Comparison

Preloop vs IM.codes

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

IM.codes

Access and manage AI coding agents remotely from your phone or Apple Watch. Interact with multiple agents, view live terminal output, edit project files, and receive real-time notifications. Supports various AI CLIs and offers self-hostable options.

Highlights
  • Remote AI agent management
  • Live terminal output viewing
  • File browsing and editing
  • Git diff viewing
  • Parallel agent monitoring
  • Push notifications
  • Voice input
  • Biometric authentication
Features
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Remote terminal access for AI coding agents. Manage Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Qwen, and OpenClaw sessions from your phone and Apple Watch. • Sending messages to and receiving output from remote AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw)* • Cross agents aduit, review, plan, brainstorm, or discuss • Viewing live terminal output from remote development sessions • Browsing and edit remote project files, uploading files or photos from the device, downloading files from the server • Viewing repository information and file changes (git diffs) • Running and monitoring multiple agents in parallel • Receiving push notifications when agents complete tasks or need attention • Voice input for hands-free interaction • Biometric authentication with Face ID / Touch ID • Multi-server dashboard — manage agents across all your machines • Self-hostable — deploy the open-source server on your own infrastructure IM.codes is a developer tool — not an AI service. A daemon runs on your dev machine and manages terminal sessions through tmux. This app connects via WebSocket for real-time remote access, the same way an SSH client works. AI agent CLIs (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI) are third-party tools that you install and authenticate independently on your own machines. The relay server is fully open source under MIT. Self-host for production use, or try the demo at app.im.codes. Source: github.com/im4codes/imcodes

Screenshots

Preloop2 screens
IM.codes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: IM.codes at every 9 days against Preloop's every 3 months. IM.codes also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Preloop against 5.0 for IM.codes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Preloop ships an update every 3 months, IM.codes every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Preloop versus IM.codes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPreloopIM.codes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpacecode AI IncLei Sun

Customer experience

Preloop

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

IM.codes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Preloop

No in-app purchases

None

IM.codes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Preloop free?
Preloop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IM.codes free?
IM.codes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Preloop or IM.codes?
Preloop and IM.codes are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Preloop or IM.codes have ads?
Neither Preloop nor IM.codes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Preloop or IM.codes?
Preloop ships an update every 3 months, and IM.codes every 9 days. Most recently, Preloop was updated on October 11, 2026 and IM.codes on October 16, 2026.

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