One design decision shaped Scowld more than any other: bring-your-own-key.
Instead of routing your chats through a backend I own, the app talks directly to whichever AI provider you configure. The LLM provider list covers a lot of the field:
- Gemini
- OpenAI
- Claude
- Ollama
- Groq
- OpenRouter
- xAI
- Together AI
- Hugging Face
- Venice AI
- Moonshot AI
Why this matters if you're a tinkerer:
- You pick the model and pay your own provider directly.
- Want a local model? Point it at Ollama. Want something hosted and fast? Groq or Together AI. Want frontier models? OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini.
- Switching providers is a settings change, not a reinstall.
Your keys are stored in the iOS Keychain, and your provider choices live in local preferences on device. The companion (a 3D VRM character with voice) stays the same no matter which brain you wire into it, so you can experiment freely.
This is the part I think power users will appreciate: Scowld doesn't lock you to one vendor. It's a companion shell you point at your own stack.
Grab it on the App Store and bring your favorite key.
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/scowld-ai-voice-companion/id6760672848
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