--- title: On-Device AI Beats Cloud for TTS – Here’s Why | daily.dev description: Kokoro TTS, an 82M-parameter Apache 2.0 model, can run fully on-device in React Native via the react-native-executorch library. Compared to cloud TTS APIs,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/on-device-ai-beats-cloud-for-tts-here-s-why-24fs1e0i8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: On-Device AI Beats Cloud for TTS – Here’s Why | daily.dev og:description: Kokoro TTS, an 82M-parameter Apache 2.0 model, can run fully on-device in React Native via the react-native-executorch library. Compared to cloud TTS APIs,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/on-device-ai-beats-cloud-for-tts-here-s-why-24fs1e0i8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/24FS1E0I8.png og:image:alt: On-Device AI Beats Cloud for TTS – Here’s Why og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # On-Device AI Beats Cloud for TTS – Here’s Why **[Software Mansion](https://daily.dev/sources/swmansion)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Kokoro TTS, an 82M-parameter Apache 2.0 model, can run fully on-device in React Native via the react-native-executorch library. Compared to cloud TTS APIs, on-device inference eliminates per-request costs, works offline, delivers consistent low latency without round-trip delays, and keeps synthesized text private on the device. The post argues that as usage scales, the fixed engineering cost of on-device integration beats the linear cost growth of cloud APIs, making on-device TTS compelling for high-frequency features in mobile apps. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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