Comparison

Agents At Work vs ShellRelay

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

Head to head
About

Agents At Work

Features
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Your AI agents are working. You don't have to watch. Agents At Work lets you watch and steer Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Grok, Cursor, and Scoot from your iPhone or iPad, wherever they run: on your Mac or on a Linux machine. Your phone lets you know the moment an agent needs approval, finishes a task, or hits an error, and you answer from anywhere. WHAT YOU GET Push notifications you can answer: when an agent asks to run a command, edit a file, or use a tool, the question lands on your phone with the options. Tap Yes, No, or "Yes for this session" right from the notification, and the agent carries on. A live conversation feed: every message, tool call, and response streams to your phone as it happens. Long answers open in a full-screen reader that can read them aloud. Send and schedule prompts: give an agent a new instruction from anywhere, or queue one for later, for example 2 AM when your usage limit resets, so a spent quota turns into work done by morning. Auto-approve: trust a session, and it runs without asking while you stay in the loop. Every agent in one place: sessions from all your computers, color-coded by agent, with live status: running, waiting for you, or done. Local and cloud models with Scoot: our own open-source agent runs free local models through Ollama, or cloud models with your own key. Your project files: browse a computer's folders and open files from your phone. NO ACCOUNT, END-TO-END ENCRYPTED There is nothing to sign up for. Your phone pairs with your computer by scanning a QR code, and that same scan sets up AES-256-GCM encryption. Prompts and responses are encrypted on your computer before they leave it; our relay only ever carries ciphertext. Only your computer and your phone can read them. OPEN SOURCE The engine that runs on your computer, aaw-core, is MIT licensed, on GitHub and PyPI. Read exactly what touches your code and your agents, or run your own relay. HOW IT WORKS 1. Install the free companion on your computer: the Mac app from agentsatwork.app, or one command on Linux. 2. Open Agents At Work on your phone and scan the QR code your computer shows. 3. Start your agent the way you always do. 4. Your phone lets you know when it needs you. Approve, answer, or send a new prompt from anywhere. PLANS Free: follow one computer on our relay, with every feature. Personal: up to 3 computers, for anyone running agents on more than one machine. Pro: up to 15 computers, for teams and fleets of machines. Weekly, monthly, or yearly. Cancel anytime in your App Store subscriptions. One subscription covers every iPhone and iPad on your Apple ID. Computers on a relay you host yourself never count toward a plan. REQUIREMENTS - iPhone or iPad with iOS or iPadOS 17.6 or later - A Mac with macOS 14.6 or later, or a Linux machine with systemd, tmux, and Python 3.11 or newer - Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Grok CLI, Cursor, or Scoot on that computer Not affiliated with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Anysphere, or Ollama. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://agentsatwork.app/privacy

About

ShellRelay

Access and manage remote terminal sessions securely from your mobile device. Launch a personal server, connect to your own, and run commands with a touch-friendly interface. Share access with teammates and sign in easily without passwords.

Highlights
  • Remote terminal access
  • Docker playground server
  • Secure WebSocket relay
  • Touch-friendly interface
  • Team access sharing
  • Passwordless sign-in
Features
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ShellRelay — Terminal in Your Pocket ShellRelay lets you securely access and manage remote terminal sessions from your iPhone. Connect to any server, run commands, and stay productive — wherever you are. What you can do: - Launch a personal Docker-based playground server in seconds - Connect to your own servers via secure WebSocket relay - Run terminal sessions with a touch-friendly interface - Share server access with teammates using invite links - Sign in with Apple, Google or GitHub — no password required Pro Subscription: Upgrade to Pro to add more servers and unlock full access. Subscriptions are billed monthly through your Apple ID. Payment is charged at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your iPhone Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy & Legal: - Privacy Policy: https://www.shellrelay.com/privacy - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.shellrelay.com/terms

Screenshots

Agents At Work4 screens
ShellRelay4 screens

Verdict

The call

Agents At Work and ShellRelay are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Agents At Work sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and ShellRelay sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Agents At Work versus ShellRelay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAgents At WorkShellRelay
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB5 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAnswerSolutions LLCLicong Chen

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Agents At Work

Subscriptions6
  • Agents At Work Personal (weekly)$1.997 Days
  • Agents At Work Pro (weekly)$3.997 Days
  • Agents At Work Personal (monthly)$5.991 Month
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  • Agents At Work Pro (monthly)$12.991 Month
  • Agents At Work Personal (yearly)$49.991 Year
  • Agents At Work Pro (yearly)$99.991 Year
1 purchases

ShellRelay

Subscriptions1
  • ShellRelay Pro$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Agents At Work free?
Agents At Work is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShellRelay free?
ShellRelay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Agents At Work or ShellRelay have ads?
Neither Agents At Work nor ShellRelay shows ads.

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