Comparison

Agents At Work vs Motif

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” 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

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Motif

Features
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Motif is an SSH terminal, Codex client, and remote dev-session app for your own machines. Run the open-source motifd daemon on your Mac, Linux box, or any host, then connect from your iPhone or iPad to access terminal sessions, files, Git diffs, and Codex coding tasks wherever you are. Like β€œtmux attach” for your whole dev environment: β€’ Codex workspace β€” open, resume, and manage coding tasks; follow plans and tool activity; handle approvals and questions; review edited files β€’ Live PTY terminals β€” run multiple sessions, synced across attached clients β€’ Browse the project file tree and open files β€’ Review changes with a built-in Git diff β€’ Connect directly, over Tailscale, or through an SSH tunnel β€’ Secured with TLS and a single-user bearer token Codex runs on your own machine through your existing Codex setup. Motif does not host your code or terminal sessions. motifd is required and runs on your own machine. See the project page for setup instructions: https://tech.xiachufang.xyz/motif/

Screenshots

Agents At Work4 screens
Motif4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Motif at none against Agents At Work's 6. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Agents At Work sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Motif asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Agents At Work ships an update every 3 days, Motif every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Agents At Work versus Motif: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAgents At WorkMotif
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days β€” betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB56 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAnswerSolutions LLCSlothEase

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Agents At Work

Subscriptions6
  • Agents At Work Personal (weekly)$0.997 Days
  • Agents At Work Personal (monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Agents At Work Pro (weekly)$3.997 Days
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  • Agents At Work Pro (monthly)$12.991 Month
  • Agents At Work Personal (yearly)$29.991 Year
  • Agents At Work Pro (yearly)$99.991 Year
None

Motif

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Agents At Work free?
Agents At Work is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Motif free?
Motif is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Agents At Work or Motif have ads?
Neither Agents At Work nor Motif shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Agents At Work or Motif?
Agents At Work ships an update every 3 days, and Motif every 5 days. Most recently, Agents At Work was updated on November 5, 2026 and Motif on November 7, 2026.

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