The Benefits and Drawbacks of Local Chatbots on iPhone

For a lot of people, the most appealing reason to use a local chatbot will be the amount of money you can save. Right now, running a local model on your iPhone involves, at most, a one-time purchase of $5. Compare that to a subscription from any of the big AI labs. [...] If you're unsure, Private LLM's website has a list of all the models it offers through its app with the amount of on-device RAM it recommends for each one.