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Privacy First AI for iOS. Choose on-device models, your own Ollama or another supported host, or supported cloud providers. Connected tools, synchronization and speech features can involve external services. Cedar does not require its own account; connected services may require their own accounts or API keys.
🔒Choose where requests go.Provider retention and use of content depend on the service, feature, account settings and current terms. Review Cedar’s privacy policy and the services you connect before sharing information.
Why Choose Cedar Assistant?
Unlike ChatGPT, Gemini, and other apps, Cedar gives you unprecedented flexibility and control over your AI conversations.
Seamless Model Switching
Switch between AI models and providers instantly during any conversation. No need to start over or lose context - adapt to your needs on the fly.
Choose Your Processing Location
Use on-device models or connect to a supported model host. Connected tools, speech and synchronization can involve other services; review their data flows before use.
Offline First, Cloud When Needed
Start conversations offline with local models. When you need more powerful capabilities, seamlessly switch to cloud models without losing your place.
Open-source models supported.
Run the latest open-source AI models directly on your device. From conversational AI to advanced reasoning, choose from industry-leading models optimized for Apple Silicon.
Llama
Meta's flagship family of foundation models
Gemma
Google's lightweight, state-of-the-art models
SmolLM
Compact, efficient models by Hugging Face
DeepSeek
Advanced reasoning and coding models
Qwen
Alibaba's powerful multilingual models
Granite
IBM's enterprise-grade foundation models
Cloud Models & Self-Hosted
When you need more power or specific capabilities, connect to cloud models or run your own Ollama server. Full control with optional cloud access.
Google Gemini
Google's powerful multimodal AI models
Ollama
Run open-source models locally on your device
OpenAI
Industry-leading AI models with advanced capabilities
How it works
Cedar routes model requests to the model or host you select. Connected tools, synchronization, downloads and speech features can involve other services.
- 1Pick a modelApple Intelligence, an Ollama model, or OpenAI — switch any time.
- 2Toggle behaviorEnable thinking levels and search only when you want them.
- 3Understand your data flowsReview the selected model, connected tools and privacy policy to understand where information is sent.
Local-first by design
- Downloaded on-device models and Cedar’s Apple Intelligence integration process model requests on your iPhone.
- Supported host integrations send requests to the host you configure. The host and its backend determine where processing takes place.
- Supported cloud models send requests to the selected provider. Its terms and account settings govern retention and use of content.