Comparison

Conductor.build vs Heeler for herdr

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

Head to head
About

Conductor.build

Manage a team of cloud-based coding agents directly from your Mac or phone. This tool allows for remote control and operation of your development team.

Highlights
  • Run coding agents in the cloud
  • Remote team control
  • Access from Mac or phone
  • Team management
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Conductor lets you run a team of coding agents in the cloud and control them from your mac or phone.

About

Heeler for herdr

This app provides a native iPhone and iPad console for managing coding agents. It allows users to monitor agents across multiple hosts, interact with live terminals, and manage conversations and prompts. Features include encrypted notifications and secure SSH connections.

Highlights
  • Unified agent console across hosts
  • Live terminal with touch scrolling
  • Chat interface for AI models
  • Composer with agent control keys
  • Encrypted notifications and Live Activity
  • Secure SSH connections with jump hosts
  • Voice input for AI services
Features
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Heeler is a native iPhone and iPad companion for herdr, an agent-first terminal runtime. Follow your coding agents in Herdr TUI, the Herdr desktop app or herdr-core, on your own machines over SSH. See every Agent on every Host in one console, sorted by who needs you first. Open an Agent to steer its live terminal, or read its conversation as Chat and reply from the Composer. FEATURES • One Agent Console across all your Hosts, updated live • Herdr desktop app and herdr-core on macOS, Linux and Windows, following the desktop app's spaces and tabs • Live terminal rendered by libghostty, with native scrollback and touch scrolling • Chat for Claude Code, Codex, Pi, Oh My Pi, Grok Build and OpenCode, with buttons for Blocked prompts • Composer with the full iOS keyboard, Agent control keys and Agent Skills • Voice Input with your own OpenAI, DeepInfra, SiliconFlow or compatible speech service • Changes: every uncommitted file in the Agent's checkout • Shell Terminals for every Workspace • Photos and files staged onto the Host, with their paths in your draft • New Agent with Worktrees, Accounts and Launch Presets • Usage: Claude Code and Codex Usage Limits and up to 30 days of Token Usage, with widgets • End-to-end encrypted notifications when an Agent is Blocked or Done, and a Live Activity that tracks your Agents • QR pairing with an on-device Ed25519 key • SSH Jump Hosts, several routes per Host, and Tailscale, ZeroTier or EasyTier built in • Separate light and dark terminal themes PRIVACY Heeler has no accounts, analytics or tracking. SSH keys stay in the iOS Keychain. Terminal output, prompts and conversations travel directly between your device and your own Host over SSH. Notification content is encrypted on your Host before it passes through the push relay. Voice Input sends recordings only to the speech service you choose, with your own API key. REQUIREMENTS A Mac or Linux machine running herdr 0.7.5 or later, a Windows machine running herdr 0.9.3 or later, or a machine running the Herdr desktop app or herdr-core, reachable over SSH. On a Mac or Linux machine running herdr, the included plugin shows a Pairing Code to scan and delivers Agent Notifications. On herdr-core, the optional Host Helper adds notifications, the Live Activity and Usage on macOS and Linux. Heeler is an independent project and is not affiliated with the herdr project.

Screenshots

Conductor.build4 screens
Heeler for herdr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Heeler for herdr at 5.0 against Conductor.build's 4.7. Heeler for herdr also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and chart position (#45 vs #167). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Heeler for herdr holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Conductor.build's written reviews are positive against 100% of Heeler for herdr's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Conductor.build ships an update every 5 days, Heeler for herdr every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Conductor.build versus Heeler for herdr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConductor.buildHeeler for herdr
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (13 ratings)5.0 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1317 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#167#45 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB66 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperMelty, Inc.野 张

Customer experience

Conductor.build

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

Heeler for herdr

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Conductor.build

No in-app purchases

None

Heeler for herdr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Conductor.build free?
Conductor.build is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heeler for herdr free?
Heeler for herdr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Conductor.build or Heeler for herdr?
Heeler for herdr is rated higher. Conductor.build averages 4.7 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Heeler for herdr averages 5.0 from 17 ratings.
Do Conductor.build or Heeler for herdr have ads?
Neither Conductor.build nor Heeler for herdr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Conductor.build or Heeler for herdr?
Conductor.build ships an update every 5 days, and Heeler for herdr every 6 days. Most recently, Conductor.build was updated on November 8, 2026 and Heeler for herdr on November 8, 2026.
Which is more popular, Conductor.build or Heeler for herdr?
Conductor.build currently peaks at #167 in the App Store charts, and Heeler for herdr at #45. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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