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Onhand vs Draw Things and other AI image apps.
Each page puts Onhand next to one alternative on the things that decide the choice: where generation runs, what it costs, what you can edit, and which devices it needs. Every page says where the other product is the better pick.
Weighing more than two apps? The roundup of the best offline AI image generators for iPhone (2026) puts the offline apps side by side in one table, with dated prices and device support.
Onhand vs Draw Things
Looking for a Draw Things alternative that is simpler? Draw Things is the more capable on-device app by a wide margin. Onhand is for people who want a short menu, no cloud path at all, and a one-time Pro unlock. It is coming soon to iPhone and iPad, so it is not installable yet.
Onhand vs Apple Image Playground
Looking for an Image Playground alternative that edits your own photos offline? Image Playground is included with Apple Intelligence on supported iPhones and costs nothing, which makes it the first thing to try. Onhand is for the jobs it was not built for: photorealistic or painterly results, editing your own photos with a diffusion model, and working with no network at all.
Onhand vs Midjourney
Looking for a Midjourney alternative without a subscription, or without Discord? Midjourney still wins overall image quality, prompt handling and editing depth. Onhand is for on-device, offline-capable generation on iPhone with a one-time Pro unlock, and it is not on the App Store yet.
Onhand vs PhoneDiffusion
These two apps are close cousins. Both generate on the device, both work without an account, and both do image-to-image, inpainting and background removal. The real splits are how you pay, which hardware is supported, PhoneDiffusion's new optional cloud models, and two features it has that Onhand does not.
Onhand vs LocalGen
Two iPhone apps that generate images on the device instead of in the cloud. They differ on pricing, published device requirements, and how clearly they document editing tools.
Onhand vs Private Diffusion
Two privacy-first image apps for iOS 26, both still unreleased on 12 September 2026. Here is what each one has said it does, and which reader should pick which.
Onhand vs Conjure
Two private, on-device AI image apps for iPhone. Conjure is already on the App Store and leans on SDXL plus style transfer. Onhand is a narrower studio with curated packs, masked inpainting, and no cloud path, coming soon to iPhone and iPad.
Onhand vs Off Grid AI
Off Grid AI is a local AI suite for phone and desktop: chat, vision, images, voice, documents. Onhand is only an image studio: prompt, restyle, inpaint, stay offline. Same privacy category, different jobs.