Discovering Your AI Companion: Complete Feature Overview

Why Privacy AI Changes Everything

Privacy AI is a full-featured AI chat client that works the way you choose: run models fully offline, connect to your own self-hosted servers, or use the latest cloud providers. All in one app. This isn't just another chatbot. It's a professional-grade AI IDE in your pocket that gives you complete control over your AI experience.

Most AI apps lock you into a single service. Privacy AI is different. It gives you freedom: local execution for privacy, self-hosted for compliance, or cloud APIs for cutting-edge performance. You decide where models run, how tools work, and how your data is handled. No account required, no surprises – your model, your device, your data.

Who Benefits from Privacy AI

Privacy AI serves diverse users who need flexibility and control in their AI workflows. Developers and infrastructure builders appreciate the GGUF support, OpenRouter integration, and custom API capabilities. Privacy-conscious professionals in law, healthcare, finance, and research rely on local processing to keep sensitive information secure. Power users and early adopters explore the cutting edge of AI automation, while enterprises use it for regulatory compliance and internal-only workflows.

The Feature Overview section serves as your personal compass through this rich landscape of AI capabilities. Rather than leaving you to discover features through trial and error, this comprehensive guide presents every tool, capability, and enhancement in an organized, accessible format that helps you understand not just what the app can do, but how each feature can transform your daily workflows.

This intelligent discovery system adapts to help both newcomers understand the breadth of possibilities and experienced users discover advanced features they might have overlooked. The interface organizes features by purpose and complexity, ensuring you can quickly find capabilities that match your immediate needs while providing clear pathways to explore more sophisticated tools as your expertise grows.

Organized Discovery: Features by Purpose

Run Any Model, Anywhere

Your iPhone, iPad, or Mac becomes a sophisticated AI workstation capable of executing models fully offline. Load GGUF models from HuggingFace or local files, all synced seamlessly via iCloud. Whether you're analyzing sensitive documents on a plane or processing confidential data in a secure environment, local processing keeps everything under your control.

The system supports an incredible range of models, from compact 1.7B models perfect for everyday tasks to powerful 4B models that rival cloud services. Vision models like Qwen2.5-VL 3B let you analyze images locally with complete privacy. Metal GPU acceleration delivers remarkable performance improvements, often achieving 3-5x speed boosts on compatible devices, while the latest llama.cpp V2 modern API optimization provides 25.4% better performance.

Your models download once and work everywhere across your Apple devices through iCloud sync, creating a truly unified AI experience that travels with you. Import any GGUF model directly from your Files app or download from HuggingFace with intelligent background downloading that continues even when you switch apps. If your download gets interrupted, Privacy AI automatically resumes right where it left off, ensuring you never waste bandwidth re-downloading large models.

Beyond models, your entire Privacy AI configuration syncs seamlessly across devices. Set up your API keys, adjust model preferences, or customize settings on your iPhone, and they instantly appear on your iPad and Mac. No more tedious reconfiguration when switching devices – your personalized AI workspace follows you everywhere, ready to work exactly how you prefer.

Connect to Any AI Service

Privacy AI democratizes access to the world's most advanced AI models through seamless integration with leading providers. Connect to OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Groq, Perplexity, DeepSeek, or your own servers running Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, LocalAI, Jan AI, or OpenRouter. Switch between local and remote models mid-chat without losing context, giving you the flexibility to use the right tool for each task.

The redesigned cost tracking system fetches the latest pricing from providers, helping you compare and choose the most efficient model for your workload. Real-time token usage monitoring shows exactly what you're spending as you chat, while smart provider recommendations suggest cost-effective alternatives when appropriate.

OpenRouter integration brings additional capabilities like image generation directly through the platform, with free Gemini 2.5 Flash Image Preview support. Server templates let you clone configurations for rapid deployment across multiple endpoints, making it easy to maintain consistent setups across different projects or teams.

Process Files Like Never Before

Transform any document or media file into interactive conversation material with intelligent on-device processing. Handle multiple attachments or URLs in one chat, converting PDFs, Office documents (including the latest Excel XLSX format), EPUB files, HTML pages, YouTube videos, and audio recordings into AI-ready formats.

The smart import system gives you control over how content gets processed. Configure image dimensions and processing methods for optimal results, choose between direct upload or markdown conversion to save tokens, and select the best approach for each file type. Need to analyze multiple documents together? Simply attach several files to a single chat message – whether they're PDFs, spreadsheets, images, or any combination. Privacy AI processes them all in context, understanding relationships between documents that would be missed when handling files individually.

