Comparison

Codeg Client vs Hermes Conduit

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

Head to head
About

Codeg Client

This mobile app allows developers to connect to their Codeg server remotely. Manage projects, monitor task progress in real-time, and interact with coding agents from an iPhone or iPad. It's designed for seamless on-the-go development workflow.

Highlights
  • Connect to Codeg server
  • View projects and sessions
  • Real-time task progress monitoring
  • Manage coding agents remotely
  • Browse project context
  • Track ongoing work
Features
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Codeg Client is the iOS companion app for Codeg. Connect to your own Codeg server from iPhone or iPad, view projects and sessions, follow task progress in real time, and continue working with your coding agents while away from your computer. The app is designed for developers who run Codeg on their own machine or server. Add your server URL and access token, then manage conversations, inspect activity, browse project context, and keep track of ongoing work from a mobile device.

About

Hermes Conduit

This mobile client provides access to your personal AI agent, allowing you to chat, talk, and manage tasks from your devices. It offers real-time voice calls, context-aware chat, and control over your agent's bots and jobs.

Highlights
  • Real-time voice calls with AI models
  • Context-aware chat with rich media support
  • Task management and bot interaction
  • Voice control for jobs and calls
  • Cross-device session synchronization
  • Customizable AI agent skills and tools
Features
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Hermes Conduit is an independent client for your own Hermes agent, on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Your sessions, profiles, bots and tools are the same ones you use on desktop, in a touch-first app built for chatting, talking, and keeping an eye on your agent while you're away from your desk. TALK TO HERMES • Real-time voice calls with Gemini Live, Qwen Live, GPT-Live and Grok Live, or Local Live on your own speech server, with echo cancellation and interruption • Start, check and cancel Hermes jobs by voice, with results folded back into the call • Calls stay with the chat you started them from, keep going with the screen locked, shrink to a bar while you read, and are saved as chats • Hermes can call you when a job is done or it needs your answer; pick up like a normal call, even on your Watch • Talk from Apple Watch on its own, from CarPlay, from Siri, or with a wake phrase • Classic voice and dictation with spoken Stop and End, plus Read Aloud for any reply CHAT WITHOUT LOSING CONTEXT • Pick up desktop sessions and project chats where you left them, with replies streaming in live • Markdown, highlighted code, math, Mermaid diagrams and task lists • Map, place, travel, media, contact and info cards that Hermes draws right in the chat • Follow thinking, tool calls and each turn's steps, or keep them folded away • Answer Hermes' questions with a tap or a short form • Attach photos, camera shots and any file, or drag them in; long pastes become attachments • Swipe through pictures full screen; quote, react to, edit and resend messages • Browse every file and artifact Hermes made, and your project folders • On iPad and Mac, resize the chat list and chat columns; text grows with the window TASKS, BOTS AND PULSE • Tasks board: follow Hermes' Kanban tasks and add new ones • Open your Hermes bots and their Bot Chats; set each bot's model, skills and tools • Group chats with your bots and @mentions • Review, run and edit scheduled jobs • Pulse (beta): turn it on and Hermes brings things up on its own, from a morning brief to follow-ups on your plans YOUR PHONE, IF YOU ALLOW IT Every one is off until you turn it on, and goes only to your own Hermes host: • Location and place rules, travel times and directions • Calendar and reminders, with each change asked first • Apple Health data • Focus, alarms and timers, and contacts you pick • Ask Hermes about what's on your screen, or send anything to it from Shortcuts or the share sheet STAY IN CONTROL • Approve tools and answer questions straight from a notification, end-to-end encrypted between your host and your phone • Live Activities for a running reply on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Home Screen widgets to start a chat or talk in one tap • Switch providers, models and reasoning effort mid-conversation; watch context use; steer, queue or stop a turn • Branch, pin, archive and delete sessions; switch profiles and Hermes servers • Turn skills, tools, connectors and plugins on or off • Face ID or Touch ID lock, credentials kept in the Keychain EASY TO SET UP Sign in with your dashboard address, a QR code or a setup link from your agent. Install the free Hermes Conduit Notifier plugin on your host for notifications, voice calls, cards and phone features. BUILT FOR SELF-HOSTED HERMES Conduit connects to the Hermes dashboard you run, and in live voice calls to the voice provider you choose. It is not a hosted AI service, and a working Hermes installation is required. Free, with no ads, no analytics and no tracking. If Conduit crashes or freezes, it asks once whether to send that report (call stacks, app and iOS version, device model) to its developer, and sends nothing unless you tap Send. Available in English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish and Turkish. Hermes Conduit is an independent client and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Nous Research.

Screenshots

Codeg Client1 screens
Hermes Conduit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Codeg Client at 5.0 against Hermes Conduit's 4.7. Hermes Conduit's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 2) and chart position (#60 vs unranked). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Codeg Client holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hermes Conduit has 50 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Codeg Client ships an update every 5 days, Hermes Conduit weekly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Codeg Client versus Hermes Conduit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodeg ClientHermes Conduit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.7 (50 ratings)
Positive reviews—80.6% of reviews
Number of ratings250 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#60 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB90 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer韬 费Long Cheung Ho

Customer experience

Codeg Client

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hermes Conduit

All ratings42 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral5.6%
Negative13.9%

In-app purchases

None

Codeg Client

No in-app purchases

None

Hermes Conduit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Codeg Client free?
Codeg Client is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hermes Conduit free?
Hermes Conduit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Codeg Client or Hermes Conduit?
Codeg Client is rated higher. Codeg Client averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Hermes Conduit averages 4.7 from 50 ratings.
Do Codeg Client or Hermes Conduit have ads?
Neither Codeg Client nor Hermes Conduit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Codeg Client or Hermes Conduit?
Codeg Client ships an update every 5 days, and Hermes Conduit weekly. Most recently, Codeg Client was updated on November 5, 2026 and Hermes Conduit on November 5, 2026.

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