Comparison

AO vs CookieKit

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

Head to head
About

AO

Features
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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 โ€” 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 โ€ข Live Kanban โ€” every worker session on one board, grouped by what needs your attention: working, needs you, in review, ready to merge. โ€ข Get notified when an agent stops โ€” a push notification arrives the moment a session needs your input, and tapping it opens that exact conversation. โ€ข Chat with any agent โ€” full conversation history, streaming responses, approvals, model and provider switching, file attachments, and voice input for when typing is impractical. โ€ข Follow pull requests โ€” open and draft PRs with their checks, CI status, and review state. โ€ข Talk to the orchestrator โ€” your project-level planning agent, for thinking through direction and delegating new work. โ€ข Drop into the terminal โ€” attach to a session's live terminal when you need the raw view. โ€ข Preview running work โ€” 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.

About

CookieKit

Features
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CookieKit is a Safari extension for viewing, editing, importing, and exporting cookies.

Screenshots

AO4 screens
CookieKit3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AO at 16.4 against CookieKit's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AO ships an update every 2 weeks, CookieKit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
AO versus CookieKit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAOCookieKit
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks โ€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size49 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrateek KarnalTaj Tkalec

In-app purchases

None

AO

No in-app purchases

None

CookieKit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AO free?
AO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CookieKit free?
CookieKit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AO or CookieKit have ads?
Neither AO nor CookieKit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AO or CookieKit?
AO ships an update every 2 weeks, and CookieKit every 3 weeks. Most recently, AO was updated on September 27, 2026 and CookieKit on October 2, 2026.

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