Grok Bot on iPad: $20 Cursor Pro, still not a front desk
Grok Bot iPad access shipped Sep 4, 2026. Cursor Pro at $20/mo includes it; a custom agent is still $2k–$4k one-time if you refuse the bundle.
On September 4, 2026, SpaceXAI put Grok Bot on iPad. 9to5Mac also reported Android the same week. The Mac-and-iPhone launch from last month is no longer the whole surface. The sticker price dropped with it: the Bot that started behind a $300/month wall now rides on Cursor Pro at $20/month.
That is a real change for an owner who lives on a tablet between jobs. It is not a receptionist, and it is not a site that converts.
Does Grok Bot iPad access change how you run the business?
Yes for desk work you already wanted a named teammate to finish on a cloud computer. No for missed calls, booking, or a locked team chat your staff already lives in. The tablet is a new window onto the same Bot, not a new product.
Grok Bot is still the August 11, 2026 thing: named teammates, one shared cloud computer, saved logins, routines you can re-run. iPad and Android mean you can message that roster from the shop floor without opening a laptop. SpaceXAI announced enterprise access, network, and audit controls on September 3, 2026, with a short free-usage window for existing Grok and Cursor enterprise accounts.
What did not ship: a business phone line, or a Jobber write you own on your server. If the leak is an unanswered call, the tablet app does not catch it.
Trigger stays the same: you message a Bot, or a routine fires. The Bot acts in the tools it is signed into. The system of record is still your CRM, calendar, or sheet. You still approve anything customer-facing.
What did the $20 Cursor Pro door actually change?
The access floor moved from a Heavy/Ultra-style bundle to Cursor Pro at $20/month, per 9to5Mac’s September 4 report. There is still no standalone Grok Bot SKU. You are buying a Cursor or SuperGrok plan that includes a weekly Bot allowance, then on-demand tokens if the Bots stay busy.
I already wrote Grok Bot pricing against the launch bundle — SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra, Cursor Teams Premium. That post is now the expensive-door version. The cheap door is the news: Cursor Pro is enough to try the Bot. Higher seats still buy more weekly allowance, not a different computer.
Do the 24-month math before you call it free. $20/month is $480 over two years if you never overage. A Telegram AI Agent is $2,000–$4,000 once, on your VPS, with your keys. Different shape. If you already wanted Cursor Pro to write code, the Bot is included and the comparison is incremental tokens. If you do not write code, you just signed up for a developer plan to get a teammate app.
Enterprise “free for a couple of weeks” is a promo, not a price. Treat it as a trial window, then assume the seat cost returns.
When do I still build a custom agent?
When the chat surface is the product, when you refuse the Cursor/SuperGrok bundle, or when the Bot must not hold the trust-account login. Grok Bot on iPad closes the “I only have a tablet” objection. It does not close ownership, staff Discord, or the phone.
The split I still use is in Grok Bot vs a custom agent: Bot for overnight research, drafts, and CRM hygiene. Custom Telegram or Discord when the room itself is the workplace. Receptionist when the line rings. Website when the public form is the leak.
If you already pay for Cursor Pro, turn the Bot on, give it a least-privilege CRM login, and keep send/refund/delete on you. If you will not pay the bundle, I still deploy the owned console. If the public site is what drops leads, start there — custom web development pays before another chat window does.
Say so on a short form and I will send the replacement map within 24 hours.
