Press kit
“I made Athena because answers, knowledge and information shouldn't depend on a signal. Power cuts, disasters and censorship can take the internet away. Hikers, sailors and travellers are often far from any signal. They all still need answers they can trust. Athena puts a library and an AI on the phone that work with no connection, and it shows where every answer comes from, so people can check the facts for themselves instead of relying on rumour. Next, I want to bring Athena to more languages.”
Liam Whitehurst, maker of Athena
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At a glance
| Name | Athena – Offline AI & Library |
|---|---|
| What it is | An iPhone and iPad app that answers questions with no internet connection, using an AI and a library of books that both live on the device |
| Price | Free. No ads, no in-app purchases, no account |
| Release date | Coming soon |
| Available in | 175 countries, in English |
| Devices | iPhone and iPad with iOS 18 or later. The AI needs an iPhone 11 or newer |
| Privacy | Collects no data. Questions and answers never leave the device |
| Developer | Liam Whitehurst, an independent developer in the UK |
| App Store | apps.apple.com/app/id6817212492 |
| Press contact | support@athenaoffline.com |
About Athena
In one line
Athena answers your questions with no signal, using an AI and 50,000 Wikipedia articles that live on your iPhone.
Short description
Athena is a free iPhone and iPad app that answers questions anywhere, even with no internet: on a plane, on a hike, abroad or in a power cut. Ask in your own words and an AI on the phone searches a library of books stored on the device, writes an answer and shows which articles it read, so you can check for yourself. Nothing you ask ever leaves your phone.
Longer description
Most AI apps stop working the moment the signal drops. Athena keeps going, because everything it needs is already on the phone.
Athena holds a library of openly licensed books: 50,000 of Wikipedia's most-read articles, the WikiMed medical encyclopedia, practical guides from Appropedia, and question-and-answer collections on cooking and the outdoors. When you ask a question, an AI running on the phone searches those books, writes an answer and lists the articles it read. Tap one and the full article opens, with its pictures, ready to read offline.
On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, Athena uses Apple's on-device model, so there's nothing extra to download. Older iPhones, back to the iPhone 11, download one of Athena's own AI models, which also run entirely on the phone. While you wait, Athena, a small cat who lives in the app, fetches the books from the shelves.
There's more than answers. Explore brings an Article of the day and Today in history, and Link Odyssey is a game where you sail from one article to another, link by link.
Athena collects no data: no account, no ads and no tracking. Your questions, answers and reading stay on your device.
Highlights
- Works with no signal. The AI and the books are on the phone, so answers keep coming on planes, mountains, boats and anywhere else.
- Shows its sources. Every answer from the books lists the articles it was written from, ready to open and check.
- Private by design. Nothing is collected and nothing you ask is sent anywhere.
- Uses Apple Intelligence where the phone has it, and its own on-device AI on older iPhones.
- A library to wander: Article of the day, Today in history, and the Link Odyssey game.
Screenshots
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Logo and Athena the cat
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Athena fetching books while an answer is written, recorded from the app. Download the video (MP4) or the dark version.
In the app and in writing, the cat is called Athena.
Credits
Book content comes from Wikipedia, WikiMed, Appropedia, Stack Exchange and other openly licensed sources; the full credits are in the app under Settings › Acknowledgements. Athena's answers can be wrong, and its medical content is general guidance, not medical advice.