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RUNLOCALAI · v38
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Draw Things

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Free, native macOS / iOS Stable Diffusion app. Runs SD3, Flux on a phone (yes, really).

Editorial verdict: “Best mobile + macOS SD app. Free, native, no Python — runs Flux on Apple Silicon impressively well.”

Image gen UI
Free
Proprietary
★ 4.6 / 5
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Compatibility at a glance

Which runtime + OS combos this app works against. Source of truth for "will it run on my setup?"

§ Runtimes supported
mlxcoreml
§ OS / platform
macosios
§ Hardware + model hint
Minimum VRAM
8 GB
Recommended starter model
SD3.5 Medium or Flux.1 Schnell
→ Build the rest of the stack with /stack-builder→ Pick a GPU for this app

What it is

Draw Things is a free native macOS + iOS app for Stable Diffusion / Flux. Genuinely runs on an iPhone Pro (slowly, but it works). Supports nearly every checkpoint format, LoRA, ControlNet, inpainting, regional prompting. The 'I want SD on my phone or my MacBook with no Python' pick.

✓ Strengths

  • +Genuinely native — uses Core ML / MLX
  • +Runs on iPhone Pro (slowly but functional)
  • +Free with no ads

△ Caveats

  • −Apple-platform only
  • −Closed-source

About the Image gen UI category

Image generation or AI image editing UI.

§ Other image gen ui apps
Diffusion Bee

Easiest macOS SD app — picks defaults so you don't have to.

Krita AI Diffusion

Best 'SD as digital-art tool' integration. Real Krita workflow, not a wrapper UI.

Where to go from here

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What this app talks to: Ollama, vLLM, llama.cpp, MLX, LM Studio. The upstream layer.

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