Comparison

Happier vs Temp Number | Receive SMS

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 acts as a secure bridge for AI coding agents, allowing you to run and continue sessions from your computer on your phone. It supports collaboration, reliable session resuming, and full history access with end-to-end encryption.

Highlights
  • Collaborative coding sessions
  • Support for multiple AI providers
  • Persistent and resumable sessions
  • Seamless switching between devices
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Infinite message history
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

Temp Number | Receive SMS

Get a temporary phone number to receive verification codes without sharing your personal number. This app provides disposable numbers from various countries, displays incoming SMS codes instantly, and allows one-tap copying. It's ideal for trying new services or avoiding spam.

Highlights
  • Temporary phone numbers
  • Receive SMS verification codes
  • Numbers from multiple countries
  • Instant code display
  • One-tap code copying
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Need a phone number just to get a verification code? Use one of ours instead of giving out your own. Receive SMS lets you grab a temporary phone number, use it wherever a site or app asks you to verify by text, and read the code right here in a few seconds. No SIM card, no sign up, and we never ask for anything about you. It's handy when you want to try something without handing over your real number, or when you just want to keep the spam away from your actual phone. What you get: Temporary numbers from lots of different countries Codes show up in the app, usually within seconds We spot the verification code for you, so you can copy it with one tap The inbox updates on its own while you wait Save the numbers you like so they're easy to find later Works great in dark mode How it works: Pick a country and choose a number, use it where the code is asked for, then come back and the message is waiting. Tap the code to copy it and you're done. One thing to keep in mind: these numbers are public and shared, so anyone using the app can see the messages they get. Please don't use them for your bank, your email, or anything personal, and never send private info to them. The app only receives texts. It can't send messages or make calls.

Screenshots

Happier4 screens
Temp Number | Receive SMS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Happier at 4.3 against Temp Number | Receive SMS's 3.0. Happier also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 2). Temp Number | Receive SMS's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). 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

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

Happier holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Happier has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Happier's written reviews are positive against 100% of Temp Number | Receive SMS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Happier ships an update every 5 weeks, Temp Number | Receive SMS every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Happier versus Temp Number | Receive SMS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHappierTemp Number | Receive SMS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (15 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#152#29 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeeroy BrunYarden Mitrani

Customer experience

Happier

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

Temp Number | Receive SMS

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Happier

No in-app purchases

None

Temp Number | Receive SMS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Happier free?
Happier is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Temp Number | Receive SMS free?
Temp Number | Receive SMS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Happier or Temp Number | Receive SMS?
Happier is rated higher. Happier averages 4.3 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Temp Number | Receive SMS averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Happier or Temp Number | Receive SMS have ads?
Neither Happier nor Temp Number | Receive SMS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Happier or Temp Number | Receive SMS?
Happier ships an update every 5 weeks, and Temp Number | Receive SMS every 2 weeks. Most recently, Happier was updated on October 26, 2026 and Temp Number | Receive SMS on October 25, 2026.
Which is more popular, Happier or Temp Number | Receive SMS?
Happier currently peaks at #152 in the App Store charts, and Temp Number | Receive SMS at #29. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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