Comparison

Open Agent vs Talaria Agent Client

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

Head to head
About

Open Agent

Features
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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/

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Talaria Agent Client

Features
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Talaria is a native iPhone and iPad client for Hermes Agent โ€” the open-source agent you run on your own computer. It is not a chatbot with a server behind it. It talks to your machine, runs your models, and holds your credentials on your device. REQUIRES HERMES AGENT You need Hermes Agent running on a computer you control: github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent Talaria connects to it over your own network. There is no Talaria account and no service in the middle. If you do not run Hermes, this app has nothing to connect to โ€” open it and tap "Look around with sample data" to see how it works first. EVERY CONVERSATION, EVERYWHERE Sessions you started in the CLI, in the desktop app, or through a chat platform all show up in one list, with previews and the branch each was working on. Pick one up on your phone exactly where you left it. WATCH IT WORK Replies stream in as they are written. Every tool run is there to read โ€” the command, the output, the file it touched โ€” instead of a spinner and a summary. Charts and images the agent generates appear inline. YOU STAY IN THE LOOP When the agent is about to do something destructive, it stops and asks. Approvals, clarifying questions, sudo requests and credential prompts arrive on your phone, and nothing runs until you answer. TALK TO IT Hold the microphone and speak. Recognition happens on your phone whenever iOS has the offline language model installed for your language; where it does not, Apple's speech service transcribes the audio. Choose "On the server" for either direction in Settings to send it to your own gateway instead. SCHEDULED TASKS See what your agent is set to do and when, read what happened on past runs, and edit the schedule, the model and the prompt from your phone. SKILLS, TOOLS AND MEMORY Browse installed skills and turn them on or off. See connected MCP servers and the tools they expose. Read the agent's memory. Browse the working directory. WHAT IT COSTS TO RUN Token counts and spend per model, so you can see what a conversation actually cost. CHOOSE THE MODEL PER CONVERSATION Set the model and the thinking level before you send the first message, or change either mid-conversation. Eight thinking levels, from off to ultra. HOW IT CONNECTS Over HTTPS to a gateway with a valid certificate, or with a prompt to inspect and trust a self-signed one โ€” the same way an SSH client asks about a host key. Plain HTTP is allowed only to addresses that cannot leave a private network: Tailscale, your LAN, or localhost over a forwarded port. Credentials live in the iOS keychain. PRIVACY No account. No analytics. No crash reporting. No server operated by us, because there isn't one. Your data goes to the gateway you point it at โ€” and, if you dictate on a device without the offline language model, the audio goes to Apple for transcription. Nowhere else. Talaria is not affiliated with Nous Research.

Screenshots

Open Agent4 screens
Talaria Agent Client4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Open Agent at every 9 days against Talaria Agent Client's monthly. 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. Open Agent sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Talaria Agent Client sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Open Agent ships an update every 9 days, Talaria Agent Client monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Open Agent versus Talaria Agent Client: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpen AgentTalaria Agent Client
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days โ€” betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size101 MB13 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHoang Nguyen VuMarcos Chadwick

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Open Agent

Subscriptions2
  • OpenAgent Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • OpenAgent Pro Yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year
6 purchases

Talaria Agent Client

One-time6
  • Coffee$0.99
  • Lunch$2.99
  • Blue Bubbles$4.99
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  • Generous$9.99
  • Very generous$24.99
  • Extraordinarily generous$49.99

Questions

Is Open Agent free?
Open Agent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Talaria Agent Client free?
Talaria Agent Client is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Open Agent or Talaria Agent Client have ads?
Neither Open Agent nor Talaria Agent Client shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Open Agent or Talaria Agent Client?
Open Agent ships an update every 9 days, and Talaria Agent Client monthly. Most recently, Open Agent was updated on October 1, 2026 and Talaria Agent Client on October 16, 2026.

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