Cursory vs Harness
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cursory
Control cloud agents from your smartphone. Manage agents, monitor progress, and send follow-up instructions. Integrates with GitHub and allows image attachments for enhanced control.
- Control cloud agents
- Monitor progress and logs
- Send follow-up instructions
- GitHub integration
- Attach images to instructions
- Manage agents (create, list, inspect, stop, delete)
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Cursory is an iOS app that lets you control Cursor's Cloud Agents API right from your smartphone. Specify a repository, launch an agent, monitor progress and conversation logs, send follow-up instructions, and stop or delete agents — all on the go. - Create, list, and inspect agents - View conversation history and send follow-ups - Stop running agents and clean up completed ones - GitHub integration (optional): browse repositories and access pull requests - Attach images to instructions (optional): pick from your photo library A Cursor API key is required. GitHub integration is optional.
Harness
Manage AI agents remotely from your phone. Monitor progress, answer questions, and assign new tasks to your agents, no matter where you are.
- Remote AI agent management
- Monitor agent progress
- Answer agent queries
- Assign next tasks
- Mobile accessibility
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At the beach. In a taxi. Away from your desk. Your agents keep working—and you can check progress, answer questions, and give them their next task, right from your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cursory at 100% against Harness's 0%. Harness's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cursory ships an update every 3 days, Harness every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cursory | Harness |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | KEY Planning co.,ltd. | Autonomous Inc. |
Customer experience
Cursory
Harness
In-app purchases
Cursory
No in-app purchases
Harness
No in-app purchases
