AT Toolbox vs Dirigo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AT Toolbox
Automate your AT Protocol experience directly from your iPhone or iPad. Build custom workflows and interact with the Atmosphere without writing code. Share data, schedule posts, and manage your account with ease.
- Automate AT Protocol with iOS Shortcuts
- Create and schedule Bluesky posts
- Manage AT Protocol account records
- Upload steps and workouts
- Download account photos and videos
- Securely log in with multiple accounts
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Unlock the power of AT Protocol with iOS Shortcuts! AT Toolbox brings ease to use automation to the Atmosphere, letting you interact with the same technology that powers Bluesky directly from your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Silicon powered Mac with out writing a line of code. Build powerful workflows and automate your AT Protocol experience using native Shortcuts. Whether you're a power user, developer, or just curious about the Atmosphere. AT Toolbox makes it easy to make custom workflows to interact with the protocol. Some Ideas: - Upload your steps and workouts daily to your AT Protocol account to share with friends - Make a public glasses of water drank today lexicon - Make a dynamic profile picture that changes throughout the day - Build a stats dashboard to see how many likes or posts you've made in a day - Schedule posts for a later time - Back your AT Protocol/Bluesky account - Download all your uploaded photos for offline storage Shortcut Actions: - Make Bluesky posts. Including posts with pictures - Update your Bluesky profile - Create, Read, Update, List, and Delete records from your account - Resolve Handles to DIDs easily - Create custom TID Record Keys - List and download your accounts pictures and videos - Download backup file of your repo - Create a JWT signed by your account to authenticate actions in other AT Protocol apps Other Features: - Login with multiple AT Protocol (Bluesky) accounts securely - Find documentation on each of the Shortcut actions and how to use them - Helpful examples to get you started Perfect For: - Power users who want to automate their social media workflows - Creating custom public lexicons. - Learning more about AT Protocol without having to write code
Dirigo
Control your home theater devices, including AV receivers and smart TVs, from your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Manage playback, adjust settings, and create custom activities for a seamless entertainment experience.
- Control Marantz and Denon AV receivers
- Browse and play HEOS streaming sources
- Manage multi-zone receiver controls
- Configure receiver settings
- Remote control for Apple TV, Android TV, Google TV
- Customizable Home Assistant remotes
- Create one-tap room activities
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Dirigo is one remote for your home theater, on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. It controls current Marantz and Denon AV receivers directly over Wi-Fi, well beyond what the bundled remote can do, and with Home Assistant it works without one. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Power, volume, every input and every surround mode your receiver supports • Browse and play HEOS streaming sources — Qobuz, TIDAL, Amazon Music, TuneIn, and the rest • Manage the queue, see what is playing, skip tracks, view history • Control each zone on multi-zone receivers • Configure room correction, speaker levels, HDMI output, video settings, and the deep menus your physical remote pretends don't exist • Activate Quick Selects you have programmed on the receiver • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and an Apple Watch app • Siri and Shortcuts ("Toggle mute with Dirigo", "Set volume with Dirigo") ACTIVITIES One tap sets the whole room: turn on the receiver and the TV, pick the input, set the volume and the lights. Every step reports what actually happened, and Activities run from Shortcuts too. TELEVISION REMOTES Pair the television or streaming box in the same room and Dirigo becomes its remote too. Apple TV gets a touchpad — swipe to navigate, tap to select — along with transport buttons and the Apple TV's own Control Centre and app switcher. Android TV, Google TV and NVIDIA Shield get a D-pad, Back and Home, and play, pause and skip. Dirigo tells you which app is on screen. Volume routes back to your receiver, and a now-playing card on your home screen shows what is on — title, artist, artwork, and how far through it is. Drag the progress bar to jump to a moment. Pairing is a one-time setup: Dirigo finds the television on your network and you type in the code it puts on screen. CUSTOM REMOTES (HOME ASSISTANT) Build remotes from the devices on your own Home Assistant server. • Add lights, switches, fans, buttons, scenes, scripts and sensor readings, and arrange them your way • Add a D-pad or a transport row and choose what each button drives • A Now Playing remote for a Home Assistant media player: artwork, progress, play and skip, volume • Show an infrared appliance on the Home screen: its inputs, volume and power, with a full remote for everything else • Put Home Assistant lights and scenes on your receiver's Home screen buttons • No Denon or Marantz receiver? Choose "Connect Home Assistant" when you first open Dirigo DEMO MODE No receiver to test against? Tap "Explore Demo Mode" on the Welcome screen to explore the app with a synthetic receiver, Apple TV and Android TV. PRIVACY Dirigo collects nothing. No analytics, no identifiers, no third-party tracking SDKs, no Dirigo account. All receiver, television and Home Assistant control happens on your local Wi-Fi network; Dirigo refuses Home Assistant Cloud and internet addresses. If you connect Home Assistant, its access token is stored in your iPhone's keychain and sent only to your own Home Assistant server. The only public-internet activity is album art: when you browse a HEOS streaming source, or show a Home Assistant media player whose cover is hosted by a music service, iOS loads the picture from that service's own image address, anonymously. Full policy at bit0100bitsoftware.com/dirigo-privacy. REQUIREMENTS A current-generation Denon or Marantz AV receiver with HEOS (Cinema 50, SR-series, AVR-X-series and similar), or a Home Assistant server. iOS 18 or later. Your receiver or Home Assistant server must be on the same Wi-Fi network as your iPhone. Apple TV pairing requires tvOS 18 or later. Android TV pairing works with Android TV and Google TV devices that support the built-in remote pairing service, including NVIDIA Shield. Dirigo is an independent third-party app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Sound United, Denon, Marantz, Apple, Google, NVIDIA, or the Open Home Foundation. Home Assistant is a trademark of the Open Home Foundation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dirigo at Free against AT Toolbox's $2.99. Dirigo also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Dirigo is free to download; AT Toolbox costs $2.99 up front. AT Toolbox sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Dirigo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for AT Toolbox against 5.0 for Dirigo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
AT Toolbox ships an update fortnightly, Dirigo every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AT Toolbox | Dirigo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bailey Townsend | Bit 0100 Bit Software LLC |
Customer experience
AT Toolbox
Dirigo
In-app purchases
AT Toolbox
- Tip$1.99
- Tip+$2.99
- Tip++$3.99
Dirigo
- Dirigo$7.99









