Native personal AI assistant
Aroa
A native iPhone assistant that turns everyday questions into useful actions. Talk naturally, recall earlier conversations, find information in your documents, and manage your day from one simple interface.
A natural conversation. A useful next step.
How it works
A minimal voice interface connects conversation with personal memory, documents and device tools. On supported iPhones, speech recognition, reasoning and spoken replies can run on-device; optional cloud voice uses OpenAI Realtime over WebRTC. Conversations and saved knowledge live locally in SwiftData, with relevant context retrieved when needed. Calendar, reminders, contacts and connected services bring practical tasks into the conversation, while permission controls and explicit confirmations keep users in charge of changes.
The stack
- Swift
- SwiftUI
- SwiftData
- MLX
- WebRTC
- Cloudflare Workers
Problems solved
- Brings conversation history, personal knowledge and everyday tools into one voice interface.
- Supports local voice and reasoning on compatible devices, with an explicit choice to use cloud voice.
- Turns spoken requests into actionable tasks with permission checks and confirmation before changes.
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