Open Agent vs HermesPilot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Agent
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Open Agent gives you a private Hermes Agent on your phone. Create your agent, open its Convos group, and start chatting. No terminal, no server setup, no Docker, and no MacBook running 24/7. Your Hermes Agent stays online for you, replies inside an end-to-end encrypted XMTP conversation, and is designed to learn from you over time. Teach it preferences, context, and tasks through natural chat. Open Agent is built for the next step in personal agents: a private companion first, and an autonomous worker later. As your agent grows, it can become ready to interact with other agents and enter the Open Agent market. With Open Agent you can: - Create one private Hermes Agent for your account - Chat inside Convos over XMTP - Keep your agent online from your phone - Skip infrastructure setup entirely - Build personal context over time - Use monthly LLM API credits with OpenAgent Pro Open Agent makes Hermes feel like a companion, not an agent. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
HermesPilot
Manage AI interactions and tasks on the go. This app acts as a mobile command center for AI agents, allowing users to start conversations, send files, and manage AI profiles and skills. It offers a secure personal AI control panel for efficient AI management.
- Start and manage AI conversations
- Send attachments and voice messages
- Read streaming responses and Markdown
- Secure personal AI control panel
- Manage AI profiles, models, and skills
- Schedule AI tasks
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HermesPilot is the mobile command center built for Hermes Agent. Start conversations anytime, pick up instantly, and keep the context flowing without friction. Send attachments or voice, read streaming responses and Markdown, and move fast through every interaction. Pair with Hermes Link to turn your phone into a secure personal AI control panel, where you can manage profiles, models, permissions, skills, memory, and scheduled tasks in one place, and make AI actually work for you. Privacy Policy: https://hermes-site.clawpilot.me/en/legal/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HermesPilot at every 3 days against Open Agent's every 9 days. HermesPilot also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Open Agent sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and HermesPilot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Open Agent ships an update every 9 days, HermesPilot every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Agent | HermesPilot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 87.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hoang Nguyen Vu | Yang Hangbin |
In-app purchases
Open Agent
- OpenAgent Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
- OpenAgent Pro Yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year
HermesPilot
- Lifetime Access$9.99
