# Reins: for Ollama & LM Studio

> Private, Local AI Chat

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6739738501](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6739738501)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6739738501`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ibrahim Cetin
- **Category:** Developer Tools
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (284 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.3.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-20
- **First published:** 2025-01-02
- **Size:** 69 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reins-for-ollama-lm-studio/id6739738501)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://getreins.app/privacy](https://getreins.app/privacy)

## Description

**Reins** is a private, local AI chat app for iPhone and iPad. Connect to Ollama, LM Studio, Ollama Cloud, or any OpenAI-compatible server, or run AI models directly on your device with MLX. Use models such as Gemma, Qwen, Llama, and Apple Intelligence Foundation Models without requiring a server.

Search the web, fetch webpages, calculate, reason across multiple steps, and work with images, PDFs, CSVs, and text files. Reins includes model management, multiple server connections, custom headers and API keys, thinking mode, chat branching, background processing, conversation exports, backups, and detailed controls for system prompts, temperature, context size, and maximum tokens. No login is required, and chats remain private with no data collection.

## Rankings

- #91,633 — Overall
- #39 — capacidades ai
- #43 — openai
- #81 — capacités ai

## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6739738501)