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About ArloLite

Arlo Lite is a free, open-source iOS client for interacting with large language models. Bring your own API key and talk directly to the provider — no middleman server, no account, no subscription. SUPPORTED PROVIDERS • OpenAI — Chat Completions & Responses API • Anthropic — Claude via Messages API • Local Inference — Ollama, llama.cpp, vLLM, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint KEY FEATURES • Real-time streaming with token-by-token display • Rich Markdown rendering with syntax-highlighted code blocks • Session management — switch models mid-conversation, rename, resume • Thinking effort controls — adjust reasoning depth per session • Per-turn and per-session cost tracking • System prompt library — save and reuse your favorite prompts • iCloud backup for chat history (text only, keys never leave your device) PRIVACY BY DESIGN • API keys stored exclusively in the iOS Keychain • No backend server — all calls go direct to the provider • No telemetry, no analytics, no tracking • No account or sign-up required • Offline read access to past conversations BUILT FOR POWER USERS Arlo Lite is designed for developers and AI enthusiasts who want a clean, fast interface for daily-driving LLM APIs. Light/dark/system appearance, Dynamic Type support, and VoiceOver accessibility built in. 100% open source. MIT licensed. Contributions welcome on GitHub.

What’s new

Version 1.3 · Updated August 16, 2026

New: Full capability toggles (reasoning, vision, image gen, etc.) in the Add/Edit Model screen. Fixed: Cost always showing $0.000 — pricing was stored at 1/1,000,000th the correct scale. DB migration v10 fixes existing records automatically. Session total cost and token count never updating from zero. Cached token billing now uses the discounted cache-read price instead of the full input price. OpenAI Responses API streaming wasn't capturing cached token counts. Custom provider with thinking off wasn't sending enable_thinking: false, leaving some backends silently defaulting to thinking on. Error messages truncated with no way to see the full text — tap to expand now works even without a detail field. Sidebar delete button obscured by the chat layer during the open/close transition. Removed emoji from Vision and Reasoning badges in the model picker.

App privacy

The developer, Chang KaiChieh, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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