Seekree
- Model runs on your iPhone, iPad or Mac
- Conversations never leave the device
- No account, no email, no sign-in
- Chat works with no internet at all
- Web search carries no account or user ID
- $9.99 once, no subscription.
Seekree vs ChatGPT
Seekree vs ChatGPT: what happens to what you type?
ChatGPT sends every message to OpenAI's servers, attached to your account. Seekree runs the model on your own device and searches the web with nothing attached to the query at all.
One of them knows who you are. One of them cannot.
ChatGPT
- Every message goes to OpenAI's servers
- Conversations stored on their infrastructure
- Account with email required
- Requires a connection for everything
- Search is tied to your account
- $20 a month for Plus.
Compare Seekree and ChatGPT
| Dimension | Seekree | ChatGPT |
|---|---|---|
| Where the AI runs | Your device, on the Neural Engine | OpenAI's servers |
| Where your messages go | Nowhere. They stay on the device. | To OpenAI, tied to your account |
| Account required | No account, no email, no sign-in | Account with email required |
| Works offline | Yes, chat runs with no connection | No, requires internet for everything |
| What a web search carries | The query. No account, no user ID. | Your account identity |
| Conversations used for training | Impossible, they never leave your device | Default on, opt-out available in settings |
| Chat history | Stored locally on your device only | Stored on OpenAI's servers |
| Price | $9.99 once, iPhone + iPad + Mac | $20 a month for Plus |
| Cost over three years | $9.99, plus optional $7.99 a year for search | $720 |
| Servers that could be breached | None. There is no Seekree backend. | Full cloud infrastructure |
What the difference actually means
1
There is no server to ask.
Seekree has no backend of any kind. There is no database of conversations to subpoena, leak or sell, because there is no database. That is a structural property, not a privacy policy that can be revised later.
2
Your search stays unattached.
When Seekree looks something up, one request goes from your device to the Brave Search API carrying the query, and no account, user ID, cookie, device identifier or location. Every Seekree user's searches arrive under one shared key, so no query can be traced to a person. ChatGPT's search runs inside your logged-in session.
3
It works when the network does not.
The model is on your device, so chat keeps working on a plane, on the subway, or anywhere without signal. ChatGPT is a thin client and does nothing offline.
4
You pay once.
Seekree is a single $9.99 purchase covering iPhone, iPad and Mac, with no subscription and nothing that auto-renews. ChatGPT Plus is $20 a month for as long as you use it.
Frequently asked questions
Is Seekree a real ChatGPT replacement?
For everyday questions, writing help, summarising and reasoning over web results, yes. Seekree runs a 4B parameter model on your device rather than a frontier model in a data centre, so for long and complex work ChatGPT will still do more. Seekree gives you ten free prompts with no account so you can judge that for yourself.
Does Seekree send anything to OpenAI or any AI company?
No. Inference happens entirely on your device using Apple's MLX framework. Seekree never calls OpenAI, Anthropic or any external model provider. The only outbound traffic is a web search when you ask for current information, which goes to Brave carrying nothing that identifies you, and the model download the first time you pick a model.
Can Seekree answer questions about recent events like ChatGPT can?
Yes, and this is the thing that separates it from other on-device AI apps. Most local AI apps only know what the model learned before it shipped. Seekree searches the live web and cites its sources, while keeping the query anonymous.
What does Seekree cost compared to ChatGPT Plus?
Seekree is $9.99 once, covering iPhone, iPad and Mac, with no subscription. Web search is included for the first year and you can optionally buy another year for $7.99 if you want to keep it, with nothing auto-renewing and the app working fully either way. ChatGPT Plus is $20 a month, which is $240 a year.
Do I need an account to use Seekree?
No. There is no sign-in, no email and no profile. Open the app and start typing. The first ten prompts are free.
No account. No servers. No monthly bill.
Ten prompts free. See whether an AI on your own device is enough.
Download on the App Store$9.99 one-time unlock. iPhone, iPad and Mac.