Conductor.build vs AO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Conductor.build
Manage a team of cloud-based coding agents directly from your Mac or phone. This tool allows for seamless control and operation of your development team from anywhere.
- Cloud-based coding agents
- Remote team management
- Mac and phone control
- Developer tool
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Conductor lets you run a team of coding agents in the cloud and control them from your mac or phone.
AO
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AO Mobile is the companion app for Agent Orchestrator, the desktop workspace for agent-driven development. Your agents keep working while you step away from your desk. AO Mobile keeps you in the loop — see what every worker is doing, answer the ones that are blocked, and keep work moving from your phone. REQUIRES THE AO DESKTOP APP AO Mobile is a thin client. It connects directly to Agent Orchestrator running on your own computer, over your local network or your Tailscale network. There is no cloud service and no account to create. Your code, conversations, and repositories never leave your machine. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Live Kanban — every worker session on one board, grouped by what needs your attention: working, needs you, in review, ready to merge. • Get notified when an agent stops — a push notification arrives the moment a session needs your input, and tapping it opens that exact conversation. • Chat with any agent — full conversation history, streaming responses, approvals, model and provider switching, file attachments, and voice input for when typing is impractical. • Follow pull requests — open and draft PRs with their checks, CI status, and review state. • Talk to the orchestrator — your project-level planning agent, for thinking through direction and delegating new work. • Drop into the terminal — attach to a session's live terminal when you need the raw view. • Preview running work — open a worker's browser preview to see what it built. BUILT FOR TRUST The desktop's connection to your phone is opt-in and off by default. When you enable it, AO opens a separate local listener protected by a rotating password, and pairing happens by scanning a QR code shown on your desktop. Turning it off closes the connection immediately. GETTING STARTED 1. Install Agent Orchestrator on your Mac, Windows, or Linux machine. 2. Turn on Connect Mobile in the desktop app. 3. Scan the pairing QR code with this app. Agent Orchestrator is open source. Learn more at aoagents.dev.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Conductor.build at every 6 days against AO's every 2 weeks. AO's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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.
Conductor.build ships an update every 6 days, AO every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Conductor.build | AO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #74 — better | #165 |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Melty, Inc. | Prateek Karnal |
In-app purchases
Conductor.build
No in-app purchases
AO
No in-app purchases
