An AI that controls your iPhone using a $7 ESP32 board as its eyes and hands
Self-hosted personal AI agent for working professionals that handles email, calendar, files and tasks with a one-time license
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Pricing model
Open source
Free trial
Pricing
Free to use; the ESP32-S3 board costs about $7, a USB-C cable is required, and optional AI services like OpenRouter are user's choice to pay for.
AIDA Self-Hosted: CAD $197 one-time license (founding price for first 50 seats, then $397). Autafy Setup service: $697 CAD one-time. Custom Automation builds: from $497 CAD. 7-day free trial available with no credit card required.
Key features
Screen mirroring via AirPlay to see iPhone display in real-time
Tap, swipe, drag, and type control through USB without jailbreak
iPhone app for task automation with visual feedback
Handsy CLI to connect computer-based AI agents over Bluetooth
Support for OpenAI-compatible vision models
Notifications before risky actions like sending messages or deleting data
Demo mode without hardware for testing
Optional free Handsy line with limited requests
Inbox triage with scheduled monitoring and customizable urgency filtering
Email management with read, send, summarize and search capabilities for Gmail and Outlook
Calendar and scheduling with event creation, availability checking and daily briefings
File and document search, read and summarization in Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive
Task management for Google Tasks and Microsoft To Do
Custom AI skills for business processes like quoting and client onboarding
Scheduled cron jobs and recurring automations including morning briefings and weekly reports
Persistent memory across conversations with episodic recall of past events
Access via WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, web chat and desktop PWA
Support for 20+ built-in tools and MCP server extensions
What makes it different
Only $7 hardware cost with no device hacking or jailbreak required
Open source MIT license for transparency and customization
Works with any existing iPhone through native OS features like Screen Mirroring
Two modes: use the app or connect your own AI agent for full automation
Asks for confirmation before performing risky actions like payments or deletions
One-time lifetime license instead of recurring subscription
Fully self-hosted on your own server with no data centralization
Model-agnostic with bring-your-own-API-key and local Ollama support
Handsy AI
AIDA by Autafy