Control context size, response length, and sampling - Connect to MCP servers and run tools - Improved context handling, benchmarks, and reliability

9 月 14, 2026 · Apple App Store · iOS · View source

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Reviews

TonyaS72 ★ 5.0

Local AI I Can Actually Build Workflows Around

I do a lot of document heavy administrative work involving records that cannot be sent to a hosted s…
From iOS · 10 月 10, 2026 · View source
Tejay0802 ★ 5.0

Private, Sustainable, and Effective

Finally an AI chat app that gets the job done without ruining the environment or leaking my data!
From iOS · 10 月 10, 2026 · View source
Emoji user 13466322 ★ 5.0

Great Private Chatbot

I love that it can be used completely offline and my data is secured!
From iOS · 10 月 10, 2026 · View source
Cosmo277 ★ 5.0

Great use of my time

I enjoy how it adapts with my os and truly in a day where our data can easily get leaked. This app h…
From iOS · 10 月 10, 2026 · View source
Trese719 ★ 5.0

Best AI app

Easy to navigate and no internet required icing on the cake!
From iOS · 10 月 10, 2026 · View source
Thatgamingdude1 ★ 5.0

SECURE FAST EASY TO USE AI

Easily the best and most efficient AI app I have used. Access to a variety of popular models all in …
From iOS · 10 月 10, 2026 · View source
Offline AI ★ 5.0

Love this AI app

Keeping your data safe!
From iOS · 10 月 10, 2026 · View source
anaira21 ★ 5.0

Convenient and easy to use

I like that I can switch between different modes like “meal prep” and “study buddy” since that’s wha…
From iOS · 10 月 10, 2026 · View source
TonyaS72 ★ 5.0

Useful offline AI

Very useful when working offline, especially while traveling.
From iOS · 10 月 10, 2026 · View source
Shabooya123 ★ 5.0

Super useful

I love that it’s private
From iOS · 10 月 10, 2026 · View source

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