Comparison

Remote Agents vs Herdie

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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

Herdie

Features
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Herdie brings your Herdr sessions to iPhone and iPad. Connect directly to your Mac or Linux host over SSH, check what your agents are doing, and send the next command. Your remote session keeps running when you leave the app. A terminal built for your phone Read terminal output behind floating controls, open the keyboard when you need it, or use the writing sheet for longer messages. Switch between running agents without leaving your session. Your hosts, one place Save SSH connections and reconnect with a tap. Use password authentication, an OpenSSH private key, or SSH none authentication for compatible hosts such as Tailscale SSH. Herdie asks you to verify new host keys and flags changes. Direct connections Terminal traffic travels directly between your device and your host. Passwords and private keys are stored in iOS Keychain. There is no Herdie account, terminal relay, or analytics SDK. Make it yours Choose a terminal theme and font size, customize the keyboard shortcuts, and use light or dark appearance. Herdie is free and open source. It requires a reachable SSH host with Herdr installed. It does not include a hosted computer or an AI subscription.

Screenshots

Remote Agents3 screens
Herdie2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Remote Agents at 13.0 against Herdie's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Remote Agents versus Herdie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote AgentsHerdie
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size25 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeremy von OyLucas Scariot

In-app purchases

None

Remote Agents

No in-app purchases

None

Herdie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remote Agents free?
Remote Agents is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Herdie free?
Herdie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Remote Agents or Herdie have ads?
Neither Remote Agents nor Herdie shows ads.

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