Tag: on-device-ai
All the articles with the tag "on-device-ai".
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Guide · Textrix QuillBot and Grammarly alternatives on iPhone — including the one already built into iOS
A fair comparison of paraphrasing and grammar tools on iPhone — QuillBot, Grammarly's keyboard, Apple's Writing Tools, and Textrix — on languages, rewrite styles, OCR and PDF support, pricing, and whether your text leaves the phone. Written by the developer of one of them.
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Guide · Murmur Otter alternatives that work offline: on-device voice transcription and notes on iPhone
A fair comparison of voice-to-text and AI note apps on iPhone — Otter, Apple's Voice Memos and dictation, Aiko, and Murmur — on where the audio goes, what happens to the transcript afterwards, pricing model, and what actually works in airplane mode. By the developer of one of them.
- Guide · Murmur
Offline voice-to-text on iPhone: what actually runs on the device (and what quietly doesn't)
Apple's built-in dictation, the Voice Memos transcript, third-party transcription apps and fully on-device Whisper — which ones work in airplane mode, which ones send audio to a server, and how to tell the difference. From the developer of an on-device voice-notes app.
- Why it exists · Textrix
Why Textrix moved from a cloud model to on-device AI (and what it cost)
Textrix launched in 2024 sending every paragraph to a cloud API. Version 2.8 runs the AI on the iPhone — Apple's on-device model where available, a downloaded local model everywhere else. Why the switch, the 940 MB download problem, what got worse, what got better, and the keyword audit that found the app ranking for 'proofread' at #219 and nothing else.