Comparison

Hermes Conduit vs TokenMaxxer

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 allows you to connect to a Hermes agent gateway from your iPhone. It provides a touch-first interface for conversations, monitoring, and controlling agent workflows away from your desktop. Supports rich text, file attachments, and detailed session management.

Highlights
  • Continue desktop sessions
  • Stream responses in real-time
  • Rich text and code rendering
  • File and image attachments
  • Session control and monitoring
  • Profile and skill management
  • Gateway log monitoring
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

TokenMaxxer

Track AI service token limits and usage across multiple providers from a single dashboard. Monitor resets, credits, and predict when you'll run out of tokens. Offers widgets and customization for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Unified dashboard for AI service limits
  • Real-time token usage monitoring
  • Predictive token depletion alerts
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Support for 102 AI services
  • Unlimited account and key management (Pro)
Features
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No metrics, no tokenmaxxing. TokenMaxxer is a terminal-style dashboard that puts the usage limits of your AI coding and chat services on one screen. It supports 102 services, including Claude, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot and OpenRouter, and you can add as many accounts and API keys as you like. ■ Limits at a glance - 5-hour, weekly and monthly limits with the time left until reset - Which account you can use right now, and when you will run out at this pace - Reset passes with their expiry dates, and credit balances ■ Unlimited accounts and keys (Pro) - Work keys, personal keys and OAuth accounts in one list - Sort by risk, by next reset or in your own order; group by provider ■ Widgets and Lock Screen - Home Screen widgets, Lock Screen widgets and StandBy while charging - Live Activity and Dynamic Island show the time left until you run out - Set the accounts, providers, displayed value and sorting for each widget - You can set the refresh interval for widgets and StandBy. iOS determines the actual timing based on battery and usage patterns, so refreshes may be delayed. - Use the ↻ button in widgets and StandBy to refresh right away without opening the app. ■ flex card - Brag about the tokens you burned with a single card ■ Make it yours - 5 terminal palettes; the app icon and launch screen change color too - Switch between used and left - 46 languages, switchable right in Settings - iCloud sync between iPhone and Mac ■ Privacy - There is no server. Credentials are encrypted in the Apple Keychain, and usage is fetched directly from each service. - The developer never receives your credentials or usage. Only anonymous statistics on active users and purchases are counted with Google Analytics. ■ TokenMaxxer Pro - Up to 2 accounts are free; Pro is needed from the 3rd one. - Monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription (7-day free trial on your first subscription), or a one-time lifetime purchase. - Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://tokenmaxxer.mnjn00.kr/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://tokenmaxxer.mnjn00.kr/en/privacy/

Screenshots

Hermes Conduit4 screens
TokenMaxxer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hermes Conduit at none against TokenMaxxer's 3. Hermes Conduit also leads on chart position (#49 vs #186). TokenMaxxer's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. TokenMaxxer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Hermes Conduit asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hermes Conduit ships an update weekly, TokenMaxxer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Hermes Conduit versus TokenMaxxer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHermes ConduitTokenMaxxer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (42 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings42 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank#49 — better#186
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Mac
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB26 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLong Cheung HoMinjun Kim

Customer experience

Hermes Conduit

All ratings42 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.7%
Negative14.3%

TokenMaxxer

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hermes Conduit

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

TokenMaxxer

Subscriptions2
  • TokenMaxxer Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • TokenMaxxer Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$17.99

Questions

Is Hermes Conduit free?
Hermes Conduit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TokenMaxxer free?
TokenMaxxer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hermes Conduit or TokenMaxxer have ads?
Neither Hermes Conduit nor TokenMaxxer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hermes Conduit or TokenMaxxer?
Hermes Conduit ships an update weekly, and TokenMaxxer every 3 days. Most recently, Hermes Conduit was updated on November 1, 2026 and TokenMaxxer on October 31, 2026.
Which is more popular, Hermes Conduit or TokenMaxxer?
Hermes Conduit currently peaks at #49 in the App Store charts, and TokenMaxxer at #186. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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