Enchanted Developers Only vs Hermex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Enchanted Developers Only
This application allows LLM researchers to interact with self-hosted models through a chat interface. It supports the Ollama API and its ecosystem, enabling users to test prompts and switch between models with conversation context. The app also provides nicely formatted output for Markdown elements like tables, lists, and code.
- Chat with self-hosted LLMs
- Supports Ollama API
- Conversation context
- Quick model switching
- Markdown formatting
- Streaming support
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Enchanted is chat app for LLM researchers to chat with self hosted models. Enchanted supports Ollama API and all ecosystem models. It is necessary to have a running Ollama server to use this app and specify the server endpoint in app settings. Enchanted supports streaming and latest Chat API with conversation context. You can quickly switch between your models to test your prompts. Enchanted supports Markdown, therefore tables, lists and code will be nicely formatted. The app is in early days, but had a long roadmap to be leading tool for LLM community running self hosted models.
Hermex
This app provides a native mobile interface for interacting with your self-hosted Hermes Agent server. It allows you to manage conversations, control agent settings, and access workspace files directly from your iPhone.
- Connect to your own Hermes server
- Manage existing and start new conversations
- Control models, profiles, and reasoning
- Attach files and photos
- Browse workspace files
- Offline read-only viewing of recent sessions
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Hermex is a native iPhone and iPad client for your self-hosted Hermes agent. Connect to a reachable Hermes Web UI server, or enable the optional Bot Mode beta to connect directly to a Hermes agent host. Open existing sessions, start conversations, and follow streamed responses, tools, and reasoning as they arrive. Queue, steer, or stop an active run. Review file edits as diffs, browse workspace files, send photos and files, and dictate messages. Manage Kanban boards and cards, browse Tasks, Skills, Memory, and Usage, and choose models, profiles, and reasoning settings. Bot Mode adds a Bots inbox, Desktop sections, reactions, quick replies, approvals, questions, and group rooms. Live Activities keep working runs visible on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Optional notifications let you know when work finishes or needs your attention. The share extension stages content from other apps for you to review and send. Agent execution happens on your configured server, not on the iPhone. Your server owns your conversations, tools, and workspace. Recent sessions and messages may be cached locally for read-only offline viewing; clear that cache from Settings. There is no Hermex-hosted agent backend, tracking, or analytics service. Optional push notifications use an open-source, self-hostable relay. Message previews are encrypted on your Hermes host and decrypted on your iPhone; the relay handles device tokens, notification metadata, and ciphertext, never message text, server URLs, or Hermes server credentials. Push is off until enabled. Hermex has no in-app account creation or in-app purchases. You need your own reachable Hermes server. Not affiliated with Nous Research.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hermex at 4.7 against Enchanted Developers Only's 4.3. Hermex also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 74%) and chart position (#35 vs #119). Enchanted Developers Only's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hermex holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 83 and 135 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Enchanted Developers Only's written reviews are positive against 85% of Hermex's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Enchanted Developers Only | Hermex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (83 ratings) | 4.7 (135 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.1% of reviews | 85.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 83 | 135 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #119 | #35 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Augustinas Malinauskas | Uzair Ansar |
Customer experience
Enchanted Developers Only
Hermex
Bugs and requests
Enchanted Developers Only
Reported bugs
17 issues- App crashes on macOS 15.3.1
- Crashes on iOS 18 immediately upon opening
- Responses cut off mid-sentence
- Text remains in input field after sending
- App freezes while typing
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- Scrolling not working properly
- Cannot submit messages after typing
- Crashes with Intel MacBooks
- Crashes with large file/image uploads
- Bearer token not updating without reinstall
- Submit button unresponsive/unreachable
- Conversations not truly deleted (stored in unencrypted files)
- Streaming text causes UI glitches
- App pings server on every keystroke causing crashes
- Network errors not displayed clearly
- Incompatibility with LLM Studio despite OpenAI compatibility
- Vision model support missing for llama3.2
Requested features
26 requests- Automated voice recognition with auto-send after silence
- Auto-read replies aloud after sending
- Cross-device iCloud/WebDAV sync
- Multiple Ollama endpoint support
- Document/file upload capability
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- Text size adjustment option
- Keyboard shortcuts for iPad (CMD-N, CMD-, etc.)
- Model-specific conversation assignment
- Chat renaming and organization
- Support for thinking models (DeepSeek, R1) with proper display
- LaTeX rendering
- RTL language support
- Custom OpenAI API support
- Function calls support
- Preset character/prompt templates
- Stop scrolling option during generation
- Siri Shortcuts integration for automations
- Bearer token management improvements
- Background session persistence
- Enter key to send messages on iPad
- German language support for voice
- Autocorrect on iPhone
- Watch app support
- Dark icon for iOS 18
- Better handling of streaming responses
- File provider support for sync apps
Hermex
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Enchanted Developers Only
No in-app purchases
Hermex
No in-app purchases
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