System requirements
- iPhone or iPad: iOS or iPadOS 18 or later is required; supported hardware starts at A12 Bionic.
- Mac: Apple silicon with macOS 26 or later.
- Apple Vision Pro: visionOS 26 or later.
- Storage: keep enough headroom for the selected model, its context, and temporary download data. Five gigabytes is useful recommended headroom, not a universal fixed requirement.
Install from the App Store
- Open Noema’s App Store listing on the device you want to use.
- Tap Get and authenticate with Face ID, Touch ID, or your Apple Account password.
- Open Noema and complete the welcome flow.
- Choose the guided setup or open Explore to select a model yourself.
Recommended starting model
Start with Qwen 3.5 2B GGUF. It is the current guided-setup model and balances response quality, load time, memory use, and compatibility across supported phones and tablets.
The embedding model is optional for ordinary chat. Install it only when you want document retrieval, downloaded datasets, or Knowledge Packs.
Plan storage and memory
- Download large assets over Wi-Fi when possible.
- Do not assume parameter count alone determines fit; quantization, context length, runtime, and multimodal dependencies also consume memory.
- Keep free storage available for resumable download data and indexing work.
- Use the model page’s fit guidance before loading a larger model.