Comparison

HermesPilot vs The Abyss

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

Head to head
About

HermesPilot

Manage AI interactions and tasks on the go. This app allows users to start conversations, send files, and receive streaming responses. It integrates with a companion tool to provide a secure control panel for AI profiles, models, and scheduled tasks.

Highlights
  • Start and manage AI conversations
  • Send attachments and voice messages
  • Read streaming responses and Markdown
  • Secure personal AI control panel
  • Manage AI profiles, models, and skills
  • Schedule AI tasks
Features
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HermesPilot is the mobile command center built for Hermes Agent. Start conversations anytime, pick up instantly, and keep the context flowing without friction. Send attachments or voice, read streaming responses and Markdown, and move fast through every interaction. Pair with Hermes Link to turn your phone into a secure personal AI control panel, where you can manage profiles, models, permissions, skills, memory, and scheduled tasks in one place, and make AI actually work for you. Privacy Policy: https://hermes-site.clawpilot.me/en/legal/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

The Abyss

Control your self-hosted AI agent from your iOS device. Stream responses live, see tool usage, and attach images. Supports hands-free voice commands and offline transcript viewing. Manage multiple AI instances with a privacy-first design.

Highlights
  • Live token streaming for AI responses
  • Transparent tool call visualization
  • Multimodal input with image attachments
  • Hands-free voice mode with on-device transcription
  • Server-side, searchable conversation history
  • Support for multiple AI backends
  • Privacy-first design with local data storage
Features
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The Abyss is the iOS companion for Hermes - your self-hosted AI agent running on your own machine. Connect over your local network or Tailscale, send prompts, watch the agent think and reach for tools in real time. The Abyss is a remote control. Hermes is the brain. You own both. Built for people who already host their own things. CHAT - Live token streaming. Watch the agent's reply appear as it's generated. - Transparent tool calls. See the agent reach into your shell, files, or the web - with each tool's name and arguments shown as a card. - Multimodal. Attach images from the photo library and send them with your prompt. - Slash commands. Trigger agent-side commands from a clean, keyboard-friendly composer. VOICE MODE - Hands-free conversation. Dictate prompts and hear the reply spoken back. - On-device transcription. Your voice is transcribed locally; the text is what gets sent to your agent. - Bring-your-own TTS. If your Hermes backend streams text-to-speech, you hear the agent in a neural voice; otherwise it falls back to iOS voices. SESSIONS - Server-side history. Every conversation lives on your own Hermes server, not ours. - Searchable, renameable, pinnable. Find the thread you need, give it a name, keep it on top. - Local cache. Scroll the transcript even when you're offline. MULTIPLE BACKENDS - Run more than one Hermes instance? Add them all. Switch active with one tap. - Pair a second device by scanning a QR code. Credentials never cross our servers - we don't have any. - Each backend gets its own identity colour so you always know which agent you're talking to. DEMO MODE - Not running Hermes yet? Try the demo. A scripted preview shows how the real client behaves, without any setup. No account, no network, no obligation. PRIVACY-FIRST BY DESIGN - All credentials live in iOS Keychain. Face ID required before revealing or sharing them. - No analytics. No third-party SDKs. No telemetry. - The Abyss only talks to the backends you point it at. Apple processes any future purchases; that's the only third party in the loop. - App data flows between your device and your own Hermes backend. Nothing else. REQUIREMENTS - A running Hermes Agent on a machine you control. - Network reachability to that machine. Same Wi-Fi works; Tailscale (or another mesh) is recommended if you want to reach the agent from anywhere. The Abyss is not a hosted AI service. It is a remote control for an AI agent you host yourself.

Screenshots

HermesPilot4 screens
The Abyss4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HermesPilot at 88% against The Abyss's 0%. HermesPilot also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). The Abyss's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price and ads 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. HermesPilot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Abyss asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HermesPilot holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HermesPilot has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of HermesPilot's written reviews are positive against 0% of The Abyss's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HermesPilot ships an update every 3 days, The Abyss every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 15, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
HermesPilot versus The Abyss: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHermesPilotThe Abyss
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (27 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB11 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperYang HangbinVladimir Adamovic

Customer experience

HermesPilot

All ratings27 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral7.4%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

The Abyss

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HermesPilot

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$9.99
None

The Abyss

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HermesPilot free?
HermesPilot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Abyss free?
The Abyss is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HermesPilot or The Abyss?
HermesPilot is rated higher. HermesPilot averages 4.6 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while The Abyss averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do HermesPilot or The Abyss have ads?
Neither HermesPilot nor The Abyss shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HermesPilot or The Abyss?
HermesPilot ships an update every 3 days, and The Abyss every 2 months. Most recently, HermesPilot was updated on November 15, 2026 and The Abyss on November 10, 2026.

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