# PocketHook — Chat with your server

> Chat with your server (iPhone/iPad app by Alfonso Joaquin Menkel Sarria.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pockethook/id6761634641 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Alfonso Joaquin Menkel Sarria](https://appshunter.io/developer/1890553284)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases (on sale, was $24.99)
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: Australian English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Canadian French, German (Germany) and 23 more
- Released: 2026-04-28
- Data updated: 2026-09-14
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pockethook/id6761634641/reviews.md

## What is PocketHook?

Your iPhone, wired to anything you build.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                         
  PocketHook is the native chat that connects your Apple devices to your own HTTPS server — your webhook, your n8n workflow, your Home   
  Assistant, your own script. You type, your server answers, and iOS Shortcuts run on cue. No account. No tracking. No middleman between
  you and your own data.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                       
  Send a message, watch your server reply with Markdown, images, links, even a Shortcut to trigger automatically. Chain steps. Speak     
  instead of typing. Schedule background checks that poke your server and notify you when something changes. It all happens on your
  infrastructure, through your credentials, stored only in the Apple Keychain.                                                           
                                                                                                                                       
  PocketHook is a client. It ships with no backend of its own — you bring the server, and your data stays where it belongs.

  Features:
  - Connect to any HTTPS server you control
  - Trigger iOS Shortcuts and Siri from server responses, with multi-step chains                                                         
  - Six built-in App Intents for Siri and user-built Shortcuts: send a message and wait for reply, silent send without chat history, add
  a local message, and three helpers to extract fields (msg, data, shortcut name) from server responses                                  
  - Rich chat: Markdown, HTML, images, interactive buttons                                                                             
  - Voice dictation in 39 languages via the iOS Speech framework                                                                         
  - Background polling with notifications                                                                                              
  - Offline queue with automatic retry                                                                                                   
  - Optional compatibility mode for servers using a chat-style JSON format                                                
  - Zero tracking, zero third-party SDKs                                                                                                 
  - Credentials stored in Apple Keychain only
                                                                                                                                         
  Built for developers, tinkerers, automators, and anyone who wants their iPhone to talk to the things they actually run. If you can     
  deploy an HTTPS endpoint, PocketHook plugs straight into it.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                         
  More info: https://pockethook.app

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PocketHook Pro | $14.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-09-12

Share text, links, images and PDFs with PocketHook from other apps. Attach images and documents to chat, open app deep links, and browse your photos through local photo links. Improved delivery and recovery of queued Shortcut requests with compatible servers. Includes reliability fixes.

### 1.2 — 2026-08-18

The biggest PocketHook update yet:

• iCloud sync: your conversations and settings follow you from iPhone to iPad to Mac. Start anywhere, pick up everywhere.
• New full-screen image viewer: save, share, swipe to dismiss.
• Every device, its own rules: auto-opening links is now a per-device setting.
• Sharper notifications: one alert per completed job — no more, no less.
• Smoother voice dictation on the Mac.
• Plus a solid round of stability and performance work.

### 1.1 — 2026-05-28

PocketHook is now free to download.

This version introduces PocketHook Pro with a 14-day trial and a one-time Lifetime Unlock. Core chat and iOS Shortcuts remain free, while Pro unlocks advanced features such as Personal UI, background polling, export options, and advanced settings.

Existing paid users are automatically upgraded to Pro.

### 1.0 — 2026-04-28

No release notes.

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