Here is a screen recording of PocketMind running on a iPhone 15 Pro. I first run an MLX version of Gemma 2B and then I switch to running the Llama.cpp (GGUF) version of Llama 3.2 1B. The decoding is happening in real time and hasn't been speed up.

Here is a demo from the creator of PocketMind showing the app running on an iPhone 15 pro.

Deepseek sitting in the top 10 apps on the AppStore. You can now run several Deepseek R1 models inside of PocketMind - Private & Local AI Chat for free and free of tracking code.

Here is a video of Deepseek R1 running locally on a iPhone 15 Pro. Asking it about the origins of Covid 19. I love probing these models with tough questions. It is like a rambling 6th Grader but the wild thing is it will only get better.

DeepSeek R1 running locally in real time on an iPhone 15 Pro. I asked it. “Is it morally right to kill mosquitoes?” So fascinating watching DeepSeek R1 “reasoning”

500 people downloaded the PocketMind - Private & Local AI Chat app in the last month. Not bad for a side project. I am having so much fun implementing the code needed to run these AI models locally on an iPhone. It has been incredibly challenging which I love!

Screen recording of DeepSeek R1 running locally on an iPhone 15 Pro. Prompt: Tell me about the Tiananmen Square massacre Recording is in real time.

Watching my side project's X account grow quicker than my own, after over a couple years of steading posting, is a little depressing honestly. Oh well. Guess I should be grateful that I am getting traction with my IOS app PocketMind - Private & Local AI Chat A Private and Local AI Chat.

Overview video of PocketMind. Showing some of the basic of how the app works.

Thank you to all the new users of the PocketMind - Private & Local AI Chat app. This is a side project for me and I do it mostly so I can learn how to build AI powered iOS apps. I appreciate all the feedback I have gotten so far and the many users I have gotten to talk to. Thanks for your patience

The screenshot below shows what can happen when what you are building can be attached to a trending topic. I release the PocketMind - Private & Local AI Chat app a couple of months ago and have had slow stead growth. I have been posting into what feels like a void for a long time on X and LinkedIn.

Both OpenAI and Cursor are now offering free access to o3-mini. The DeepSeek effect is real. Time to add it to PocketMind - Private & Local AI Chat

Adding localization to PocketMind - Private & Local AI Chat using Gen AI for Spanish, Chinese, German, Japanese, French, Arabic, Russian, and Hindi. Some of the sample prompts are a bit silly—I’m sure plenty of that will get lost in translation. What could go wrong? Hopefully nothing too offensive.

New TestFlight available for PocketMind - Private & Local AI Chat! Your private, local AI chatbot just got better. • Now supports 8 additional languages (thanks to o3-mini) • Added a new default model card for o3-mini in the online services section (bring your own API key) Check it out!