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Draw Things

Image generation that runs entirely on your iPhone, iPad or Mac, with no connection needed.

Instead of Midjourney, DALL-E

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Draw Things puts the image studio on a phone. The App Store listing says it can run 100 percent offline, with prompts and images staying on the device, and it handles text to image, inpainting, outpainting, ControlNet and on-device LoRA training. You can import community-made models and LoRAs, so you are not tied to a single model.

Draw Things scores a 4 on footprint, self-direction and delivery and a 3 on lock-in, power and longevity.

The model code and samplers are public under GPL-3.0, but the app is built from a private repository, and it runs on Apple hardware only. The app is free with optional purchases for a paid tier and cloud compute boosts, and the listing says it collects purchase history, user content and an identifier for app functionality.

    What stands out

  • Runs fully offline on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with on-device LoRA training
  • Imports community models, so you are not locked to one
  • Engine code is GPL-3.0, but the app itself is built from a private repository
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For comparison, we also reviewed Adobe Firefly (15/30) and Midjourney (14/30) as a benchmark.

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