Features & Capabilities

LM Mini is a privacy-first companion app for LM Studio that lets you chat with local language models from your iPhone. Connect to your LM Studio server via WiFi or USB, chat with any loaded model, manage multiple conversations with local storage, and view real-time context usage and visualization.

Key features include SearXNG integration, Automatic1111/ComfyUI image generation, group chats with up to five models, personas for your AI models, remote access, background activity, and on-device semantic search with encrypted backups. All data stays on-device and private, with end-to-end encryption and optional encrypted cloud backups.

User Growth & Download Statistics

By:
Sultan Haider
Rating:
4.50
(82)
6 new ratings
Version:
1.6.7 Last updated: 2026-05-31
Version code:
886356208
Creation date:
2025-09-20
Compatible devices:
Size:
155.20MB
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Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-06
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Developed by:
Sultan Haider
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lm-mini/id6751125309

User Reviews

LM Mini is praised for its polished UI, local-network access to private LLMs, mobility on iPad, fast performance, and responsive support. However, reviews consistently note iOS local-network permission issues, unreliable LM Studio connections with some odd responses, and several bugs (Null type error, streaming errors) and MCP endpoint calls not firing. Some users also report longer setup times before it works. Overall strong concept with ongoing reliability improvements.
Pros
  • UI polish and usability of the app
  • Easy to connect to local/private LLMs and host on the local network
  • Mobility and usefulness on iPad, enabling self-hosted setups
  • Developer responsiveness and willingness to listen to user feedback
  • Fast, smooth performance and a polished experience
Cons
  • iOS local network permission prompts often do not appear, hindering initial connection
  • Inconsistent LM Studio connections with some users receiving odd or non-representative responses
  • Multiple bugs and errors reported (e.g., Null type error, 400 streaming errors)
  • MCP endpoints sometimes not called even when configured
  • Initial setup or getting the app working can require troubleshooting and time
Recent reviews
There are not many apps that work for this version of iOS (seems to be less by the day,) but this developer cares. Thank you for taking the time to support this old iOS version
by mi*****, 2026-05-18

Absolutely the best local LM Studio client around.
by Me*****, 2026-05-15

The QR setup is the killer feature. Excellent for fast setup and getting up to speed without fiddling with server settings for model testing on the go. Kokoro speech is an excellent addition as well. Recommend adding cloud speech api as well (grok’s new tts is amazing and cheap).
by Es*****, 2026-05-08
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