Paseo vs Exponential
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paseo
This app allows you to run advanced AI coding assistants like Claude Code and Codex directly on your local machine. It provides hands-free voice control and integrates with your development workflow, keeping your code secure and private.
- Run Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode locally
- Voice control for hands-free operation
- Git worktree integration for isolated branches
- Real-time output streaming and notifications
- Self-hosted for enhanced privacy
- 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.
Exponential
This app provides a unified workspace for teams building with AI, integrating issue tracking, customer support, and coding agents. It offers real-time synchronization across devices and allows users to interact with AI coding sessions and manage support tickets seamlessly.
- Real-time issue tracking with priorities and custom statuses
- GitHub-backed boards for product development
- Markdown descriptions and comments with @mentions
- AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, pi) integration
- Live coding session monitoring and steering
- Integrated customer support ticketing
- Open-source and self-hostable
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Vibecode together. Exponential is a realtime issue tracker for teams that build with AI. Issues, customer support and coding agents in one workspace, in sync on every device. Track work with your team: • Issues with priorities, labels, due dates and custom statuses • Boards for every part of your product, each optionally backed by a GitHub repository • Markdown descriptions and comments with @mentions, task lists and inline images • Realtime sync, the moment anything changes. No refresh, no stale views • Push notifications for mentions, assignments and PR activity Bring your own agents. Claude Code, Codex or pi run locally on your connected desktop, on your subscription. Pick an issue and hit Start coding, even from your phone. Your agent works on a real branch in your desktop IDE and opens the pull request when it is done. • Watch coding sessions live in the Agents tab and steer them by message • Answer your agent's questions right from your phone • Save actions for repeating AI tasks like code reviews, deploys or merge conflicts, and run them with one tap Customer support in the same workspace. Tickets from your users land next to your issues, replies go out by email, and the whole team sees the conversation. Free for teams of up to three on the hosted cloud, one plan when you grow. Exponential is open source under Apache-2.0, so self-hosting is free at any company size.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Paseo at 98 against Exponential's 2. Paseo also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Paseo against 5.0 for Exponential. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paseo has 98 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Paseo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Exponential's.
Paseo ships an update every 4 days, Exponential every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paseo | Exponential |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (98 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 98 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mohamed Boudra Ziani | Dennis Strahhuber |
Customer experience
Paseo
Exponential
In-app purchases
Paseo
No in-app purchases
Exponential
No in-app purchases
