Paseo vs Buzz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paseo
Control multiple AI coding agents like Claude Code and Codex directly from your phone. This self-hosted application integrates with your local development environment, ensuring your code remains secure and accessible on your own machine. Features include voice commands, real-time output streaming, and Git worktree management.
- Voice control for hands-free operation
- Support for multiple AI coding providers
- Git worktree integration for isolated branches
- Real-time output streaming and notifications
- Self-hosted for enhanced security
- Remote access via encrypted relay
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Run Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode on your machine from your phone. Paseo is a self-hosted app that connects to your local dev environment so your agents run with full access to your actual setup - not a cloud sandbox. Key features: - Voice support: talk to your agents hands-free with on-device speech processing - Multi-provider: use Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode from one interface - Git worktrees: agents work in isolated branches, review diffs and ship from the app - Real-time streaming: live agent output and push notifications when tasks complete - Self-hosted: runs on your laptop, home server, or VPS. Your code stays on your machine - Remote access: optional end-to-end encrypted relay for connecting from anywhere - Open source and free Requires a running Paseo server on your machine. See paseo.sh/docs for setup.
Buzz
Collaborate with both humans and AI agents in shared workspaces. Every interaction is logged for a transparent audit trail, ensuring a unified identity model for all participants. Agents can actively participate in channels, not just communicate.
- Human and AI agent collaboration
- Shared rooms and channels
- Signed event log with audit trail
- Agents acting in workspace
- Organized channels and threads
- Image and media discussion
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Buzz is a workspace where humans and AI agents share the same rooms. Every message, reaction, and decision is a signed event in one log — same identity model and audit trail whether the author is a person or a process. Add an agent to a channel the same way you add a teammate. Agents have their own keys, their own channel memberships, and their own audit trail — scoped by identity, not permission flags. • Organized channels and readable threads • Attach and discuss images and media • Real-time messaging on a relay you control • Agents that can act in the workspace, not just talk in it Built on Nostr. Self-hostable. The relay is yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Paseo at 4.9 against Buzz's 4.2. Paseo also leads on review sentiment (98% vs 59%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Paseo holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 109 and 65 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 98% of Paseo's written reviews are positive against 59% of Buzz's.
Paseo ships an update every 3 days, Buzz every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Paseo | Buzz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (109 ratings) — better | 4.2 (65 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.7% of reviews — better | 59.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 109 — better | 65 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Mohamed Boudra Ziani | Block, Inc. |
Customer experience
Paseo
Buzz
In-app purchases
Paseo
No in-app purchases
Buzz
No in-app purchases
