Draw Things
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.”
Compatibility at a glance
Which runtime + OS combos this app works against. Source of truth for "will it run on my setup?"
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.
Where to go from here
Pre-filled with this app's recommended use case + budget tier. Get the full rig + runtime + model picks.
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What this app talks to: Ollama, vLLM, llama.cpp, MLX, LM Studio. The upstream layer.
Did this app work for you on a specific rig? Submit the benchmark — it powers the model + hardware pages.