Why Agent Apps
| Shared prompt | Hosted AI tool | Lamoom app | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Your chat | The vendor's servers | Your own Claude |
| Who sees your files | You | The vendor | You |
| Quality bar | Whatever you get | Whatever they ship | Judges and gates carried by the loop |
| Updates | Copy the new text | Silent | Versioned, so a run is pinned |
| Cost | Your subscription | Their pricing | Per run or monthly, billed to you |
The reliability argument#
A shared prompt degrades the moment the person using it changes one word. A loop carries its own gates, so the bar travels with the app rather than living in the head of whoever wrote it. That is why catalog apps describe their gates on the app page: the gates are the product as much as the steps are.
The data argument#
A hosted tool has to receive your files to work on them. A Lamoom app does not, because execution happens where your files already are. For anyone whose useful context is a private repository or personal documents, that is the difference between using the workflow and reading about it.
The economics argument#
Authors can charge per run without operating infrastructure, because they are not paying for anyone else's compute. See Pricing and Credits.
Related#
- How Lamoom Works for the execution model.
- Publish Your App if you have a loop worth shelving.