"Earlier this year, Apple introduced its Foundation Models framework during WWDC 2025, which allows developers to use the company's local AI models to power features in their applications. The company touted that with this framework, developers gain access to AI models without worrying about any inference cost. Plus, these local models have capabilities such as guided generation and tool calling built in."
"The Lil Artist app offers various interactive experiences to help kids learn different skills like creativity, math, and music. Developer Arima Jain and Aman Jain shipped an AI story creator with the iOS 26 update. This allows users to select a character and a theme, with the app generating a story using AI. The developer said that the text generation in the story is powered by the local model."
"Finance tracking app MoneyCoach has two neat features powered by local models. First, the app shows insights about your spending, such as whether you spent more than average on groceries for that particular week. The other feature automatically suggests categories and subcategories for a spending item for quick entries. LookUp The word learning app LookUp has added two new modes using Apple's AI models. There is a new learning mode, which leverages a local model to create examples corresponding to a word."
Apple introduced the Foundation Models framework at WWDC 2025, enabling developers to use the company's local AI models to power app features. The framework provides access to on-device models without inference costs and includes capabilities such as guided generation and tool calling. As iOS 26 rolls out, developers are updating apps to add local-AI features that mainly improve quality of life rather than transform workflows because Apple's models are smaller than leading cloud models. Examples include Lil Artist's AI story creator, Daylish's prototype for automatic emoji suggestions, MoneyCoach's spending insights and category suggestions, and LookUp's new learning modes that generate examples.
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