HetzMate for Hetzner Cloud vs Hermes Conduit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HetzMate for Hetzner Cloud
Manage your Hetzner Cloud infrastructure on the go with this native application. Monitor server status, control actions like start/stop/reboot, and manage volumes, networks, firewalls, and storage boxes. Securely access your projects with API tokens stored in the iOS Keychain.
- Monitor server status and metrics
- Start, stop, and reboot servers
- Manage volumes, networks, and firewalls
- Control Storage Boxes
- Built-in SSH terminal
- Support for multiple projects
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Take full control of your Hetzner Cloud infrastructure with HetzMate. HetzMate is a powerful, native app that lets you monitor, manage, and control your Hetzner Cloud projects on the go. SERVERS • View all your cloud servers with real-time status indicators • Actions: Start, stop, reboot, and power-cycle servers • SSH: Connect via the built-in terminal • Monitor CPU, disk, and network metrics with graphs • Manage server backups and snapshots • View and manage attached volumes, networks, and firewalls INFRASTRUCTURE • Volumes: View, manage, and monitor your block storage volumes • Networks: Overview of private networks and subnets • Load Balancers: Monitor and manage your load balancers FIREWALLS • View firewall configurations • Add, edit, and delete firewall rules • Apply firewalls to your servers STORAGE BOXES • Manage your Hetzner Storage Boxes • View storage usage, access credentials, and settings The app supports multiple Projects and API tokens are securely stored in the iOS Keychain. This app is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with Hetzner Online GmbH. "Hetzner" is a trademark of Hetzner Online GmbH. HetzMate is an independent third-party application. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Hermes Conduit
This mobile client provides access to your personal AI agent, allowing you to chat, talk, and manage tasks from your devices. It offers real-time voice calls, context-aware chat, and control over your agent's bots and jobs.
- Real-time voice calls with AI models
- Context-aware chat with rich media support
- Task management and bot interaction
- Voice control for jobs and calls
- Cross-device session synchronization
- Customizable AI agent skills and tools
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Hermes Conduit is an independent client for your own Hermes agent, on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Your sessions, profiles, bots and tools are the same ones you use on desktop, in a touch-first app built for chatting, talking, and keeping an eye on your agent while you're away from your desk. TALK TO HERMES • Real-time voice calls with Gemini Live, Qwen Live, GPT-Live and Grok Live, or Local Live on your own speech server, with echo cancellation and interruption • Start, check and cancel Hermes jobs by voice, with results folded back into the call • Calls stay with the chat you started them from, keep going with the screen locked, shrink to a bar while you read, and are saved as chats • Hermes can call you when a job is done or it needs your answer; pick up like a normal call, even on your Watch • Talk from Apple Watch on its own, from CarPlay, from Siri, or with a wake phrase • Classic voice and dictation with spoken Stop and End, plus Read Aloud for any reply CHAT WITHOUT LOSING CONTEXT • Pick up desktop sessions and project chats where you left them, with replies streaming in live • Markdown, highlighted code, math, Mermaid diagrams and task lists • Map, place, travel, media, contact and info cards that Hermes draws right in the chat • Follow thinking, tool calls and each turn's steps, or keep them folded away • Answer Hermes' questions with a tap or a short form • Attach photos, camera shots and any file, or drag them in; long pastes become attachments • Swipe through pictures full screen; quote, react to, edit and resend messages • Browse every file and artifact Hermes made, and your project folders • On iPad and Mac, resize the chat list and chat columns; text grows with the window TASKS, BOTS AND PULSE • Tasks board: follow Hermes' Kanban tasks and add new ones • Open your Hermes bots and their Bot Chats; set each bot's model, skills and tools • Group chats with your bots and @mentions • Review, run and edit scheduled jobs • Pulse (beta): turn it on and Hermes brings things up on its own, from a morning brief to follow-ups on your plans YOUR PHONE, IF YOU ALLOW IT Every one is off until you turn it on, and goes only to your own Hermes host: • Location and place rules, travel times and directions • Calendar and reminders, with each change asked first • Apple Health data • Focus, alarms and timers, and contacts you pick • Ask Hermes about what's on your screen, or send anything to it from Shortcuts or the share sheet STAY IN CONTROL • Approve tools and answer questions straight from a notification, end-to-end encrypted between your host and your phone • Live Activities for a running reply on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Home Screen widgets to start a chat or talk in one tap • Switch providers, models and reasoning effort mid-conversation; watch context use; steer, queue or stop a turn • Branch, pin, archive and delete sessions; switch profiles and Hermes servers • Turn skills, tools, connectors and plugins on or off • Face ID or Touch ID lock, credentials kept in the Keychain EASY TO SET UP Sign in with your dashboard address, a QR code or a setup link from your agent. Install the free Hermes Conduit Notifier plugin on your host for notifications, voice calls, cards and phone features. BUILT FOR SELF-HOSTED HERMES Conduit connects to the Hermes dashboard you run, and in live voice calls to the voice provider you choose. It is not a hosted AI service, and a working Hermes installation is required. Free, with no ads, no analytics and no tracking. If Conduit crashes or freezes, it asks once whether to send that report (call stacks, app and iOS version, device model) to its developer, and sends nothing unless you tap Send. Available in English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish and Turkish. Hermes Conduit is an independent client and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Nous Research.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hermes Conduit at none against HetzMate for Hetzner Cloud's 6. Hermes Conduit also leads on ratings volume (50 vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). HetzMate for Hetzner Cloud's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). 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. HetzMate for Hetzner Cloud sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Hermes Conduit asks for nothing beyond the download.
HetzMate for Hetzner Cloud holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hermes Conduit has 50 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of HetzMate for Hetzner Cloud's written reviews are positive against 81% of Hermes Conduit's.
HetzMate for Hetzner Cloud ships an update every 3 weeks, Hermes Conduit weekly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | HetzMate for Hetzner Cloud | Hermes Conduit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #66 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lars Herres | Long Cheung Ho |
Customer experience
HetzMate for Hetzner Cloud
Hermes Conduit
In-app purchases
HetzMate for Hetzner Cloud
- HetzMate Pro Subscription$0.991 Month
- HetzMate Pro Subscription$1.991 Month
- HetzMate Pro Subscription$8.991 Year
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- HetzMate Pro Subscription$12.991 Year
- HetzMate Pro$5.99
- HetzMate Pro$7.99
Hermes Conduit
No in-app purchases
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