MLX Score3.7
PriceFreewith paid plans
RunsIn the cloud
DeveloperPerplexity AI
LicenceClosedsource
CategoryChat
Mac15+macOS or later
Perplexity answers questions by searching the web and showing where each answer came from. The Mac app includes Personal Computer, which you summon with one shortcut to work across your Mac.
The Mac app needs macOS 15 Sequoia or later. The iPhone and iPad app needs iOS 18.
There is a free tier. In the App Store, Perplexity Pro costs $20 and Max $200 a month. Searches and answers run on Perplexity's servers.
How to Get It
Official downloads only. MLX never re-hosts an app, and never runs a command for you.
MLX Score
3.7out of 5
App Store ratingahead of 82%
Homebrew installs (90 days)ahead of 43%
App Store: 4.8 from 521,431 ratings · read 2026-11-02Homebrew: 1,232 installs in 90 days · read 2026-11-02
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Information
- Developer
- Perplexity AI
- Category
- Chat & assistants
- Price
- Free · from $20/mo (Perplexity Pro in the App Store; Max $200 a month.)
- Your data
- Runs in the cloud
- Licence
- Proprietary
- Mac
- macOS 15 or later
- iPhone and iPad
- iOS 18.0 or later
- Links
- Website
- Facts checked
- 2026-11-01
Sources
perplexity.ai/personal-computer · Mac app with Personal Computer, macOS 15 requirement · checked 2026-11-01formulae.brew.sh/cask/perplexity · Homebrew cask, bundle id · checked 2026-11-01apps.apple.com/us/app/id1668000334 · iOS 18 requirement, Pro $20 and Max $200 in-app prices · checked 2026-11-01Icon from App Store
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