Comparison

Remote Agents vs Heeler for herdr

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

Head to head
About

Remote Agents

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Continue interacting with your coding agents when away from your desk. Private local network option if on the same network while away from your desk, or private cloud option for continuing development from anywhere. No loss of context for your ongoing agent chat sessions. Keep your agents busy and continue prompting while you walk away for a snack, go to the coffee shop, or head to a meeting. Accept tool calls, review and accept file changes, start new sessions, all from your phone or another PC. Use your phone to take a snapshot of an error or the UI and send it to the agent working on your project. Built-in local LLM agent for complete privacy, or use the models currently in your IDE.

About

Heeler for herdr

Manage and interact with coding agents running on your machines through a unified console. View live terminals, draft prompts locally, and send messages securely. Offers encrypted notifications and direct agent controls.

Highlights
  • Unified agent console
  • Live terminal rendering
  • Native prompt composer
  • Direct agent controls
  • Encrypted notifications
  • QR pairing
Features
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Heeler is a native iOS companion for herdr, an agent-first terminal runtime. See every coding agent running on your machines in one priority-sorted console. Open an Agent to read and steer its live terminal, draft prompts locally with the standard iOS keyboard, and send complete messages when you are ready. FEATURES • Unified Agent Console across multiple Hosts • Live terminal rendering with native scrollback and touch scrolling • Native Composer with autocorrect, IME, dictation, and attachment staging • Direct Agent controls for Esc, Tab, arrows, Enter, and more • QR pairing with an on-device Ed25519 key • End-to-end encrypted notifications when an Agent is Blocked or Done • Worktree-based Agent launches • SSH Jump Host support • Independent light and dark terminal themes PRIVACY Heeler has no analytics or account system. SSH credentials stay in the iOS Keychain. Live terminal output and prompts travel directly between your device and your own Host over SSH. Notification content is encrypted on your Host before passing through the push relay. REQUIREMENTS Heeler requires access to a machine running herdr 0.7.5 or later with OpenSSH Remote Login enabled. Install the included herdr plugin to scan a Pairing Code and enable Agent Notifications. Heeler is an independent project and is not affiliated with the herdr project.

Screenshots

Remote Agents3 screens
Heeler for herdr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Heeler for herdr at #85 against Remote Agents's unranked. Remote Agents's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remote Agents ships an update every 3 days, Heeler for herdr weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Remote Agents versus Heeler for herdr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote AgentsHeeler for herdr
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
Best chart rank—#85 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeremy von Oy野 张

In-app purchases

None

Remote Agents

No in-app purchases

None

Heeler for herdr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remote Agents free?
Remote Agents is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heeler for herdr free?
Heeler for herdr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Remote Agents or Heeler for herdr have ads?
Neither Remote Agents nor Heeler for herdr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Remote Agents or Heeler for herdr?
Remote Agents ships an update every 3 days, and Heeler for herdr weekly. Most recently, Remote Agents was updated on October 8, 2026 and Heeler for herdr on October 29, 2026.

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