I wanted a private, on-device LLM interface ("AI") that was fully native, so I built one. But I knew that wasn't it. It didn't scratch the itch. I wanted more. When Apple Intelligence / FoundationModels was announced, I kept waffling on if I was really going to build another chat app--just better in certain ways like UI/speed/privacy--or if I could really build a better note-taking app. I longed for something that was a mind map or repo for my thoughts and searches that was better than 1001 Notes + 1001 browser tabs + 1001 chats (none of them connected). I found myself searching for a Swift bug then right after that looking at a baking recipe. This initial preorder just showcases the basic chat utility but my plan for this was much larger. The chats were ephemeral, the notes not so much, but sometimes my notes were in the chat...and let's not even talk about the browser tabs. This app was meant to be a bit of what Siri and Spotlight are striving towards, lightweight and out of your way, while also having the ability to effortlessly save and structure your thoughts like notes

Halō.app

An LLM chat app that doesn't give a shit about you

An LLM chat app that doesn't give a shit about you