Comparison

Assets for Xcode vs Pi Relay

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Assets for Xcode

Streamline the creation of AppIcon catalogs for all Apple platforms. This tool transforms a single 1024px icon into polished assets, offering a live canvas and real-time previews across devices. Ensure your app icons are production-ready with deterministic edits and reliable export.

Highlights
  • AppIcon catalog generation for all Apple platforms
  • Live canvas with real-time multi-platform previews
  • BraveUI color workflow with presets and hex input
  • Deterministic edits with source image preservation
  • Reliable import and export with Contents.json generation
  • Built-in guidance and stress-free operation
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Assets for Xcode is the fastest way to turn a single 1024px icon into polished AppIcon catalogs for every Apple platform. The redesigned macOS experience keeps the live canvas, BraveUI inspector, and export pipeline perfectly in sync so you can drop artwork in, preview every platform, and ship with confidence. โ€ข NEW in 5.0 โ€“ Sharper macOS canvas, centered previews, and a refreshed inspector that keeps platform toggles, adjustments, and background controls under one scroll. โ€ข Multi-platform preview board โ€“ See iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and watchOS mockups update in real time as you nudge sliders or change backgrounds. โ€ข BraveUI color workflow โ€“ Anchored color picker with presets, gradient picker, and hex input plus a one-tap transparency swatch so icons always look right on light and dark UIs. โ€ข Deterministic edits โ€“ Crop, Resize, Auto Enhance, and pro adjustments (brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, vignette, fade, highlights, shadows, sharpen) always reapply to the pristine source image. โ€ข Reliable import & export โ€“ Drag and drop, Finder, Files, or Photos all feed the same pipeline, and exports remember your last destination, generate perfect Contents.json files, and open the folder instantly on macOS. โ€ข Built-in guidance โ€“ Tooltips, success/error toasts, and warnings for undersized art keep every run stress-free. Tune once, preview everything, and deliver a production-ready AppIcon catalog in minutes.

About

Pi Relay

Features
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Pi Relay is a companion iPhone app for the Pi coding agent. It lets you connect securely to your own Pi remote-control server, browse active projects and sessions, and continue conversations from your phone. Pairing is simple: install the Pi remote-control extension on the machine running Pi, open the pairing QR code, and scan it with Pi Relay. Once paired, you can switch between remotes, view project sessions, read conversation history, send new prompts, abort running work, and request context compaction with /compact. Pi Relay is designed for users who already run Pi on their own computer or development environment and want a lightweight mobile companion for monitoring and continuing work away from the desktop. Key features: - QR-code pairing with your Pi remote-control server - Remote list with quick switching and unpairing - Project and session browsing - Conversation view with selectable and copyable messages - Runtime status and context usage display - Prompt sending, abort support, and /compact support - Live session updates while the app is active Pi Relay requires a running Pi remote-control extension/server. The extension is available at: https://github.com/zerray/pi-remote-control

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pi Relay at Free against Assets for Xcode's $4.99. On in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Pi Relay is free to download; Assets for Xcode costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Assets for Xcode versus Pi Relay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAssets for XcodePi Relay
Price$4.99Free โ€” better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyโ€”Fortnightly
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidโ€”
Devicesโ€”iPhone โ€” better
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRodrigo Dutra de OliveiraZerui Zhou

In-app purchases

None

Assets for Xcode

No in-app purchases

None

Pi Relay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Assets for Xcode free?
Assets for Xcode costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pi Relay free?
Pi Relay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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