Comparison

Agent Approve vs CLI Pulse

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

Head to head
About

Agent Approve

Monitor and control AI agents from your wrist or phone. Approve or deny commands with a single tap, ensuring safety and efficiency. Protect your work from destructive AI actions with customizable policies.

Highlights
  • Approve/deny commands from wrist or phone
  • Centralized policy management
  • Compound command parsing
  • Full command observability
  • Readable command rendering
  • End-to-end encryption
Features
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You're racing to ship. If your agents are idle, you're not gonna make it. Every pending approval is wasted time. So you're chained to your laptop, all day and night. This isn't the AI future we were promised – go out and enjoy life. Agent Approve brings observability & control to your wrist: track AI agent activity, protect yourself with policy, and approve with a tap, wherever life takes you. HOW IT WORKS Agent Approve uses the hooks already built into your agent and coding tools, so you don't have to change how you work. When an agent goes to run a command or call a tool, it's encrypted on your machine and sent through our cloud relay, where it's evaluated against policy. Compound commands are separated to catch hidden destructive commands. Matches to your deny list or allow list are handled immediately. Those that need review are pushed to your iPhone or Apple Watch. When it reaches you, you see the full command, tap approve or deny, and can add it to your allow or deny list so you're never asked again. Everything is end-to-end encrypted: you own your data and keys. WHY IT MATTERS Some commands have no undo. Agents have wiped production databases, deleted home directories, and force-pushed away weeks of work – usually in seconds, while no one was watching. And the agents you can't see are the ones that bite: a scheduled task that drifts, a retry loop that burns thousands in tokens overnight, or a helpful agent sharing secrets with a bad actor. Agent Approve ships with a Restrictive policy that blocks 250+ destructive commands out of the box, a Permissive policy that auto-approves common safe commands, and you can always build your own. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO STAY IN CONTROL • Approve from your wrist or phone – one tap, wherever you are. • Centralized policy – allow, deny, or ask, with 250+ destructive patterns blocked out of the box. • Compound-command parsing – catches the dangerous command hidden inside a scripted command sequence. • Full observability – every command, tool call, and action in one live feed, including subagents and agent profiles (each Hermes profile shows up as its own agent). • Readable at a glance – commands, plans, and tool payloads render as formatted markdown and JSON, not a wall of raw text. • Interactive Q&A – review the agent's plan, and answer questions from your phone (limited support). • Completion alerts + follow-ups – know the moment an agent finishes, then send its next move by voice or a quick reply. • Privacy tiers & retention – choose how much of each command is stored (tool name, short summary, or full content) and how long to keep it. • End-to-end encryption – you own your data and your keys, with optional key rotation for forward secrecy. WORKS WITH EVERY AGENT YOU USE Agent Approve runs on the hooks already native to your coding tools. Where there isn't one, we ship a plugin. 14 agents and counting, including: Antigravity, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Hermes, OpenClaw, OpenCode, OpenHands, Pi, VS Code Copilot, and Windsurf. It's the only cross-platform AI agent observability and control layer on your wrist. TRY BEFORE YOU COMMIT Tap "Try Demo" on the welcome screen to explore the full approval flow with sample data – no account or agent required. To try with your own agents, run 'npx agentapprove' on your computer. It installs the hooks or plugins for the agents you select, and walks you through pairing – scan the QR code, hit Subscribe, and start a 7-day free trial before you're charged. — Agent Approve requires an auto-renewable subscription after a 7-day free trial. • Agent Approve Monthly – $14.99/month • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription auto-renews unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the period. • Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. • Privacy Policy: https://www.agentapprove.com/privacy • Terms of Use: https://www.agentapprove.com/terms

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CLI Pulse

Features
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CLI Pulse keeps track of your AI coding tools: how much of each quota you have used, when it resets and what your usage is costing you. It works with Claude, Codex, Gemini, Cursor, Copilot, OpenRouter, Ollama and dozens of other providers, on your Mac and on your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. On your Mac - Your providers' quotas and reset times, one click away in the menu bar - Pace: whether your quota will last until it resets, or when it will run out - Estimated cost from your Claude Code and Codex logs, calculated on your Mac - Usage history for each provider, an activity heatmap and a cost forecast - Active and recent sessions by project, with usage and estimated cost - Alerts when a quota crosses a threshold you choose and, when you are signed in, when your daily cost suddenly jumps - Cost reports you can export as CSV or PDF - Pulse Cat, an optional desktop cat whose vitals follow your real AI usage - No account needed: in local mode your usage stays on this Mac On iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch - The same quotas, costs, sessions and alerts, synced from your Mac - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets (Pro) - Siri and Shortcuts: ask for today's status or for one provider's remaining quota - Apple Watch: quota rings, alerts and sessions on your wrist The iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch apps show what CLI Pulse collects on your Mac. Install it on your Mac and sign in with the same account on each device. Try Demo shows the app with sample data before you connect a Mac. Privacy - Your provider API keys and the contents of your session logs never leave your Mac - When you sign in, usage figures sync to your CLI Pulse account over an encrypted connection - No ads and no third-party analytics SDKs Free and Pro CLI Pulse is free for up to three providers. CLI Pulse Pro adds unlimited providers and the Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Subscription information CLI Pulse Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription. Available plans, pricing, and billing periods are shown in the App Store and in the app at the time of purchase. Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use: https://cli-pulse.github.io/cli-pulse/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://cli-pulse.github.io/cli-pulse/privacy.html

Screenshots

Agent Approve4 screens
CLI Pulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Agent Approve at none against CLI Pulse's 4. Agent Approve also leads on chart position (#102 vs unranked). CLI Pulse's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CLI Pulse sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Agent Approve asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Agent Approve ships an update every 2 months, CLI Pulse every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Agent Approve versus CLI Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAgent ApproveCLI Pulse
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#102 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAgent Approve LLCYuhe Ye

In-app purchases

None

Agent Approve

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

CLI Pulse

Subscriptions4
  • CLI Pulse Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • CLI Pulse Team Monthly$1.991 Month
  • CLI Pulse Pro Yearly$12.991 Year
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  • CLI Pulse Team Yearly$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Agent Approve free?
Agent Approve is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CLI Pulse free?
CLI Pulse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Agent Approve or CLI Pulse have ads?
Neither Agent Approve nor CLI Pulse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Agent Approve or CLI Pulse?
Agent Approve ships an update every 2 months, and CLI Pulse every 4 days. Most recently, Agent Approve was updated on October 2, 2026 and CLI Pulse on October 10, 2026.

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