Chat With Your Documents
Private RAG tools that ingest your PDFs/notes/files and answer questions or summarize grounded in those sources.
PDF Search
PDF Search uses genuine on-device NLP and built-in OCR to search thousands of PDFs in seconds with relevance ranking in the Chat With Your Documents category. Practical, private and free.
- +On-device NLP linguistic search
- +Built-in OCR for scans
- +Free, fully local
- −Not conversational/LLM-based
- −Search, not Q&A
Quirely - PDF Library Manager
A standout Chat With Your Documents app that turns a PDF archive into a private RAG engine with inline citations opening exact pages. Built for researchers and clinicians who need grounded, hallucination-resistant answers.
DocuMind: Offline PDF AI Chat
Offline PDF chat that answers grounded only in your imported files, with tappable citations to the exact page and a built-in scanner. Fully on-device with solid early ratings.
NoteAI: Private Knowledge
FreePrivate knowledge base that ingests many file types and lets you chat and semantically search them with a local LLM (any GGUF model); 100% offline.
Elephant Folio: PDF Library
FreeOffline-first PDF knowledge manager that auto-files and tags documents by their actual contents using Apple Intelligence, with full-text/content search across devices.
Elephas: Secure AI for Files
FreePrivacy-focused RAG assistant that chats with your PDFs and notes, auto-redacts sensitive data, and lets you choose offline local AI or protected cloud models.
FluidDocs
FreeOffline document Q&A for field workers: import PDFs/Markdown/text, index locally, and get grounded answers with no connectivity; says when it doesn't know.
askM
FreeOn-device RAG over aviation technical manuals (FCOM, QRH, AFM) with semantic search and verifiable source citations; no network, no telemetry.
TextMates
FreeiOS document chat that runs entirely on-device via MLX and Vision OCR, answering questions across PDFs with numbered citations; no account, works offline.
BrieFolio
FreeDrops in contracts, invoices or papers and extracts structured insights with templates, plus grounded Q&A, all via on-device Apple Intelligence.
File Superfinder
$9.99Semantic finder that indexes your files (docs, photos via OCR, audio via transcription) on-device and answers questions grounded in them, citing sources.
TextMatesApp
FreeMac RAG assistant that ingests PDFs/text/markdown and answers with cited sources using MLX models on Apple Silicon; all processing is local, no accounts.
PDF Search : AI Chat with Docs
FreePDF research assistant that chats with your docs via local LLMs (Ollama, LM Studio) for fully offline private RAG, or your own Gemini key; OCR-powered search.
CleverGhost
FreePrivate PDF library you can talk to: auto-classifies and tags documents, hybrid semantic search, and Q&A using Apple on-device and local MLX models (Gemma, Mistral, Qwen).
Bunniki
FreeTurns local folders of docs and PDFs into an LLM-powered wiki you can browse and question; runs on Apple Foundation Models or your own local server.
MindHalo
FreeStudy companion that turns your PDF textbooks into a local RAG knowledge base to chat with, quiz from and generate study guides.
Raven Documents
FreeOpen-source private assistant for documents, images, audio, and video using Apple Foundation Models, Vision, and Speech fully on-device. Full source on GitHub.
PrivyPDF: PDF Agent
FreeChat with your PDFs grounded in the document using your own Ollama/LM Studio models on your LAN, with optional embeddings retrieval.
QuickIn Doc
FreeApple Intelligence document assistant with QuickActions to summarize, extract dates, translate and decode official letters or suspicious emails; 100% local, works offline.
Intent - Learn With Purpose
FreePrivacy-first PDF reader with built-in AI that answers questions on your docs and generates Anki flashcards from highlights, running locally on Apple Silicon.
ConceptLens: Private AI Docs
FreePrivate RAG knowledge assistant running full on-device LLMs over your PDFs/docs with cited answers, built-in OCR, and a 2D/3D knowledge graph.
Cerebrex
$29.99Private Mac knowledge base that indexes 30+ file types with on-device AI and answers questions with cited sources, using built-in MLX or local Ollama models.
Manex Vision
FreeVision Pro spatial front-end for Manex Hub: query your personal knowledge graph with a VLM and search running on your Mac.
