Direct Answer: Yes—you do not need to install Termux on Android or sideload developer builds onto your iPhone to combine Android and iOS memory in a local AI cluster. With the RAMDeck Hardware Hub ($159 Indiegogo Special + Free $29 Official Node USB), you simply download the official RAMDeck Distributed AI app on the Apple App Store and the RAMDeck Android Node app on Google Play, connect over local Wi-Fi via your hub’s LAN IP address, and pool your phones alongside your Mac, Windows PC, or Linux computer in 60 seconds.
Built-In Battery & Thermal Safety (Approved Under Apple Guideline 2.4.2)
Unlike raw command-line scripts that run unthrottled on phone batteries, both official RAMDeck mobile apps are engineered with strict hardware preservation guards:
- Apple App Store Approved (Guideline 2.4.2): Strictly requires your iPhone or iPad to be connected to a charger and local Wi-Fi, clamps unified memory to ~70% to prevent OS memory pressure, and automatically yields if thermal limits are reached (read our iOS technical breakdown).
- Android Foreground Service Protection: Only contributes while charging on Wi-Fi above a 20% battery floor, with instant 1-tap pause and resume (watch demo).
- Includes 1 FREE $29 Zero-Install RAMDeck Node USB: Activate all your home computers with a single “Unplug & Walk” USB drive (watch demo).
Read the complete guide at Can You Combine Phone RAM (iPhone & Android) to Run a Bigger Local LLM? and How to Pool RAM from Old PCs, and reserve your unit on Indiegogo ($159 Special + Free $29 Node USB).
— The TradeMAV Team
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