Comparison

Agent Approve vs Agent Limbo

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

About

Agent Limbo

Features
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Agent Limbo is an AI workflow product built for Vibe Coding. It brings approvals for critical local agent actions and runtime status alerts to iPhone and Apple Watch, so you can stay in control of AI coding tasks anytime, even when you are away from your computer. Key features: - Real-time approvals: Receive approval requests on iPhone and Apple Watch, then allow or deny quickly. - Status monitoring: Check online status, pending approval queue, and recent tool calls. - Multi-agent support: Works with Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, and more. - Remote alerts: Get notified when tasks complete or fail, so you can stop watching the screen. - Simple pairing: Pair your iPhone/Apple Watch with your desktop agent in one step. - 18 built-in digital pets: Bring 18 unique pixel companions to your Apple Watch, each reacting to your AI workflow state. Best for: - Developers who use AI coding tools daily - People running long Vibe Coding sessions or long tasks - Users who want remote control over agent workflows Notes: - After installing and signing in, complete pairing on desktop first (Mac and Windows supported). - Some features depend on local network connectivity and notification permissions.

Screenshots

Agent Approve4 screens
Agent Limbo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Agent Approve at Free against Agent Limbo's $4.99. Agent Limbo's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases, chart position 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

Agent Approve is free to download; Agent Limbo costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Agent Approve ships an update every 2 months, Agent Limbo every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Agent Approve versus Agent Limbo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAgent ApproveAgent Limbo
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#187#129 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAgent Approve LLC雨川 甘

In-app purchases

None

Agent Approve

No in-app purchases

None

Agent Limbo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Agent Approve free?
Agent Approve is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Agent Limbo free?
Agent Limbo costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Agent Approve or Agent Limbo have ads?
Neither Agent Approve nor Agent Limbo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Agent Approve or Agent Limbo?
Agent Approve ships an update every 2 months, and Agent Limbo every 9 days. Most recently, Agent Approve was updated on October 2, 2026 and Agent Limbo on October 12, 2026.
Which is more popular, Agent Approve or Agent Limbo?
Agent Approve currently peaks at #187 in the App Store charts, and Agent Limbo at #129. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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