SKRY: Private Document AI
$9.99Menu-bar local RAG that vectorizes your PDFs, code, and notes via Ollama for private semantic Q&A; can switch to Gemini or GPT-4o when needed.
CollateAI
FreeOffline-first PDF reader that lets you chat with your documents and generate structured summaries using on-device AI, with citations that jump to the source.
Lucidoc: AI Document Answers
FreeAsk questions of PDFs, photos, and pasted text and get grounded answers with source references plus smart summaries; runs fully on-device via Apple Intelligence.
Manex Hub
FreeA private research memory for Mac: capture papers and notes as moments, then return for source-grounded RAG conversations.
TT NoteBook
FreePDF reading workspace linking highlights into a knowledge graph, with on-device Core ML semantic search and BYO-key AI chat citing source pages.
DocuGlance
FreePrivate document Q&A and summarization built on Apple Intelligence; embeddings and LLM processing run on-device so files never leave your Mac.
SafeRag SE
FreeLocal-first RAG chat for your PDFs and docs using llama.cpp, with sourced answers, plus optional Apple Foundation Models or a local Ollama server.
NoteDock for NotebookLM
FreeNative macOS companion for NotebookLM that locally transcribes audio/video (WhisperKit), OCRs images (Apple Vision) and packages rich sources for your notebooks.
Local Sidekick
FreeChat with your PDFs entirely on-device via Apple Intelligence: summaries, definitions, and auto-generated quiz questions. Provably offline (works in Airplane Mode).
Noteworthy PDF
FreeAnnotate PDFs and chat with them via an AI assistant that runs entirely on your Mac, with offline summarization, keyword extraction, and auto-highlighting.
BigBookViaLLM
FreeAsks natural-language questions about the AA Big Book and returns grounded answers drawn from the source text, using Apple Foundation Models entirely offline.
PDF Loupe - Private AI Reader
FreePrivate PDF reader that summarizes sections, builds outlines and glossaries, translates, and OCR-scans paper, all powered by on-device Apple Intelligence.
PDF Search PRO: Chat with Docs
$49.99PDF research assistant that chats with your docs via local Ollama/LM Studio models or your own Gemini key, with OCR and fast indexing; files stay on device.
OpenBookLM
FreeiPad knowledge workspace that connects to an Obsidian vault for grounded Q&A with citations and conflict detection; supports Apple on-device Foundation Models.
Sigma Vox
$19.99Voice assistant powered by Apple Intelligence: load a menu, manual or guide and it answers spoken questions from only that file, offline, with a kiosk Totem mode.
Sentiq Mind
FreeLocal-first AI workspace with on-device vector search and summarization over your notes and documents; nothing leaves the Mac.
Arcannex
FreePDF reader with Apple Intelligence summaries, key-point extraction, and document chat that answers with source citations, processed on-device.
Elephas: Secure AI for Docs
FreeLocal-first RAG 'Super Brain' that chats with your PDFs, notes, and Notion/Obsidian content with source citations and auto-redaction; offline or protected cloud models.
Seolapin
FreeOpens and edits Korean HWP/HWPX forms on iPad, adding Apple Intelligence summarization, document Q&A, and translation on supported devices.
Notyx
$4.99Privacy-first document annotation that adds an on-device Apple LLM (macOS 26+) to summarize and answer questions about your files without uploading them.
DocChat - AI Doc Assistant
$4.99Chat with your PDFs, TXT, and Markdown and review the source passages behind each answer; local providers keep processing on your Mac, cloud is opt-in.
TotalDocs
FreeTotal.js docs reader that connects to your own local Ollama server to answer natural-language questions about the framework; offline-friendly browsing.
File Insight: Open All Formats
FreeBuilds a private local knowledge base from your files with embeddings and cited Q&A. Solid RAG concept, but unrated and thin on local-model specifics.
Notebook for AI Notes Taker
FreeNotebookLM-style Mac research assistant that answers questions grounded in your imported PDFs, docs, and notes with source-backed summaries; data stays on device.
Belexor
$14.99Ask questions of your PDFs, code, CSV and JSON and get answers cited to the source; runs local AI or your own private model setup.
local-know
$0.99Ask natural-language questions of your local documents and get contextual answers from a personal knowledge base built on your files.