Free on iPhone and iPad
B1 is a small green square who lives in your chat. B1 thinks while you wait, talks while the answer arrives and looks puzzled when something goes wrong.
I've got leeks, a tin of butter beans and not much time.
Then a quick stew. Soften the leeks in butter, add the beans and a splash of stock, and give it ten minutes. Want it step by step?
Yes please.
No spinner, no dots. B1's face tells you what the AI is doing, and reacts when you tap, stroke, tilt or shake.
Looks up and away while your question is with the AI.
The mouth moves in time with the words as they arrive.
A happy moment when the answer is done.
If something fails, B1 says what happened in one plain line.
Prop your phone up and B1 keeps you company, dressed for the real weather outside and for special days. All eight scenes are free.
Listens along to what you're playing.
Dozes off, and dreams.
Settles in for an episode.
Drifts among the stars.
Under a blanket, watching the rain.
A focus timer to work beside.
Slow breathing before bed.
Grows a little every day.
Also on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, StandBy and CarPlay, with Live Activities for focus and music.
B1 works the moment you open the app, and you choose which AI does the thinking.
Start here
Apple Intelligence runs on the phone itself. Free, no key, and your words stay on your device.
Your own key
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, or any service that speaks the OpenAI format. Your key stays in the iPhone's Keychain.
Your own kit
Ollama or LM Studio over your home network, or your own VPN when you're out.
Prefer to talk? Speak to B1 and hear the reply, with speech recognised on your iPhone.
Chat, voice, the eight scenes and every widget cost nothing. Other avatars are bought once and kept for good, and each works everywhere B1 does.
Free
£2.99
£2.99
£2.99
£2.99 each
Pictures to come
Or all eight launch avatars together as the Starter Pack for £14.99. Festive snow, a seasonal extra, is £0.99. Family Sharing is on for everything. No subscription, and nothing you need is locked.
Your chats are stored on your iPhone. Before anything is sent to a cloud AI, B1 tells you who it goes to and what is sent. And B1 is an AI, and says so.
Get B1 Buddy on the App Store