Why Offline AI Matters
AI that keeps working when your connection doesn’t.
What "offline AI" means
The model runs on your device, so it answers with no connection: airplane mode on, Wi-Fi off. A cloud assistant has nothing on the device to answer with.
When the internet isn't there
- Flights, even with paid Wi-Fi.
- Subways, tunnels, and elevators.
- Rural areas and travel abroad, with patchy signal or roaming off.
- Data caps and slow connections.
- Server outages: when the AI company's servers go down, your connection doesn't help.
Privacy
If a conversation never leaves your phone, no server logs it.
The tradeoffs
The model has to be downloaded first and takes up storage. It is also smaller than the largest cloud models, so it won't match them on very complex tasks. See offline AI vs. cloud AI.
In practice: Cloak
Cloak: Offline AI is an app for iPhone and iPad that runs its model on the device. After a one-time download it works with no internet or cellular connection. Get it on the App Store, or see the best offline AI apps for iPhone.
Cloak: Offline AI
Chat, Voice Memos, and Recap. $19.99 once.
