Hone vs OpenClaw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hone
This app helps you achieve personal goals across physical fitness, mental well-being, and task completion. Set any objective and receive support to get it done.
- Goal setting across body, mind, and tasks
- Fitness goal tracking
- Meditation for de-stressing
- Task management and completion
- Personal performance tracking
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Hone is a personal performance engine designed to encourage users to set and achieve any goal they desire from 3 pillars- body, mind or task. Need to finally get around to cleaning out that garage or storage unit? Want to learn how to use meditation to de-stress? Want to become more fit? Set a goal in Hone and get it done!
OpenClaw
This personal AI assistant runs locally on your devices. Pair it with your OpenClaw Gateway to chat, use voice commands, manage approvals, and automate tasks using your iPhone's capabilities securely.
- Local-first AI assistant
- Secure device pairing
- Chat and voice modes
- Gateway action approvals
- Direct content sharing
- Device capability management
- Push notifications for workflows
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OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant you run on your own devices. Pair this iOS app with your OpenClaw Gateway to use your iPhone as a secure node for chat, voice, approvals, sharing, and device-aware automation. What you can do: - Pair with your private OpenClaw Gateway by QR code or setup code - Chat with your assistant from iPhone - Use realtime and background Talk mode - Review Gateway action approvals from your iPhone - Share text, links, and media directly from iOS into OpenClaw - Enable device capabilities such as camera, screen, location, photos, contacts, calendar, and reminders when you choose - Receive push wakes and node status updates for connected workflows OpenClaw is local-first: you control your gateway, keys, configuration, and permissions. Device access is managed by iOS permissions and can be enabled only for the capabilities you want to use. Getting started: 1) Set up your OpenClaw Gateway 2) Open the iOS app and pair with your gateway 3) Start using chat, Talk mode, approvals, and automations from your iPhone
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hone at 5.0 against OpenClaw's 3.3. OpenClaw's advantage is ratings volume (66 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpenClaw has 66 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hone ships an update every 10 days, OpenClaw weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hone | OpenClaw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.3 (66 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 41.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 66 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Sugarman | OpenClaw Foundation |
Customer experience
Hone
OpenClaw
In-app purchases
Hone
No in-app purchases
OpenClaw
No in-app purchases
