Reins: Chat for Ollama

Name: Reins: Chat for Ollama
Rating: 4.5 (260 reviews)
Author: Ibrahim Cetin

By: Ibrahim Cetin App

Local & Private AI Assistant

Overview

Version:

2.0.3

Last updated: 2026-07-21

Features & Capabilities

Reins is a Chrome extension that gives you private control over self-hosted LLMs via Ollama. Connect to your Ollama Server from anywhere and enjoy per-chat system prompts, prompt editing, image integration, and real-time streaming for richer, more responsive conversations.

Experiment with advanced configurations—temperature, seed, context size, max tokens, and more—while dynamically switching models within chats. Save system and chat prompts as new models, manage multiple conversations, and create prompts on the fly. Note: Reins requires an active connection to a self-hosted Ollama Server to function.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App AI Developer Tools Programming

By:

Ibrahim Cetin

Rating:

4.50

(260) 1 new ratings

Version:

2.0.3 Last updated: 2026-07-21

Version code:

888473866

Creation date:

2025-01-02

Compatible devices:

Size:

40.65MB

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Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-09

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 95,156 ▼ 14

Other rankings

#36 in capacidades ai keyword 36 ▲ #98 in capacités ai keyword 33 ▲

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Developed by:

Ibrahim Cetin

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reins-chat-for-ollama/id6739738501

User Reviews

Users praise Reins as a fast, well-designed native iOS client for locally hosted Ollama, with strong privacy and model-switching capabilities. They value speed and the clean interface, but note UI quirks (font size, scrolling, sidebar), onboarding/connectivity friction, and missing features like chat sync, default model, and copy/delete options. Some reviews also mention the absence of cloud/online mode. Overall, it’s free and effective for local LLMs, with clear room for UX and feature improvements.

Pros

Works well with locally hosted Ollama and keeps data on-device (privacy/local-first).
Clean, native iOS interface that's easy to use and fast.
Fast responses once Ollama is properly configured; efficient for local models.
Strong feature set for a mobile client: seamless model switching and well-formatted outputs; more options than the desktop app.
Free to use and accessible.

Cons

Onboarding/connectivity friction: keeps asking for a server or firewall blocks starting chat.
UI/Accessibility issues: small font, hard-to-read tables on mobile, and a left sidebar that can't be hidden.
No cross-device chat sync (no iCloud/NAS sync) and missing cloud-sync features.
Missing essential features: default model, chat deletion, copy responses, and API-key authentication.
Cloud/online mode support is removed or not available.

Recent reviews

Thinking and tool use are basic features provided by the already running ollama server. I get gating some features, like search API features, or things that require your custom MCP server, but gating basic model features like thinking, image input support, or simple things like a server list, model parameters, and other things that the users are already getting just by running ollama is just kind of... clownish i could see paying $10 or so for some of those features. one time. the more premium lifetime access for the search feature and custom tools and whatever also makes sense, but a subscription fee for features that were already freely available before makes me sad. i could just pay $20 for for claude credits to deploy openwebui with a self update script or something and use that in safari at that point 😭