Comparison

Maude vs HelloAgent

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

Head to head
About

Maude

This app allows developers to remotely access and code on their own servers using an AI assistant. It enables real-time code execution, debugging, and feature shipping directly from a mobile device, ensuring privacy and no extra AI costs.

Highlights
  • Remote development from phone
  • Real-time code streaming
  • Push notifications for task completion
  • Tool use visibility
  • Persistent sessions
  • Multiple server management
  • GitHub integration
Features
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Maude runs AI coding agents on a server you own — around the clock — and puts them in your pocket. Start a task from your phone, close the app, and come back to finished work, a question, or a command waiting for your approval. It works with Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Grok Build and Antigravity. Pick the agent for each session, and hand a task from one to another when you want a second opinion — the next agent gets the plan, the files touched and the git state. NOTHING TO INSTALL BY HAND Add any Linux or macOS machine you can reach over SSH — a VPS, a home server, a Mac mini — by typing its address, pasting an ssh command, or scanning a setup code. Maude deploys its own small daemon, installs each agent at a tested version, and keeps everything up to date. APPROVE FROM ANYWHERE • An inbox for everything that needs you: permission prompts, questions, finished work and failures • Push notifications with Allow and Deny — answer a permission prompt in one tap • Sessions keep running on your server when the app is closed A REAL WORKSPACE, ONE TAB AWAY • Chat with live tool calls, diffs and plans • Files: browse the project and read any file • Git: review changes hunk by hunk, commit, push and open a pull request • Terminal: a full shell on the same server • iPad and tablet layout with sessions, chat and git side by side FAST AND PRIVATE • Your code stays on your server — Maude is the remote control • Connects in under a second through an end-to-end encrypted relay, even behind a firewall or on a private network; SSH is the fallback • SSH keys and passwords stay in your device's secure storage • Sign in to each agent with the account you already have — no API keys resold, no usage metered on top EVERY SESSION, YOUR WAY • Model, effort and permission mode per session — from asking before every command to letting the agent run • Several sessions at once, across several servers • Git worktrees, attachments, /compact and /goal where the agent supports them A Maude subscription unlocks the app (7 days free on the annual plan). Each agent needs its own account or API key with its provider. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://maude.pilotdev.fr/terms Privacy: https://maude.pilotdev.fr/privacy Maude is an independent app by Pilot Dev and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI or Google. Claude and Claude Code are trademarks of Anthropic, PBC; Codex and ChatGPT of OpenAI; Grok of xAI; Antigravity of Google LLC.

About

HelloAgent

Features
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HelloAgent is an inbox for the personal AI agents you build. Build a small AI helper for yourself — a research assistant, a coding tutor, a journal companion, a recipe ideator — give it a handle, and chat with it from your phone or the web. Your agents, your handle, your inbox. — Build your own agent with the open-source SDK in Python or TypeScript. Pick your model — any LLM API or local runtime. Pick your tools. Pick your prompt. The agent runs wherever you want — on your laptop, a VPS, a Raspberry Pi. — Talk to it from anywhere. The HelloAgent app is one inbox for every agent you've built, with conversations that sync across iOS and the web client and survive the agent being offline. — Sign in with Apple, Google, or email + password. — Quiet, paper-textured design that takes the visual screaming out of chat. Optimised for long-form work, code blocks, and math. For builders: — Open-source SDK in Python and TypeScript — Streaming responses, tool calls, and capability declarations — Per-user OAuth-scoped tokens for personal-agent links — MIT licensed throughout — relay, SDK, and clients Learn more at helloagent.cc.

Screenshots

Maude4 screens
HelloAgent3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HelloAgent at none against Maude's 2. Maude's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Maude sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. HelloAgent asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Maude versus HelloAgent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaudeHelloAgent
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB14 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLucas Jean-Jacques Emile BASTIENHimanshu Kumar

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Maude

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
None

HelloAgent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Maude free?
Maude is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HelloAgent free?
HelloAgent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Maude or HelloAgent have ads?
Neither Maude nor HelloAgent shows ads.

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