Comparison

Hermex vs CodeAgentSwarm

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

CodeAgentSwarm

Features
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CodeAgentSwarm is the mobile companion for your Agentic Development Environment. Pair it with the desktop app to monitor and control Claude Code, Codex CLI, Antigravity CLI, OpenCode, Kimi Code, Grok Build, Cursor Agent, Pi, Devin CLI, and Muse Code from your iPhone or iPad. See every agent status, open conversations, send messages, review task progress, and receive notifications when an agent finishes or needs input. Stay connected to multiple projects while away from your desk. CodeAgentSwarm keeps execution on your computer and uses your existing CLI accounts. The mobile app connects securely to your paired desktop workspace.

Screenshots

Hermex4 screens
CodeAgentSwarm3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Hermex at #31 against CodeAgentSwarm's unranked. CodeAgentSwarm's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hermex ships an update weekly, CodeAgentSwarm every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Hermex versus CodeAgentSwarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHermexCodeAgentSwarm
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (135 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings135 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#31 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUzair AnsarArturo Garcia Jurado

In-app purchases

None

Hermex

No in-app purchases

None

CodeAgentSwarm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hermex free?
Hermex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CodeAgentSwarm free?
CodeAgentSwarm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hermex or CodeAgentSwarm have ads?
Neither Hermex nor CodeAgentSwarm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hermex or CodeAgentSwarm?
Hermex ships an update weekly, and CodeAgentSwarm every 6 days. Most recently, Hermex was updated on October 14, 2026 and CodeAgentSwarm on October 6, 2026.

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