Comparison

Happier vs Conductor.build

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

Head to head
About

Happier

This app allows you to remotely manage and interact with AI coding agents like Claude and Codex from your phone. Continue sessions started on your computer, approve commands, review code changes, and even use a voice assistant for hands-free control. It integrates with your existing AI subscriptions and offers end-to-end encryption for security.

Highlights
  • Remote session management
  • Approve/deny commands via push notification
  • Review code changes and send notes
  • Integrated editor, Git, and terminal
  • Voice assistant for hands-free control
  • Session collaboration and inter-session communication
  • Utilizes existing AI subscriptions
Features
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Happier is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted companion app for AI coding agents: Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor, Pi, Grok, Gemini, Copilot, Qwen, Kimi, Kilo, Kiro, Auggie. Run sessions on your computer, and continue them from your phone. Use our desktop app or web app, and truly start working from anywhere. YOUR EXISTING SESSIONS? ALREADY THERE. Open any Claude Code, Codex or OpenCode session running on your computer — live, from your phone. Nothing to migrate, nothing to learn. APPROVE FROM ANYWHERE Your agent asks to run a command and you get a push notification with Allow and Deny on it. Sessions waiting on a decision rise to a "Needs attention" group at the top of your list; everything still running gathers under "Working". REVIEW THE DIFF. SEND NOTES TO YOUR AGENTS. Browse every line your agent changed. Mark the exact lines you want addressed, choose which notes to send, and hand them straight back — same session, or a new one. EDITOR. GIT. TERMINAL. ONE TAP AWAY. Chat, files, Git and a live terminal, each its own tab. Open a file to read or edit it, review the diff, manage branches and open a pull request. YOU LOVE THE TERMINAL? WE DO TOO. If you want, you can keep running Claude Code, Codex or OpenCode in their native TUI. Happier mirrors them to every device, so you can follow along, send messages and approve permissions from anywhere — and switch between the terminal and Happier whenever you like. A COLLEAGUE YOU CAN TALK TO The voice assistant watches every running session. Brainstorm the next change, approve a permission or send a message, without picking up the phone. YOUR SESSIONS WORK AS A TEAM A session can start another session, send it messages and read its transcript — so a Claude session and a Codex session can split the work between them. Each one still runs its own subagents, on whichever backend you choose. USE THE SUBSCRIPTIONS YOU ALREADY PAY FOR Happier reuses the subscriptions and logins your existing CLIs already use — Claude, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, OpenCode. No new bill, no double billing, and Happier sells no AI of its own. POOL YOUR ACCOUNTS. KEEP THE SESSION GOING. Link accounts you own into a pool and watch usage and quota resets for every one of them in the app. Nothing switches until you build a pool — once you have, Claude Code and Codex sessions can change account without stopping, moving to whichever member has the most quota left, at most once a turn and never past a reset time the provider has published. OPEN SOURCE. END-TO-END ENCRYPTED. Your messages, prompts and session content are encrypted on your device before they reach a server: AES-256-GCM under a key drawn for that one session, sealed to an account key that is created on a device and never leaves your devices. The relay stores ciphertext and has nothing to open it with. Put the relay on your own hardware with one command — happier relay host install — or reach your computer over Tailscale and use no relay at all. FREE, AND MIT LICENSED The CLI, the mobile apps, the desktop app, the web app and the relay. No seat count, no trial, no feature gate. github.com/happier-dev/happier HOW TO START 1. On your computer: curl -fsSL https://happier.dev/install | bash (Windows: iwr https://happier.dev/install.ps1 -useb | iex) 2. Scan the QR code your terminal prints, with this app. 3. Start a session from the app, or run "happier claude" or "happier codex" in your terminal. REQUIRES A COMPUTER Happier is the client for agents running somewhere you control. It does not run an agent in the cloud, and your repository is never copied to us: the agent reads and writes files on the computer it runs on, and that computer stays the only full copy. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Anthropic, Google, GitHub or Cursor.

About

Conductor.build

Manage a team of cloud-based coding agents directly from your Mac or phone. This tool allows for seamless control and operation of your development team from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Cloud-based coding agents
  • Remote team management
  • Mac and phone control
  • Developer tool
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Conductor lets you run a team of coding agents in the cloud and control them from your mac or phone.

Screenshots

Happier4 screens
Conductor.build4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Conductor.build at every 4 days against Happier's every 4 weeks. Conductor.build also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (89% vs 71%). Happier's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Conductor.build holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Happier's written reviews are positive against 89% of Conductor.build's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Happier ships an update every 4 weeks, Conductor.build every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Happier versus Conductor.build: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHappierConductor.build
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (16 ratings)4.7 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#138#71 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeeroy BrunMelty, Inc.

Customer experience

Happier

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

Conductor.build

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

None

Happier

No in-app purchases

None

Conductor.build

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Happier free?
Happier is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Conductor.build free?
Conductor.build is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Happier or Conductor.build?
Conductor.build is rated higher. Happier averages 4.4 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Conductor.build averages 4.7 from 13 ratings.
Do Happier or Conductor.build have ads?
Neither Happier nor Conductor.build shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Happier or Conductor.build?
Happier ships an update every 4 weeks, and Conductor.build every 4 days. Most recently, Happier was updated on November 5, 2026 and Conductor.build on October 31, 2026.
Which is more popular, Happier or Conductor.build?
Happier currently peaks at #138 in the App Store charts, and Conductor.build at #71. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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