Comparison

AO vs Intent Mobile

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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 — 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.

About

Intent Mobile

Manage and monitor large-scale agent coordination projects from your mobile device. Control hundreds of agents across multiple workspaces in real-time, directly from your iPhone or iPad. Requires the desktop application to be running on the same local network.

Highlights
  • Monitor and manage workspaces
  • View agent specs and goals
  • Track task progress
  • Real-time agent conversations
  • Send messages and answer questions
  • Automatic reconnection
Features
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Large-scale agent coordination for developers, from anywhere. Run hundreds of agents in parallel and direct every one of them from your iPhone or iPad. Intent gives each task or project its own workspace with its own team of agents, keeps many workspaces running at once across multiple computers, and Intent Mobile lets you monitor, manage, and drive every workspace from the device in your hand. Intent Mobile requires the Intent desktop app running on a computer on the same local network. - Browse your workspaces and see their status at a glance. - Read the specs guiding your agents, including goals, tasks, and decisions. - Follow notes and documents as the work evolves. - Track task progress across your workspaces. - Follow agent conversations in real time, send messages, and answer questions. Pair by scanning the QR code in Intent’s desktop settings, or enter your connection details manually. Save multiple connections and switch between them at any time. If a connection drops, Intent Mobile reconnects automatically when your computer is reachable again. Intent Mobile connects directly to your computer over an encrypted local connection, without a cloud relay. The mobile app requires no account and includes no analytics or tracking. You can revoke access by rotating the pairing token in the desktop app. Requires iOS 18 or later.

Screenshots

AO4 screens
Intent Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AO at 16.4 against Intent Mobile's 18.0. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AO ships an update every 2 weeks, Intent Mobile weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
AO versus Intent Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAOIntent Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrateek KarnalSHV Labs

In-app purchases

None

AO

No in-app purchases

None

Intent Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AO free?
AO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Intent Mobile free?
Intent Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AO or Intent Mobile have ads?
Neither AO nor Intent Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AO or Intent Mobile?
AO ships an update every 2 weeks, and Intent Mobile weekly. Most recently, AO was updated on October 13, 2026 and Intent Mobile on October 16, 2026.

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