When researching online, you no longer need to open multiple tabs and copy content manually. Include several URLs in one message, and Privacy AI fetches and analyzes all the pages together, synthesizing information across sources to give you comprehensive insights. This batch processing approach transforms how you handle research projects, competitive analysis, or any task requiring information from multiple sources. The enhanced Reader interface lets you capture photos directly, refresh content, and handle JavaScript-heavy pages with improved intelligence.

Video processing offers multiple pathways: send content directly, use the iOS Speech API for quick transcription, or leverage WhisperKit for offline processing. When working with code or web content, Privacy AI goes beyond simple text display. HTML code blocks render as interactive previews, letting you see exactly how your code appears visually. Need to share that rendered output? Capture it as a screenshot directly within the app, perfect for documentation or collaborative debugging. All attachments and generated media are preserved in your chat history, creating a rich record of your conversations and work. Export your conversations to Markdown, PDF, HTML, EPUB, JSON, or custom formats to share insights or archive important discussions. Audio outputs from text-to-speech can be saved in professional formats like M4A for podcasts, WAV for editing, or AIFF for archival quality – giving you complete flexibility in how you use and share AI-generated content.

Automate Everything, Privately

Privacy AI transforms from a chat interface into a powerful automation platform capable of handling complex, multi-step tasks autonomously. Trigger workflows with Siri, Shortcuts, or the Share Extension. Send emails, analyze health data, or summarize PDFs without requiring any external server.

The system includes full MCP (Model Context Protocol) support for both legacy and streamable protocols, letting you connect to external services and enterprise systems while maintaining control over your data. Call tools like web search, stock quotes, arXiv access, HealthKit integration, and JavaScript execution – even when completely offline.

Built-in dev tools let you inspect tool execution, understand how workflows operate, and debug complex automations. The complete offline TTS and transcription pipeline means voice processing works anywhere, while cross-device synchronization ensures seamless workflow continuation across your Apple devices. Whether you're automating routine tasks or building sophisticated multi-step processes, Privacy AI gives you the tools and flexibility to work the way you want.

Creative Control and Visual Generation

Images and Interactive Editing

Generate images locally or through OpenRouter with Gemini 2.5 Flash support, giving you creative flexibility without compromising privacy. The interactive image editor lets you rotate, zoom, flip, or modify AI-generated images directly within the app. Draw and annotate with Apple Pencil or touch input, creating detailed modifications and refinements to your generated content.

This integrated approach means your creative workflow stays within Privacy AI, from initial generation through final editing and integration into your conversations. Every AI-generated image becomes fully interactive – pinch to zoom for examining fine details, rotate for different perspectives, or flip for mirror effects. This interactivity is especially valuable when working with technical diagrams, architectural drawings, or detailed artwork where close inspection reveals important nuances.

All image modifications are preserved in your chat history, maintaining a complete record of your creative process. The system remembers not just the final result but every iteration, letting you trace the evolution of your ideas from concept to completion.

Complete Message Control

Edit sent messages while preserving all attachments, giving you the flexibility to refine your communications without losing important context. Made a typo or want to refine your question after sending? Simply edit the message, and all associated files, images, and documents automatically transfer to the updated version. This means you can perfect your prompts without the hassle of re-uploading materials, maintaining conversation flow while improving clarity.

Need to explore different approaches to the same problem? Fork any conversation at any point to create parallel exploration paths. Switch between different AI models mid-conversation to compare their responses, or branch discussions to test various hypotheses. This branching capability transforms linear chats into rich exploration trees, perfect for research, creative writing, or complex problem-solving where multiple perspectives matter. The live context usage indicator shows token consumption in real time, helping you understand the cost implications of your conversations as they develop.

Customize prompts, tools, and preferences to match your specific workflow needs. Whether you're conducting research, creating content, or managing complex projects, Privacy AI adapts to your working style rather than forcing you to adapt to it.

Built for the Apple Ecosystem

Seamless Integration Across Devices

Privacy AI is optimized specifically for M-series Macs and iPad Pro devices, taking full advantage of their computational capabilities. iCloud native synchronization means your models, chats, and settings work seamlessly across all your Apple devices. Start a research project on your iPhone during a commute, continue analysis on your iPad with vision models, and complete report generation on your Mac – everything stays in sync automatically.

The Share Extension lets you send files or web pages from Safari, Mail, or Files directly to Privacy AI, integrating smoothly with your existing workflows. But Privacy AI doesn't limit you to sequential conversations. Run up to 8 simultaneous AI chats on iPhone or 12 on iPad, each processing independently. Compare responses from different models, tackle multiple aspects of a project in parallel, or simply multitask efficiently without waiting for one conversation to complete before starting another. The split-view optimization on iPad creates a desktop-class experience, letting you manage multiple conversations while referencing documents or taking notes. Siri and Shortcuts support means you can run tools and trigger workflows by voice, making AI assistance available hands-free when you need it.

