Hermex vs Outline Server Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Outline Server Manager
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Outline Manager — your Outline servers, right in your pocket. Outline Manager is a clean, native iOS app for administering the Outline (Shadowsocks) servers you run yourself. Connect to a server with its management config and manage everything from your iPhone — no laptop required. MANAGE ACCESS KEYS • Create, rename, and remove access keys in seconds • Share a key with anyone using the native share sheet • Set a monthly data limit per key, or a default limit for the whole server • See total data used — and the limit — at a glance SEE WHO'S ONLINE — LIVE • Real-time "Active now" status for every key • Built from your server's own traffic metrics, refreshed automatically • Last-activity time for keys that are currently idle SERVER STATISTICS • Total data transferred, tunnel time, current and peak bandwidth • Traffic broken down by location • Switch the analytics window between 24 hours, 7 days, and 30 days MULTIPLE SERVERS • Add as many servers as you like and switch between them instantly • Rename servers, manage default limits, and toggle anonymous metrics PRIVATE & SECURE BY DESIGN • Talks directly to your server — no third-party servers, no accounts, no tracking • Pins your server's self-signed certificate by its SHA-256 fingerprint • Your server details stay on your device BUILT FOR iOS • Native SwiftUI design that feels right at home • Available in English, Russian, and Uzbek — switch anytime in Settings • Works on iPhone, iOS 16 and later Outline Manager is an independent, third-party app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Jigsaw or the Outline project. You'll need your own Outline server and its management API access to use it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: Hermex at #27 against Outline Server Manager's #195. Outline Server Manager's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Hermex | Outline Server Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (135 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 135 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #27 — better | #195 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Uzair Ansar | Muhammadkodir Khamrakulov |
In-app purchases
Hermex
No in-app purchases
Outline Server Manager
No in-app purchases









