Pinku

Key facts: Pinku launched on Product Hunt in November 2026 (version 1.4, October 31). It is a private AI chat app that runs open language models entirely on your iPhone or Mac with Apple's MLX framework: download a model once, and chat offline afterwards, even in airplane mode. There is no account and no server of its own that receives your chats; chats are files on your device, and deleting one deletes the file. Twelve open models are included (Gemma 3 and 3n, Llama 3.2, Qwen3, DeepSeek-R1 distills, SmolLM3 and LFM2, from 0.34 to 4.7 GB), with Llama 3.2 1B as the default. It runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac (Apple silicon, Metal 3), with the interface in 8 languages.

Plans: Free to download, with Llama 3.2 1B included. Pinku Pro is optional, as a yearly subscription or a one-time purchase ($16.99 a year on the US App Store), and unlocks the bigger models, custom instructions, on-device dictation and read-aloud.

Best for: Anyone who wants an assistant for things they would rather not type into a cloud service: health, money, work drafts, journaling. Who should skip it: anyone who needs the strongest answers, web search or image understanding.

Pros

• Free to download, with Llama 3.2 1B included
• Fully offline after one model download, with no account and no server
• Twelve open models from 0.34 to 4.7 GB, sized for phones and laptops
• Chats are files on your device: deleting one deletes the file

Watch out for

• A 1 to 5 GB model on a phone is clearly weaker than a cloud assistant
• No web search or image understanding: a cloud assistant does better there
• Pro is needed for the bigger models, custom instructions and dictation

Best for

Anyone who wants an assistant for things they would rather not type into a cloud service: health, money, work drafts, journaling. Who should skip it: anyone who needs the strongest answers, web search or image understanding.

Pricing

Free to download (Llama 3.2 1B included). Pinku Pro $16.99/year on the US App Store (yearly or one-time purchase).

FAQs

What is Pinku? A private AI chat app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that runs open language models entirely on your device with Apple's MLX framework, so chats never leave the device.

Is Pinku free? Yes, free to download with Llama 3.2 1B included. Pinku Pro ($16.99 a year) unlocks the bigger models, custom instructions, on-device dictation and read-aloud.

Does it work offline? Yes. Download a model once and chat afterwards with no connection, even in airplane mode.

Which models can I use? Twelve open models: Gemma 3 and 3n, Llama 3.2, Qwen3, DeepSeek-R1 distills, SmolLM3 and LFM2, from 0.34 to 4.7 GB.