Here are the best mobile AI apps
By Jeremy Caplan | Published: 2025-11-04 17:00:00 | Source: Fast Company – technology
Here’s a guide to the most notable features in the best AI chat apps.
ChatGPT: Your interlocutor 🗠£ï¸Â iOS& Android
Advanced sound mode It is the most unique feature of ChatGPT application. Ask him to play the role of stern interviewer or skeptical customer while you prepare for a difficult conversation. Or ask him questions to help you decide.
Most of what you can do on your laptop you can do in the ChatGPT mobile app.
- Create an image. Ask for a chart, cartoon or illustration. See examples of Seven ways I use these pictures.
- Ask for deep research. Get detailed analysis with dozens of sources. See examples of Nine ways I use this research.
- Study and learn this New situation Helps you enhance your skills and knowledge.
- File analysis or the pictures. Convert a handwritten note into digital text, or understand any document, diagram or manual. When I can’t figure out how to compile or operate something, this provides faster help than a Google search.
- use Integrated applications. You can now access Canva, Figma, Spotify, Expedia, and other tools within ChatGPT. Try claiming a drawing within ChatGPT while waiting in line with your phone, then edit it later in Canva.💇
to throb It is the best new feature for professional mobile in ChatGPT It creates personalized notes for me every morning. The AI assistant collects information from my chat history, my Google Calendar, and what I’ve expressed an interest in learning.
For example, this morning’s Pulse message included tactics for using Substack’s new features, Penguin stories to share with my daughter, and breakfast ideas she asked about for her rice cooker and bread machine.
“These are not news updates – they are custom resources prepared by an AI assistant. I do not use or recommend relying on AI assistants for news searches, especially in light of this.” Artificial intelligence has difficulty with news accuracy. Judicial notice: Pulse is not yet available for free accounts.
Gemini: Your creative partner iOS& Android
The Gemini app has five special features, in addition to the basic chat capability.
- Generate “Nano Banana” images.§ model. Edit photos, mix multiple photos or design a poster Worth a try: Have it turn any photo from your phone into a record album, book cover, or billboard poster.
- Deep research. Create comprehensive reports with citations when you need comprehensive background on an issue Try this prompt: “Create a step-by-step plan for adopting (tool/technology) in a team of (size).” Include costs, training time, change management risks, and how success will be measured. Cite case studies. See a few of them My tips To promote deep research inquiries.
- Veo 3 generation video. Paid accounts only Create 8-second clips with Veo 3.1, Google’s new video model Experience: Create a cool animated background for your slide.
- fabric Create a simple chart, quiz, or game Quick test: Take a self-assessment quiz to challenge yourself on something you’re learning.
- Directed learning. Put Gemini in teacher mode to help you gradually strengthen your understanding of anything Try this: Ask him to walk you through the history of any concept or technology that piques your curiosity.
When I choose a Gemini: Â I use it as an alternative to ChatGPT and Claude when I want certain types of image edits and creative image designs. I also use it to experiment with creating short videos for guided learning and research reports.
Claude: Your mobile studio ðŸ·Â iOS& Android
The Cloud app has a new voice mode that I like. It waits for me to tap the screen to indicate that I’m done, so it rarely interrupts me when I stop to think — unlike ChatGPT, which often assumes I’m done talking. You can choose from five sounds.
Create on the go
construction Antiques– Interactive mini apps – from your phone. You can create games, educational resources, document templates, or other useful small programs. You can now also use Claude Code from your phone.
What I appreciate most about Claude is that he is excellent Projects featurewhich allows me to organize relevant documents and instructions for each specific business area.
I use other tools (like ChatGPT and Gemini) for images and video, which Claude doesn’t, but I rely on Claude for help with alt text, SEO text, project planning, and other tasks where understanding my context is critical.
Co-pilot: Flexible assistant 🧒‟’¼Â iOS& Android
Microsoft Co-pilotThe app is a good free option that is similar to ChatGPT and based on the same OpenAI models. One difference is the new “Real Talk” mode that will challenge you at times. This helps address the adulation problem of AI-powered chatbots blindly confirming your data.
Other useful features: Copilot can create a podcast episode on any topic (eg This one is about Wonder Tools). It can also generate an image, run an in-depth research report, quiz you on a topic of your choice, and have a voice chat.
