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Open Settings and add your provider API keys\n2. Choose AI, speech-to-text, and ElevenLabs text-to-speech options\n3. Talk with the animated companion hands-free, by voice, or by typing a message\n4. Scowld transcribes speech, sends the message to your selected AI provider, and speaks the response with ElevenLabs\n5. Save and switch between past chats when you want separate conversation contexts\n\nBuilt with SwiftUI, iOS Keychain, Gemini, OpenAI, Claude, Ollama, OpenAI-compatible providers, cloud STT providers, ElevenLabs, and a Vercel website.\nWebsite: https://scowld.xyz\nBlog: https://scowld.xyz/blog\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/scowld_/\nProduct Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/scowld\nPrivacy Policy: https://scowld.xyz/privacy\nTerms of Service: https://scowld.xyz/terms\nContact: ad13dtu@gmail.com\n\nNot affiliated with Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Deepgram, ElevenLabs, Apple, Vercel, or other supported providers.","facts":{"developer_id":1875862002,"developer_url":"https://scowld.xyz","first_released":"2026-05-19T07:00:00Z","support_url":null,"privacy_url":null,"website_url":null,"app_version":"2.0.1","release_notes":"- Streamlined onboarding with direct Privacy Policy and Terms links\n- Simplified the About screen\n- Character settings now show an editable default name and system prompt with a Clear option\n- Minor fixes and refinements","rating_current_version":5,"rating_count_current_version":1,"star_counts":null,"genres":["Lifestyle","Entertainment"],"languages":["AR","NL","EN","FR","DE","HI","ID","IT","JA","KO","PL","PT","RU","ZH","ES","SV","TH","ZH","TR","UK","VI"],"content_advisories":["Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes","Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor"],"device_families":null,"made_for_iphone_duo":null,"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-09T06:41:12.536Z","catalog_read_at":null,"reviews_checked_at":null,"summary_written_at":"2026-10-11T00:08:53.212Z","placed_at":"2026-10-10T04:13:02.942Z","scored_at":"2026-10-23T05:07:14.284Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Free iOS AI voice companion with an animated character, voice or text chat, and bring-your-own-key providers.","what_is":"Scowld is an iOS voice companion app that pairs an animated character with voice and text conversation. 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