Kimi Max looks slow and fragile in a three-day iOS task test
thegautam · x · 2026-07-21
Kimi gets mixed marks in a three-day iOS task test
A user says they have been running Kimi max on a highly verifiable iOS task for more than three days and reports several issues:
- signup and onboarding were easy
- the model is very slow and feels too sluggish to be load-bearing
- OpenCode follows goals better in practice
- cache/context handling is poor, with frequent context-limit problems until manual compaction is used
- guardrails appear weak, and the app is described as being one crash away from dropping f-bombs
Overall, the post reads as a negative real-world usability check rather than a benchmark claim.
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