Referee.chat vs Agent HUD

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Referee.chat compared with Agent HUD
Detail	Referee.chat	Agent HUD
What it does	An AI panel debates your goal; a referee rules on re-checkable evidence	Monitor quotas, tokens and coding agent sessions from your screen edge on Mac, iPhone and Apple Watch
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
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Pricing model	Freemium	Not given
Pricing	Free: $1.00 starting credit once. Credit plans from $10 top-up with no expiration. Your own key: 5% infrastructure fee after the first $5.00 of usage.	Agent HUD (Mac app): Free. Agent HUD Remote: From $2.99 a month (1 Mac early-bird price), $4.99 regular; yearly plans from $29.99 early-bird to $49.99 regular. 2 Mac plans: $4.99/$7.99 monthly, $49.99/$79.99 yearly. 3 Mac plans: $5.99/$9.99 monthly, $59.99/$99.99 yearly. First week free on all plans
Key features	Panel of up to six AI models from different vendors Referee rules on re-checkable evidence only Searches academic databases: arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Europe PMC Executes Python code to verify claims Customizable acceptance standards Matches pause and resume without losing work Shared ledger prevents re-derivation Spending limit per match	Quotas, balances and reset times displayed at screen edge with color-coded status indicators Approve or deny tool calls and answer agent questions directly from the HUD One-click navigation back to any session's thread, tab or terminal pane Three display modes: Notch, Simple and Dynamic for different screen layouts Detailed token usage analysis by time, agent, model, session, turn and call Built-in MCP server for agent-to-agent communication iPhone and Apple Watch apps with iCloud sync for remote access Voice input on Apple Watch to create new sessions
What makes it different	Referee decides on evidence, not argument quality Panel from different vendors fails in different directions Stuck is a targeted question, not model thrashing Cost grows with ledger, not round count Published matches become research record	Unified view of quotas and sessions for 18 agents on one screen edge Built-in MCP server allows agents to communicate with each other and customize the UI Works offline on iPhone with cached data and requires no separate account End-to-end encrypted iCloud sync for Agent HUD Remote with no server access to data
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	2 no change since last check	4 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	0	3
Citation Flow (Majestic)	13	20
Referring domains (Majestic)	31	12

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