Comparison

Hermes Conduit vs 6thSense Synapse

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

Head to head
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.

About

6thSense Synapse

Transform your phone into a camera control hub. Instantly discover and connect to cameras on your local network without cables or logins. Manage recordings, monitor live status, and perform diagnostics remotely.

Highlights
  • Auto-discovery of cameras
  • One-tap recording
  • Record All / Stop All functionality
  • Live status monitoring
  • On-device diagnostics
  • Recording playback and export
Features
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6thSense Synapse is a mobile control plane for egocentric robotics data capture. Connect to compatible capture rigs and cameras on your local network, coordinate multi-camera recording, monitor device and storage status, and review captured sessions from the field. BUILT FOR ROBOTICS DATA OPERATIONS - Discover compatible cameras on your local network - Start and stop recording from one control surface - Monitor recording, connectivity, temperature, and storage status when reported by the device - Browse recorded sessions and open available footage - Manage supported camera and network settings Synapse communicates directly with compatible devices over the local network. Available controls and status details depend on the connected device and its software version. OPTIONAL CONTRIBUTOR WORKSPACE Eligible participants in enabled regional programs can use the contributor workspace for account access, regional agreements, supervised camera registration, contribution status and payment information. Participation depends on the applicable published agreements and program availability. Camera remote controls remain available without a contributor account. Recording, uploaded time, approved time and completed payments are separate stages. An authorized operator imports camera storage cards, QC determines usable footage, and an operator approves payments. OPTIONAL SUPPORT Browse the searchable FAQ or choose AI support chat for troubleshooting and requests to the 6thSense team. Sending a message requires your agreement to share support messages, optional photos, contact details and app/camera context with the AI provider and support team. You choose which photos to attach. Camera controls and the FAQ remain available without sending a support message.

Screenshots

Hermes Conduit4 screens
6thSense Synapse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 6thSense Synapse at 5.0 against Hermes Conduit's 4.7. 6thSense Synapse also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Hermes Conduit's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 4) and chart position (#67 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

6thSense Synapse 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 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Hermes Conduit's written reviews are positive against 100% of 6thSense Synapse's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Hermes Conduit versus 6thSense Synapse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHermes Conduit6thSense Synapse
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (50 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings50 — better4
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#67 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB54 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLong Cheung Ho6thSense AI, Inc.

Customer experience

Hermes Conduit

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

6thSense Synapse

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hermes Conduit

No in-app purchases

None

6thSense Synapse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hermes Conduit free?
Hermes Conduit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 6thSense Synapse free?
6thSense Synapse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hermes Conduit or 6thSense Synapse?
6thSense Synapse is rated higher. Hermes Conduit averages 4.7 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while 6thSense Synapse averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Hermes Conduit or 6thSense Synapse have ads?
Neither Hermes Conduit nor 6thSense Synapse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hermes Conduit or 6thSense Synapse?
Hermes Conduit ships an update weekly, and 6thSense Synapse weekly. Most recently, Hermes Conduit was updated on November 5, 2026 and 6thSense Synapse on October 31, 2026.

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