Comparison

ActivitySmith vs Hermex

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

Head to head
About

ActivitySmith

Stream real-time progress and outcomes of long-running tasks to your iOS device's Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Receive high-signal alerts for critical events via push notifications. Integrates with various backend services and development tools.

Highlights
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
  • Push Notifications for alerts
  • Update via HTTP requests
  • Track CI/CD, jobs, and events
  • Pair devices and create API keys
  • Widgets for lock screen metrics
Features
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ActivitySmith lets you send Live Activities and Push Notifications to your iOS device(s) from any backend. Keep long-running work visible at a glance: stream progress, step-by-step status, and outcomes to your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Use Push Notifications for high-signal alerts (failures, incidents, signups, sales, crashes, etc). Anything that can make an HTTP request can update a Live Activity or send a Push Notification - CI/CD, servers, cron, agents, webhooks, or plain curl. Use cases: - CI/CD deployments and build pipelines - Long-running jobs (migrations, backups, ETL) and background agents - On-call alerts and incident workflows - Business events (sales, signups, trial conversions) - Home Automation How it works: - Install ActivitySmith and pair your device - Create API key - Send custom Push Notifications with a simple API call - Trigger Live Activities to track deployments or any other long-running processes in a real-time - Target one or more paired devices as needed - Use widgets to track key metrics from your lock screen SDKs: Node.js, PHP, Ruby, Python, Go, CLI Integrations: GitHub, GitLab, Vercel, Railway, Netlify, Sentry, Linear, Zapier, n8n, more coming soon...

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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Hermex is a native iPhone client for your self-hosted Hermes Agent server. It is designed for people who already run a reachable Hermes Web UI server and want a focused mobile way to keep up with agent work from iPhone. Connect to your own server, open existing sessions, start new conversations, and follow streamed responses as they arrive. Manage Kanban boards and cards, review status-focused work, update workflows, add comments, inspect history, and preview or launch Dispatcher runs. The app also supports model/profile/reasoning controls, file and photo attachments, workspace file browsing, tasks, skills, memory, usage details, and a share extension for staging content from other iOS apps. Agent execution happens on the configured Hermes server, not on the iPhone. Prompts, attachments, shared content, workspace requests, board and card actions, and session actions are sent only to the server URL you enter. Recent sessions and messages may be cached locally for offline read-only viewing, and the cache can be cleared from Settings. Hermex does not provide a hosted Hermes backend, in-app account creation, subscriptions, or in-app purchases. You need your own reachable Hermes Web UI server to use the app. Not affiliated with Nous Research.

Screenshots

ActivitySmith4 screens
Hermex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ActivitySmith at 100% against Hermex's 85%. ActivitySmith also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Hermex's advantage is chart position (#29 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ActivitySmith ships an update weekly, Hermex every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
ActivitySmith versus Hermex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActivitySmithHermex
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (97 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better84.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—97 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#29 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam BardonUzair Ansar

Customer experience

ActivitySmith

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hermex

All ratings97 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral1.0%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral7.0%
Negative8.5%

In-app purchases

None

ActivitySmith

No in-app purchases

None

Hermex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ActivitySmith free?
ActivitySmith is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hermex free?
Hermex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ActivitySmith or Hermex have ads?
Neither ActivitySmith nor Hermex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ActivitySmith or Hermex?
ActivitySmith ships an update weekly, and Hermex every 3 weeks. Most recently, ActivitySmith was updated on September 19, 2026 and Hermex on October 1, 2026.

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