Privacy-First Design Philosophy

Privacy AI never forces you to create an account or sign up for services you don't want. You choose whether to work locally, connect to self-hosted servers, or use cloud providers. Your data stays under your control at all times, with no telemetry collection and no vendor lock-in.

This approach ensures that sensitive information remains private when processing confidential documents, personal data, or proprietary content. Whether you're working with medical records, legal documents, financial information, or creative projects, Privacy AI gives you the confidence that your data is handled according to your preferences and requirements.

Practical Applications and Real-World Use

Professional Excellence Across Industries

Privacy AI transforms how professionals handle complex information tasks across diverse fields. Healthcare workers analyze patient records and research papers while maintaining HIPAA compliance through local processing. Legal professionals review contracts and case law with complete confidentiality. Financial analysts process sensitive market data without exposing it to third parties. Researchers synthesize academic papers and generate insights while preserving intellectual property.

The combination of local processing, advanced document handling, and sophisticated analysis tools creates workflows that were previously impossible or impractically complex. Your sensitive information never leaves your device unless you explicitly choose cloud processing for specific tasks.

Creative Workflows That Inspire

Content creators use Privacy AI for writing assistance, idea development, and multimedia processing across artistic domains. Technical writers and developers benefit from advanced formatting capabilities including LaTeX rendering for mathematical equations and syntax highlighting for over 100 programming languages. Whether you're documenting algorithms, writing technical specifications, or explaining complex code, Privacy AI presents information clearly and professionally, handling even thousand-line code blocks smoothly without performance degradation. Generate images locally for complete creative control, then edit them with Apple Pencil for refined results. Process video content for transcription and analysis, then export conversations to professional formats for client presentations or portfolio documentation.

The integrated approach means your creative process flows naturally from initial inspiration through final delivery, with all elements preserved in your conversation history for future reference or iteration.

Learning and Knowledge Synthesis

Students and researchers leverage Privacy AI for academic paper analysis, language learning, and technical skill development. The enhanced ArXiv integration streamlines academic research by providing direct access to scientific papers, letting you search, retrieve, and analyze cutting-edge research without leaving your conversation. Combined with statistical analysis tools supporting both Bayesian and frequentist approaches, researchers can perform sophisticated data analysis directly within their AI conversations.

For market researchers and analysts, integrated access to prediction markets and real-time data sources enables informed decision-making based on current trends and probabilistic forecasts. These analytical tools work seamlessly with your local or cloud models, bringing professional-grade research capabilities to your fingertips. The system excels at synthesizing information from multiple sources, helping you understand complex topics through interactive dialogue rather than static reading.

Whether you're preparing for exams, conducting literature reviews, or exploring new fields of knowledge, Privacy AI adapts to your learning style and pace. The fast web search capability, optimized for 3x faster performance with customizable Speed, Balance, and Quality modes, ensures you always have access to current information. This enhanced search doesn't just find information faster – it intelligently synthesizes results from multiple sources, providing comprehensive answers that would take hours to compile manually. Local processing ensures your academic work remains private, while cloud integration provides access to the latest AI capabilities when needed.

Welcome to the Era of Choice in AI

Privacy AI represents more than just another AI application – it's your gateway to a future where you control how artificial intelligence integrates into your life and work. Whether you need the ultimate privacy of local processing, the compliance assurance of self-hosted solutions, or the cutting-edge capabilities of cloud services, Privacy AI gives you the freedom to choose.

This comprehensive feature overview has shown you the breadth of possibilities available, from basic chat functionality to sophisticated automation workflows. Each capability is designed to work seamlessly with others, creating synergies that amplify your productivity and creativity while respecting your privacy preferences and security requirements.

Your Journey Continues

The Feature Overview serves as your comprehensive guide to transforming Privacy AI from a simple chat interface into a powerful extension of your intelligence and creativity. Whether you're just beginning your AI journey or seeking to master advanced capabilities, this system ensures you can discover, understand, and effectively utilize every tool available to amplify your potential.

As Privacy AI continues to evolve, new features and capabilities are integrated thoughtfully, with clear explanations of benefits and practical applications. The community of users contributes insights and usage patterns that inspire innovative workflows and demonstrate the creative potential of AI-human collaboration.

Your model. Your device. Your data. Your choice.

Welcome to Privacy AI – where artificial intelligence serves you on your terms.