Lucky Effects vs Happier
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lucky Effects
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Lucky Effects is your gateway to stunning, real-time visual effects powered by MetalKit on iOS. Explore a growing collection of interactive effects — from glowing plasma rings and aurora spirals to electric arcs and particle strings — all fully customizable in color, speed, and intensity. Whether you’re a developer seeking inspiration, a designer looking for modern visuals, or simply curious about what’s possible with GPU-driven graphics, LuckyEffects makes high-end effects accessible at your fingertips. Features • Interactive Gallery – Browse effects like Plasma Circle, Comet Arc, String Particles, Electric Ring, and more. • Customization Controls – Adjust colors, speed, radius, thickness, brightness, and other effect parameters live. • Learn by Example – Unlock sample Swift + MetalKit source code for each effect, viewable directly inside the app. • Developer Resources – Access implementation notes and SwiftUI integration tips after unlocking. • One-Time Purchases – Unlock individual effects or the full pack permanently (non-consumable IAP). Restore anytime with your Apple ID. • Modern Design – Built with SwiftUI and UIKit for a clean, fluid, and immersive experience. Perfect For • iOS developers exploring Swift + MetalKit. • Designers seeking unique visual assets. • Learners curious about real-time GPU effects. Lucky Effects brings the magic of GPU-driven visuals into your hands — to explore, customize, and learn from. Legal: By purchasing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: Terms of Use: https://bluepixeltech.wixsite.com/luckyeffectsterms/copy-of-terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://bluepixeltech.wixsite.com/luckyeffectsterms/copy-of-privacy-policy
Happier
This app allows you to remotely manage and interact with AI coding agents like Claude and Codex from your phone. Continue sessions started on your computer, approve commands, review code changes, and even use a voice assistant for hands-free control. It integrates with your existing AI subscriptions and offers end-to-end encryption for security.
- Remote session management
- Approve/deny commands via push notification
- Review code changes and send notes
- Integrated editor, Git, and terminal
- Voice assistant for hands-free control
- Session collaboration and inter-session communication
- Utilizes existing AI subscriptions
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Happier is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted companion app for AI coding agents: Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, Pi, Grok, Gemini, Copilot, Qwen, Kimi, Kilo, Kiro, Auggie. Run sessions on your computer, and continue them from your phone. Use our desktop app or web app, and truly start working from anywhere. YOUR EXISTING SESSIONS? ALREADY THERE. Open any Claude Code, Codex or OpenCode session running on your computer — live, from your phone. Nothing to migrate, nothing to learn. APPROVE FROM ANYWHERE Your agent asks to run a command and you get a push notification with Allow and Deny on it. Sessions waiting on a decision rise to a "Needs attention" group at the top of your list; everything still running gathers under "Working". REVIEW THE DIFF. SEND NOTES TO YOUR AGENTS. Browse every line your agent changed. Mark the exact lines you want addressed, choose which notes to send, and hand them straight back — same session, or a new one. EDITOR. GIT. TERMINAL. ONE TAP AWAY. Chat, files, Git and a live terminal, each its own tab. Open a file to read or edit it, review the diff, manage branches and open a pull request. YOU LOVE THE TERMINAL? WE DO TOO. If you want, you can keep running Claude Code, Codex or OpenCode in their native TUI. Happier mirrors them to every device, so you can follow along, send messages and approve permissions from anywhere — and switch between the terminal and Happier whenever you like. A COLLEAGUE YOU CAN TALK TO The voice assistant watches every running session. Brainstorm the next change, approve a permission or send a message, without picking up the phone. YOUR SESSIONS WORK AS A TEAM A session can start another session, send it messages and read its transcript — so a Claude session and a Codex session can split the work between them. Each one still runs its own subagents, on whichever backend you choose. USE THE SUBSCRIPTIONS YOU ALREADY PAY FOR Happier reuses the subscriptions and logins your existing CLIs already use — Claude, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, OpenCode. No new bill, no double billing, and Happier sells no AI of its own. POOL YOUR ACCOUNTS. KEEP THE SESSION GOING. Link accounts you own into a pool and watch usage and quota resets for every one of them in the app. Nothing switches until you build a pool — once you have, Claude Code and Codex sessions can change account without stopping, moving to whichever member has the most quota left, at most once a turn and never past a reset time the provider has published. OPEN SOURCE. END-TO-END ENCRYPTED. Your messages, prompts and session content are encrypted on your device before they reach a server: AES-256-GCM under a key drawn for that one session, sealed to an account key that is created on a device and never leaves your devices. The relay stores ciphertext and has nothing to open it with. Put the relay on your own hardware with one command — happier relay host install — or reach your computer over Tailscale and use no relay at all. FREE, AND MIT LICENSED The CLI, the mobile apps, the desktop app, the web app and the relay. No seat count, no trial, no feature gate. github.com/happier-dev/happier HOW TO START 1. On your computer: curl -fsSL https://happier.dev/install | bash (Windows: iwr https://happier.dev/install.ps1 -useb | iex) 2. Scan the QR code your terminal prints, with this app. 3. Start a session from the app, or run "happier claude" or "happier codex" in your terminal. REQUIRES A COMPUTER Happier is the client for agents running somewhere you control. It does not run an agent in the cloud, and your repository is never copied to us: the agent reads and writes files on the computer it runs on, and that computer stays the only full copy. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Anthropic, Google, GitHub or Cursor.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Happier at none against Lucky Effects's 10. Happier also leads on chart position (#149 vs unranked). Lucky Effects's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Lucky Effects sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Happier asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lucky Effects ships an update every 4 days, Happier every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lucky Effects | Happier |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #149 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pouya Khansaryan | Leeroy Brun |
In-app purchases
Lucky Effects
- Unlock Neon Halo Effect$4.99
- Unlock Spark Ring Effect$6.99
- Unlock Comet Arc Effect$7.99
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- Unlock Aurora Spiral Effect$14.99
- Unlock Plasma Circle Effect$18.99
- Unlock String Loop Effect$24.99
- Unlock Glow Sphere Dots Effect$29.99
- Unlock Wave Sphere Effect$44.99
- Unlock Electric Ring Effect$69.99
- Unlock Hell Fire Effect$79.99
Happier
No in-app purchases









