exe.dev vs hark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
exe.dev
Manage your virtual machines and coding agent from your phone. Transform ideas into production-ready code remotely. Offers auto-renewable monthly subscriptions for various plans.
- Virtual machine management
- Coding agent integration
- Remote development
- Idea to production workflow
- Monthly subscription plans
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The exe.dev app gives you access to all of your virtual machines on exe.dev, together with their coding agent, Shelley. Idea to production from your phone. exe.dev offers auto-renewable monthly subscriptions (Small, Medium, Large, and XLarge). Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase confirmation. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://exe.dev/docs/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://exe.dev/docs/privacy-notice
hark
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Hark gives indie developers one place for notifications from all their projects. Create a service in the Hark dashboard, copy its private webhook URL, and POST a simple JSON payload whenever something happens. Hark delivers the event to your iPhone as a communication notification with your project’s name and image. Use Hark for: • New signups and waitlist joins • Payments and subscription events • Failed jobs and operational alerts • Customer feedback • Launch milestones and anything else that can call a webhook Each service can define a default title, image, and destination URL. Individual requests can override those fields when needed. Hark also includes idempotency protection, delivery activity, and secure token rotation. One app. Every project. Let the important things find you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: hark at none against exe.dev's 3. hark also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.2). 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
Both are free to download. exe.dev sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. hark asks for nothing beyond the download.
exe.dev ships an update every 10 days, hark every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | exe.dev | hark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ssh exe.dev | Ryan Vogel |
In-app purchases
exe.dev
- Individual — Small$24.991 Month
- Individual — Medium$49.991 Month
- Individual - Large$99.991 Month
hark
No in-app purchases





