Building AI-powered Flutter apps used to mean managing multiple APIs, handling different SDKs, and reinventing the wheel for every project. Today, there are better ways.

In this guide, we'll explore every approach to adding AI to Flutter — from simple cloud APIs to sophisticated on-device inference — and show you which to use when.

The Problem

Flutter developers want to add AI, but face fragmentation:

Different API shapes for each provider (Gemini, OpenAI, Claude)