AppRecs review analysis
AppRecs rating 3.8. Trustworthiness 62 out of 100. Review manipulation risk 31 out of 100. Based on a review sample analyzed.
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About LLM Pigeon
LLM Pigeon works together with LLM Pigeon Server on your Mac.
• Type a message on your iPhone.
• The text is stored inside your private iCloud files.
• Your Mac picks it up, runs the large-language model locally, writes the reply, and CloudKit delivers the answer back to the phone.
Why you’ll love it
• 100 % privacy: messages never leave your own iCloud container; no analytics, no ads, no accounts. You can optionally add a search-engine API.
• Real LLMs: choose from a set of built-in models or point the server at LM Studio or Ollama to swap in any model you prefer.
How it works
1. Install LLM Pigeon Server (free) on a Mac that’s signed in with the same iCloud account.
2. Download the models you want and, if you’d like web search, enter a Serper API key.
3. Start a new chat in the iOS app.
4. Receive answers in seconds, even on hotel Wi-Fi.
Zero data collection
• No personal information
• No usage analytics
• No crash logs—everything stays on your devices
• If you enable web search, only the queries your LLM generates are sent to Serper.
Requirements
• iPhone running iOS 17 or later
• Mac running macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later with LLM Pigeon Server installed
• iCloud Drive enabled on both devices
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Reviews for LLM Pigeon
Paul of Texas
Amazing Potential
As other reviewers have said this does feel like it’s still in beta. I talked to the guy who made it via Reddit. He said he is a one man team working on both apps during his off time. However as other reviewers have noted, this thing has amazing potential. Just so you know, I’m running this on an M3 MacBook Air with a gigabytes of unified memory. I use the Qwen3-.6b model and it works great for getting the weather and news reports.
Paul of Texas
M3 Mac Mini works!
So as the titles says I use this on a m3 Mac mini with 8gb of ram. It does exactly what it says it will do. Honestly this thing is great I use it with tailscale and LM Studio. I use tailscale so that I can use it on mobile data. I found it on reddit thanks to u/Valuable-Run2129. Honestly I am surprised they don’t make you at least buy the apps but hey I will take it. Oh NO SUBSCRIPTIONS!!!!
