Comparison

Preloop vs Greenlight AI

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

Head to head
About

Preloop

This app acts as a human approval layer for AI agents, intercepting risky actions and routing them for your one-tap approval. It allows AI to handle routine tasks while you maintain control over critical decisions, ensuring compliance and an audit trail.

Highlights
  • Human approval for AI actions
  • Instant notifications with context
  • One-tap approve/decline
  • Audit trail for compliance
  • Risk-based policy enforcement
  • Works with Claude and Cursor
Features
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Preloop is the human approval layer for autonomous AI agents. When your agents attempt risky actions like deployments, refunds, or data changes, Preloop intercepts the request and routes it to you for approval right on your iPhone or Apple Watch. The right people in your organization get instant notifications with full context, approve or decline with one tap, while your organization maintains a complete audit trail for compliance. Preloop enables event-driven automation through Agentic Flows - let AI agents handle routine work automatically while you control critical decisions. Setup takes 3 minutes as an MCP proxy, works with Claude and Cursor, and requires no infrastructure changes. Risk-based policies ensure only high-stakes actions need approval while low-risk operations run automatically. AI agents can't take legal or moral responsibility for their actions - Preloop ensures humans stay in control. Perfect for engineering teams, DevOps, and anyone deploying autonomous AI in production. Enterprise-ready, designed for SOC2 compliance, role-based access, and secure end-to-end encryption.

About

Greenlight AI

Features
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Your agents keep stopping. Greenlight keeps them working — so you actually get what you're paying for. Works with Claude Code, Codex CLI and more. Free features: * Ticket driven workflow — work at the level of specs instead of chat * Approve, deny, or halt — stay in control of every agent action with a single tap * Direct Claude — send instructions to any agent session from your phone * Start or resume agents — launch or wake a session right from your phone * Push notifications — know when your agents are blocked or idle * Apple Watch — keep your agents working with a tap of your wrist * Voice input — direct your agents with fast, accurate voice to text * Temporary grants — never worry about over-generous agent permissions Greenlight Pro: * Autopilot — write a ticket and have Greenlight spin up agents to spec, code, review and merge it Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Preloop2 screens
Greenlight AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Preloop at none against Greenlight AI's 1. Preloop also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Greenlight AI's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). On price and ads 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. Greenlight AI sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Preloop asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Preloop ships an update every 3 months, Greenlight AI every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Preloop versus Greenlight AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPreloopGreenlight AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.216.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpacecode AI IncVerge Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

Preloop

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Greenlight AI

Subscriptions1
  • Greenlight Pro$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Preloop free?
Preloop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Greenlight AI free?
Greenlight AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Preloop or Greenlight AI have ads?
Neither Preloop nor Greenlight AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Preloop or Greenlight AI?
Preloop ships an update every 3 months, and Greenlight AI every 4 days. Most recently, Preloop was updated on September 25, 2026 and Greenlight AI on September 21, 2026.

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