i land in istanbul tomorrow. what should i see in one day?
Start at the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, which face each other across one square. Walk down to the Basilica Cistern, then on to the Grand Bazaar for lunch. Finish with the ferry to Kadıköy at sunset.
is that a lot of walking?
The first three are within ten minutes of each other. The bazaar is another fifteen. Only the ferry needs a tram, and those run every few minutes.
whats good to eat at the grand bazaar?
Find a lahmacun stand: thin flatbread with minced lamb, squeezed with lemon and rolled up. Then tea at one of the small cafés in the middle of the market.
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Aeroplane mode
Private, offline AI for Android
An AI that runs on your phone.
Type it or say it out loud. The answer is worked out on the phone itself, offline,
and nothing you say ever leaves it.
Free, no ads, nothing to sign up for. Android 8.0 and up.
- On device
- The model runs on your phone
- Offline
- After the first download
- No account
- Nothing to sign up for
- Free
- No ads, no subscription
Two ways to ask.
Typing or talking. Both run offline, on the phone.
Offline chat, with no connection
Pick a model and download it once. After that the app works in aeroplane mode,
on a train, anywhere. Replies arrive as the model writes them and the chat
follows along. Your history is kept on the phone.
- Proper markdown: headings, lists, tables and links
- Code blocks with a copy button
- Chats saved on the device, yours to delete
Speak instead of typing
Tap the microphone, talk, tap stop. whisper.cpp turns the recording into text on
the phone and drops it into the message box, where you can edit it before
sending. Your voice never leaves the device either.
- A 57 MB voice model, fetched the first time you tap the microphone
- Microphone permission asked at that tap, never at launch
- Tap anywhere to stop; the text lands in the box, not in the chat
Two small language models to choose from.
Both are small enough to sit on a phone. The app fetches them from Hugging Face,
and you can switch between them whenever you like.
Fast Default
Answers in a second or two and runs comfortably on older phones. Good for
everyday questions, short writing and quick explanations.
- Model Qwen3.5-0.8B
- Download 0.6 GB
- Needs 2 GB RAM
- Licence Apache 2.0
Smarter
Handles harder questions and writes longer, more accurate answers. Built for
phones, so it stays quick despite being the larger of the two.
- Model LFM2.5-1.2B Instruct
- Download 0.7 GB, plus a 0.2 GB draft
- Needs 3 GB RAM
- Licence LFM Open License v1.0
Getting started
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Install it
The app opens straight into the chat screen. There is no account to make and no
setup wizard to sit through.
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Download a model
Pick Fast or Smarter from the sheet that sits over the chat. It is a few hundred
megabytes, fetched once over your connection.
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Turn the connection off
From then on it works in aeroplane mode, on a train, or anywhere else you happen
to be. The model is already on your phone.
There is nowhere for your conversation to go. The app has no server behind it, and
no privacy setting you need to hunt for and switch on.
Nothing is collected
No accounts, no analytics, no crash reporting to anyone else. Your chats and
settings live on the phone, and uninstalling takes them with it.
What the network is for
Fetching a model from Hugging Face over HTTPS, and asking Google Play whether a
newer version exists. Never for answering you.
Dictation too
whisper.cpp transcribes on the device. No recording is uploaded, and the
microphone is only asked for when you tap it.
Read the full privacy policy →
Questions about running AI offline
Does it really work with no connection?
Yes, once a model is downloaded. That download is the only part that needs the
internet. After it finishes you can switch the connection off and carry on.
Is this an offline version of ChatGPT?
No. ChatGPT runs on OpenAI's servers and needs a connection. Lite Mind is a separate
app that runs an open model on your own phone, so it answers offline. The models are
far smaller, so the answers are shorter and simpler.
Which phones can run it?
Android 8.0 or newer on a modern ARM phone, which covers nearly everything sold
since about 2017. Fast wants 2 GB of RAM and Smarter 3 GB, plus room for the
model file itself.
How much storage does it need?
One model, so 0.6 GB for Fast or 0.7 GB for Smarter, and Smarter adds a
0.2 GB draft file. The 57 MB voice model is only fetched if you use
dictation. Deleting a model gives the space straight back.
How good are the answers?
These are small models, roughly a thousandth the size of the ones behind the big
cloud assistants. They do well on everyday questions, explanations and short
writing. They also get things wrong, so check anything that matters.
Does it cost anything?
No. There is no price, no subscription, no advertising and nothing to unlock.
Keep your thoughts on your phone.
Free, no ads, nothing to sign up for. Download it once and it works anywhere.