Comparison

Happy vs HooksView

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Happy

This app provides a secure mobile interface for AI coding assistants, allowing you to continue sessions and monitor progress from anywhere. It features end-to-end encryption and a zero-knowledge architecture for ultimate privacy. Seamlessly switch between desktop and mobile for uninterrupted AI coding.

Highlights
  • Seamless desktop and mobile session continuation
  • Push notifications for AI tasks
  • Offline access to conversation history
  • End-to-end encryption for code privacy
  • Real-time streaming of AI responses
  • Zero-knowledge architecture
Features
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Your coding agent shouldn't wait for you to get back to your desk. A task can run for an hour and then stop five minutes in to ask for permission or a decision. Happy lets you answer from your phone, and the same agent carries on in the same repository with the same tools and context. Happy is the mobile app for Claude Code and Codex. The agents keep running on your own computer, and your phone is how you start them, steer them and review their work. WHAT YOU CAN DO FROM YOUR PHONE • Start a new session or pick up one you began at your desk • Get notified when an agent needs input or finishes • Approve or deny permission requests, or let a session run in Auto mode • Choose the model and reasoning effort from the providers set up on your computer • Review changes: a file list, colored diffs, and the full set of changes on a branch • Attach a screenshot or photo to your prompt • Browse sessions in one list or grouped by project, with each checkout's chats as tabs • Open a side chat next to a session without losing your place • Drafts follow you between your phone and your computer HOW IT WORKS Happy runs on your computer, and this app connects to it. 1. Install Happy Desktop from happy.engineering, or if you prefer the terminal, run: npm install -g happy 2. Create an account in the app. You don't need an email address or a password. 3. Scan the QR code your computer shows to link it to your phone. Then start a session from either device. What you see on your phone is the same live session that's running on your computer. YOU WILL NEED • A computer running Happy Desktop or the Happy CLI • Access to the coding agents you want to use, such as a Claude or ChatGPT/Codex plan or API key. Happy uses your existing accounts. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Sessions are end-to-end encrypted. Your code, agent and encryption keys stay on your devices. Happy's servers only relay and store encrypted session data and can't read your prompts, responses or code. OPEN SOURCE The app, the CLI and the server are MIT-licensed and on GitHub. Read the code, run your own build or host your own server. ALSO ON DESKTOP Happy Desktop adds a harness that works across providers and lets you switch models in the middle of a task. The sessions it starts show up on your phone too. Happy is an independent project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic or OpenAI. Claude and Claude Code are trademarks of Anthropic. Codex and ChatGPT are trademarks of OpenAI. Privacy Policy: https://happy.engineering/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

HooksView

Features
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HooksView - Your Hookdeck Companion App Monitor your Hookdeck webhooks directly from your phone. HooksView brings real-time webhook visibility to your mobile device, letting you stay connected to your webhook events wherever you are. KEY FEATURES Real-Time Webhook Monitoring View incoming webhook requests as they happen, with detailed event information and delivery status. Connection Overview Browse all your Hookdeck connections, sources, and destinations. Event Inspection Dive deep into webhook events with full request and response details. View headers, body content, query parameters, and delivery attempts. Retry & Bulk Retry Retry failed events instantly from your phone, or select multiple events and retry them all at once during incidents. Advanced Filtering Quickly find what you need with powerful filters. Search by source, destination, date range, or request data. Filter by delivery status to troubleshoot issues faster. Save up to 10 custom filter presets for quick access. Clean, Native Interface Designed specifically for iOS with an intuitive interface that feels right at home on your phone. Fast, responsive, and built for mobile. PERFECT FOR - Developers monitoring webhook integrations - DevOps teams tracking webhook delivery - Product teams keeping tabs on third-party integrations - Anyone who needs webhook visibility on the go

Screenshots

Happy4 screens
HooksView4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Happy at Free against HooksView's $2.99. Happy also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and chart position (#72 vs unranked). HooksView's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Happy is free to download; HooksView costs $2.99 up front. Happy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per month. HooksView asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Happy ships an update weekly, HooksView every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Happy versus HooksView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHappyHooksView
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.9 (1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#72 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBulka, LLCParent Systems LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Happy

Subscriptions1
  • Plus Plus Monthly$19.991 Month
None

HooksView

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Happy free?
Happy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HooksView free?
HooksView costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Happy or HooksView have ads?
Neither Happy nor HooksView shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Happy or HooksView?
Happy ships an update weekly, and HooksView every 3 weeks. Most recently, Happy was updated on October 11, 2026 and HooksView on October 4, 2026.

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