Like ChatGPT, it can also help you understand something in your environment. Turn on your camera or load something on your screen, then ask Copilot questions about what you’re looking at. Ask him about the subtleties in a document, a confusing tool, a troubled plant, or anything else.
Confusion: Quick Finder 🧒‟”¬Â iOS& Android
I depend on Confusion To help understand complex concepts. The mobile app’s voice mode is especially useful for quick searching and getting a short response instead of a list of links.
For specialized searches, adjust your Perplexity settings to focus only on financial information, academic sources, or social sites for Reddit results. You can also use Perplexity to search your Outlook or Gmail email and Google Calendar for messages on a specific topic.
Tip:Â Turn on incognito mode in Settings anytime you search for a sensitive or private topic. As with all AI tools, avoid giving a query a thumbs up or down because rating it indicates that you agree with it being read and analyzed.
Locally Amnesty International🔠iOS | free
Benefits: free. No login required. Completely private. There is no data tracking. Easy to use.
Get started Choose a small, open source language model that’s large enough for your phone’s processing power. I considered options from Qwen, Meta, and Google. Qwen 3 supports 100 languages and Meta’s Llama excels at summarization. I chose Gemma 3 QAT from Google. If you’re a tech newbie or don’t care about these details, just choose Gemma as your model and you’ll be fine.
Short wait to start I had to keep the app open for about 2 minutes to download the language model to my phone. You only need to do this once.
How I used it:Â I recently requested a custom workout, due to my limitations (no equipment, limited time) and personal fitness priorities. The result was useful and similar to what I got from ChatGPT.
Beautiful features
- Customize or personalize Your responses by entering a prompt will guide the app through all individual chats. You can explain your personal or professional circumstances, for example, your preferences for brief or detailed answers, or any other needs you have related to how the AI responds to you.
- Set up a Siri shortcut You can activate Siri and say “Hey Locally AI.” . To perform a local search using AI specifically with your voice.
- It was well reviewed People seem to like it: 4.8/5 average rating with 208 reviews.
- Vision tools You can use this special AI app to recognize text, recognize objects, or understand images. This is useful if you want to use your phone specifically to understand secure documents or convert personal handwritten notes to text. To get this feature, download the recommended Qwen 2 VL model for iPhone 15 or later from within the app.
Caveats
- Not the top models. ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini perform better at analyzing images than the smaller mobile models enabled by this application.
- Slow start Expect to wait several minutes each time you download a new form, including the first time you use the app.
- No additional components I was unable to connect this app to other services.
Special Master | iOSAnd Mac | $5
Beautiful features
- One purchase for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Family Sharing means you can share the app with five family members for free.
- Choose from over 60 models A lot of the models available in this app are not options in Locally AI. This may not matter, unless you are keen to use a very specific form.
- Changing the level of creativity of artificial intelligence models Unlike Locally AI, this app lets you adjust the “temperature” setting of your AI models to control how predictable or creative the responses are. A model set to a lower temperature will generate more consistent and predictable responses, while a model set to a higher temperature will generate more varied and creative responses.
Caveats
- One chat stream You cannot create multiple distinct conversations in this app. Most other AI tools, including the Locally AI app, allow you to separate conversations into separate threads for different topics.
- No help choosing models Knowing which one to try is difficult with this app. You can click a small information button that links to a separate Hugging Face webpage about the model, but there’s no easy-to-understand summary for beginners. AI Native has helpful brief summaries highlighting the strengths of each model.
PocketPal AI | iOSAnd Android | free
Beautiful features
- Completely private No conversations, prompts, or data leave your device.
- Create dedicated “friends.” Set up multiple AI assistants or “personalities” with different settings and system prompts.
- Access forms from Face hugging. Choose from many mini AI models.
Caveats
- It may not work well on all Android phones Depending on the age of your phone, the app may seem slow. A lot of Play Store reviewers reported this issue.
- Average ratings 4.1 out of 5 with 1,200 reviews is okay, but not excellent.
- The user interface lacks polish The design isn’t as elegant as what you’ll find in Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or other high-end apps. But it’s free, and if the AI responses are helpful, you might tolerate a lower-quality interface.
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