Comparison

Agent Tick vs Hermex

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

Head to head
About

Agent Tick

Features
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Agent Tick is a least-permission Request routing layer for coding agents. Use the Agent Tick app when your local coding agent needs a bounded human response while you are away from your desk: - Steering lets you choose from bounded options the agent provided. - Sanctions let you approve or deny one specific risky action before it happens. - Status Updates show what the agent is doing and it's full reply at the end of a turn. Agent Tick is not a remote shell. The app cannot execute arbitrary commands on your machine, and approved actions still run in your local agent environment. The service is source-available and self-hostable. You can inspect the code and run your own Agent Tick server, or use the hosted service when you want routing, push notifications, updates, and uptime handled for you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://agenttick.sh/privacy

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

Agent Tick4 screens
Hermex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hermex at none against Agent Tick's 4. Hermex also leads on chart position (#30 vs unranked). Agent Tick's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Agent Tick sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Hermex asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Agent Tick ships an update every 2 days, Hermex weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Agent Tick versus Hermex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAgent TickHermex
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (193 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—85.1% of reviews
Number of ratings—193 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
Best chart rank—#30 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSelf-Deprecated ApSUzair Ansar

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Agent Tick

Subscriptions2
  • Hosted Service - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Hosted Service - Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time2
  • 7 Day TrialFree
  • Lifetime App Unlock$19.99
None

Hermex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Agent Tick free?
Agent Tick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hermex free?
Hermex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Agent Tick or Hermex have ads?
Neither Agent Tick nor Hermex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Agent Tick or Hermex?
Agent Tick ships an update every 2 days, and Hermex weekly. Most recently, Agent Tick was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hermex on October 25, 2026.

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