Comparison

Nex vs Tap Relay

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

Head to head
About

Nex

Features
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Nex-Bridge is the dedicated mobile management tool for your self-hosted local AI Agents. It bridges the gap between your mobile device and your desktop's local server, offering a seamless experience for developers and power users. IMPORTANT: This app is a connection tool only. It does not provide built-in AI models or generation services. You must have your own Local Gateway running on your computer to use this app. 【Core Features】 Secure Cloud Relay Access your local agents (like Clawdbot) from anywhere in the world. Our End-to-End Encrypted WebSocket relay service breaks through local network restrictions, allowing you to control your home server without complex VPN setups. AI Kanban Board More than just a chat interface. Nex-Bridge automatically parses task-related content from your agent's responses and organizes them into a visual Kanban board. Drag and drop tasks between "Todo", "Doing", and "Done" to keep your workflow moving. Native Performance Built with native iOS technologies, offering a smooth, responsive interface designed specifically for mobile task management. Privacy First (End-to-End Encryption) Zero-Knowledge Architecture. Your data is encrypted locally before transmission. The server only stores ciphertext, and your decryption keys/passwords are stored exclusively on your local device. We cannot access your data even if we wanted to. 【How to Use】 Set up and run the compatible Local Gateway on your desktop computer. Generate your connection Token. Enter the Token in Nex-Bridge to establish a secure, encrypted link. Start chatting and managing tasks remotely!

About

Tap Relay

Features
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Press the button. Fire the webhook. That's it. Tap Relay turns your iPhone into a portable bridge between a Flic Bluetooth button and any HTTPS webhook endpoint. Press the button, the phone fires a POST, your backend gets the event. No hub required. Works wherever your phone works. Setup is one QR scan. The official Flic app makes you type webhook URLs on a phone keyboard, hand-format JSON headers, and navigate deep menus to wire everything together. One typo and the whole thing silently breaks. Tap Relay does it differently. Your endpoint provider generates a QR code with the webhook URL, auth token, and button binding pre-configured. You scan it. You're done. Setup time: under five seconds. Built to survive the background. Most webhook apps die quietly when iOS gets aggressive with memory. Tap Relay uses Core Bluetooth State Restoration and background URLSession the way Apple intended — so even if the app gets evicted, the next button press wakes it up and fires the webhook anyway. Lightweight, single-purpose, no consumer-app bloat. Behaves more like a system daemon than an app. Made for the people who need it most. Developers wiring Flic buttons into Zapier, Make.com, Home Assistant, or their own PWA Mobile professionals — field techs, real estate agents, delivery drivers — who need the button to work away from home, not just inside HomeKit range SaaS platforms shipping pre-provisioned hardware to non-technical end users Anyone who wants a clean, reliable, single-purpose alternative to the official Flic experience What's inside Pair any Flic 2 button via the official Flic iOS SDK Scan a backend-signed QR code to provision the webhook target in one tap Fire HTTPS POST requests on press, double-press, and hold events Background-survivable BLE via Core Bluetooth State Restoration Reliable delivery via background URLSession (webhooks complete even if you put your phone in your pocket) HMAC-verified QR payloads (no risk of a malicious QR rebinding your button) Keychain-stored credentials (your tokens never sit in plain text) Live event log so you can see exactly what fired and when Test-fire button to confirm the pipeline end-to-end Privacy and security Tap Relay sends button events directly from your phone to your configured webhook. No third-party cloud relay. No analytics. Your tokens never leave your device except in the outbound POST to your endpoint. Not affiliated with Shortcut Labs. Tap Relay is an independent utility for Flic button owners. Flic® is a registered trademark of Shortcut Labs AB. This app uses the official Flic iOS SDK but is not made, endorsed, or supported by Shortcut Labs. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://taprelay-web.pages.dev/privacy.html

Screenshots

Nex4 screens
Tap Relay3 screens

Verdict

The call

Nex and Tap Relay are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Nex versus Tap Relay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNexTap Relay
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Huisheng Computer Technology Co.,LtdALLEN STURDIVANT

In-app purchases

None

Nex

No in-app purchases

None

Tap Relay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nex free?
Nex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tap Relay free?
Tap Relay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nex or Tap Relay have ads?
Neither Nex nor Tap Relay shows ads.

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