Ruckus vs Hermex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ruckus
This application serves as an integrated development environment for the Racket programming language. It allows users to write and execute Racket code directly on their mobile devices.
- Racket IDE
- Write Racket code
- Execute Racket code
- Mobile code execution
- Racket programming language support
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An IDE for the Racket programming language. Write and execute Racket code right on your device.
Hermex
This app provides a native mobile interface for interacting with your self-hosted Hermes Agent server. It allows you to manage conversations, control agent settings, and access workspace files directly from your iPhone.
- Connect to your own Hermes server
- Manage existing and start new conversations
- Control models, profiles, and reasoning
- Attach files and photos
- Browse workspace files
- Offline read-only viewing of recent sessions
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Hermex is a native iPhone and iPad client for your self-hosted Hermes agent. Connect to a reachable Hermes Web UI server, or enable the optional Bot Mode beta to connect directly to a Hermes agent host. Open existing sessions, start conversations, and follow streamed responses, tools, and reasoning as they arrive. Queue, steer, or stop an active run. Review file edits as diffs, browse workspace files, send photos and files, and dictate messages. Manage Kanban boards and cards, browse Tasks, Skills, Memory, and Usage, and choose models, profiles, and reasoning settings. Bot Mode adds a Bots inbox, Desktop sections, reactions, quick replies, approvals, questions, and group rooms. Live Activities keep working runs visible on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Optional notifications let you know when work finishes or needs your attention. The share extension stages content from other apps for you to review and send. Agent execution happens on your configured server, not on the iPhone. Your server owns your conversations, tools, and workspace. Recent sessions and messages may be cached locally for read-only offline viewing; clear that cache from Settings. There is no Hermex-hosted agent backend, tracking, or analytics service. Optional push notifications use an open-source, self-hostable relay. Message previews are encrypted on your Hermes host and decrypted on your iPhone; the relay handles device tokens, notification metadata, and ciphertext, never message text, server URLs, or Hermes server credentials. Push is off until enabled. Hermex has no in-app account creation or in-app purchases. You need your own reachable Hermes server. Not affiliated with Nous Research.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Hermex at 193 against Ruckus's 2. Hermex also leads on chart position (#30 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Ruckus's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ruckus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hermex has 193 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Ruckus's written reviews are positive against 85% of Hermex's.
Ruckus ships an update every 3 days, Hermex weekly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Ruckus | Hermex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (193 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 193 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #30 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 413 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CLEARTYPE SOCIETATE CU RASPUNDERE LIMITATA | Uzair Ansar |
Customer experience
Ruckus
Hermex
In-app purchases
Ruckus
No in-app purchases
Hermex
No in-app purchases









