Comparison

Ruckus vs Hermex

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Racket IDE
  • Write Racket code
  • Execute Racket code
  • Mobile code execution
  • Racket programming language support
Features
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An IDE for the Racket programming language. Write and execute Racket code right on your device.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Ruckus4 screens
Hermex4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ruckus ships an update every 3 days, Hermex weekly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Ruckus versus Hermex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRuckusHermex
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.8 (193 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better85.1% of reviews
Number of ratings2193 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#30 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size413 MB72 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCLEARTYPE SOCIETATE CU RASPUNDERE LIMITATAUzair Ansar

Customer experience

Ruckus

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hermex

All ratings135 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral1.5%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral6.9%
Negative8.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ruckus

No in-app purchases

None

Hermex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ruckus free?
Ruckus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hermex free?
Hermex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ruckus or Hermex?
Ruckus is rated higher. Ruckus averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Hermex averages 4.8 from 193 ratings.
Do Ruckus or Hermex have ads?
Neither Ruckus nor Hermex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ruckus or Hermex?
Ruckus ships an update every 3 days, and Hermex weekly. Most recently, Ruckus was updated on October 25, 2026 and Hermex on October 25, 2026.

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