Run a private AI fully offline on your phone with PocketPal AI in 5 steps
alex_verem · x · 2026-11-14
A quick guide to running an LLM entirely offline on your phone with the free, open-source PocketPal AI (iOS/Android):
- Install from the App Store or Google Play.
- Open the menu → Models.
- Download a model that fits your phone (Gemma and Qwen are listed).
- Tap Load and start chatting.
- Turn on airplane mode and ask something — it still answers.
No account needed, and nothing you type leaves the phone unless you enable web search. Author suggests using it for questions you'd never paste into ChatGPT.
Related event: PocketPal AI Lets You Run LLMs Fully Offline on Your Phone(2 posts)→
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