Comparison

Happy vs Indie Tracker

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

Indie Tracker

Features
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What is your work time actually worth? Track time, income, and expenses in one place to see your true hourly value. - Log work, earnings, and costs - Instantly see profit per hour - Compare periods to track progress - Understand which work pays off Built for solo founders. Support: https://raiq.io/support.html Support telegram: @qreset Support email: lohentertainment@gmail.com Privacy policy: http://raiq.io/privacy.html Terms of service: http://raiq.io/terms.html

Screenshots

Happy4 screens
Indie Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Indie Tracker at none against Happy's 1. Happy's advantage is chart position (#109 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

Both are free to download. Happy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per month. Indie Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Happy ships an update weekly, Indie Tracker every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Happy versus Indie Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHappyIndie Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#109 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBulka, LLCShamil Nimatulaev

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Happy

Subscriptions1
  • Plus Plus Monthly$19.991 Month
None

Indie Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Happy free?
Happy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Indie Tracker free?
Indie Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Happy or Indie Tracker have ads?
Neither Happy nor Indie Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Happy or Indie Tracker?
Happy ships an update weekly, and Indie Tracker every 6 days. Most recently, Happy was updated on November 8, 2026 and Indie Tracker on November 9, 2026.

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