Comparison

Hermex vs FreeMilk

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

Head to head
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.

About

FreeMilk

Build custom mobile applications and games using AI-powered Swift code generation. Connect to a dedicated Mac environment for development and preview your creations in real-time via live simulator streaming directly to your device.

Highlights
  • AI-powered Swift code generation
  • Remote Mac build environment
  • Live iOS Simulator streaming
  • On-device file editing
  • Real-time build previews
Features
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FreeMilk is the completely free coding agent on your phone funded by ads. Describe what you want and it writes the code, runs it, and shows you the result — iOS apps in Swift, mobile games with real physics, web applications, and anything else you can imagine. Every day you get a free allowance to use across a range of powerful coding models. Or, connect your OpenAI subscription and start using your plan within FreeMilk. WORK ON YOUR REAL PROJECTS Connect GitHub, clone a repository to your device, and work on it properly — read the codebase, make changes across files, run it, then commit and push from your phone. Your actual repo will live inside your phone and not in a remote sandbox. BUILD AND PREVIEW ANYTHING - Web apps, previewed live the moment they build - Dedicated Xcode environments configured for iOS and Swift development. - Mobile games with real physics, 3D assets, music, and video ON-DEVICE AGENTS Your agents runs on your device and not in a remote sandbox. Your files also live on your phone allowing you to edit, trigger builds, and the render the output quickly and seamlessly. AGENTS THAT CAN BROWSE FreeMilk agent can browse and take actions on the web that lives on your device. Pages are rendered locally rather than on someone else's server, so what you look at stays with you. Give it a job in plain English — research something, fill in a form, find and book a flight or a hotel — and watch it work. INTEGRATIONS, MCPs, AND APIs Power your applications with any MCP, and API. Browse through our integration marketplace to supercharge your workflows and applications. Terms of Service (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.freemilk.ai/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Hermex4 screens
FreeMilk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hermex at none against FreeMilk's 6. Hermex also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (193 vs 16). FreeMilk's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On price, rating, update cadence and chart position 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. FreeMilk sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Hermex asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FreeMilk holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hermex has 193 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Hermex's written reviews are positive against 100% of FreeMilk's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Hermex versus FreeMilk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHermexFreeMilk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (193 ratings)4.9 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings193 — better16
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank#31 — better#82
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB60 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperUzair AnsarMilq

Customer experience

Hermex

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

FreeMilk

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hermex

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

FreeMilk

Subscriptions3
  • Milq Premium$19.991 Month
  • Milq Pro$49.991 Month
  • Milq Max$99.991 Month
One-time3
  • Milq Sip Credits$19.99
  • Sip Credits$49.99
  • Sip Credits$99.99

Questions

Is Hermex free?
Hermex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FreeMilk free?
FreeMilk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hermex or FreeMilk?
FreeMilk is rated higher. Hermex averages 4.8 out of 5 from 193 ratings, while FreeMilk averages 4.9 from 16 ratings.
Do Hermex or FreeMilk have ads?
FreeMilk shows ads; Hermex does not.
Which is updated more often, Hermex or FreeMilk?
Hermex ships an update weekly, and FreeMilk weekly. Most recently, Hermex was updated on October 25, 2026 and FreeMilk on October 25, 2026.
Which is more popular, Hermex or FreeMilk?
Hermex currently peaks at #31 in the App Store charts, and FreeMilk at #82. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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