Comparison

KDE Connect vs HivemindOS Mobile

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

Head to head
About

KDE Connect

Seamlessly integrate your devices with features like a shared clipboard, file sharing, and remote control. Use your phone as a virtual touchpad or keyboard, and even control presentations remotely. All communication is secured with end-to-end encryption.

Highlights
  • Shared clipboard
  • File and URL sharing
  • Virtual touchpad and keyboard
  • Remote presentation control
  • Remote command execution
  • End-to-end encryption
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KDE Connect provides a set of features to integrate your workflow across devices: - Shared clipboard: copy and paste between your devices. - Share files and URLs to your computer from any app. - Virtual touchpad and keyboard: Use your phone screen as your computer's touchpad or keyboard - Remote presentation remote: control a laser pointer on the screen of your computer by moving your phone around. - Remote commands: run commands on your computer from your phone. - End-to-end TLS encryption: your information is safe. Please note you will need to install KDE Connect on your other computers/phones/tablets and keep the version up-to-date for the latest features to work. This app is part of an open source project and it exists thanks to all the people who contributed to it. Please visit the KDE Connect website to grab the source code.

About

HivemindOS Mobile

Control powerful AI agents from your phone to write code, generate images, research topics, and manage operations. Run agents on your own server, on-device, or paired with your Mac. Supports various AI models and offers voice interaction.

Highlights
  • AI agent control center
  • Code writing and shipping
  • Image generation
  • Topic research and summarization
  • On-device and server-based AI
  • Voice command and calls
  • Apple Shortcuts integration
Features
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HivemindOS Mobile is a mobile command center for AI agents that do real work — not just code. Chat with an agent that can write and ship software, generate images, research a topic, take notes, and run your operations — from your phone, wherever you are. Three ways to run, no lock-in: • YOUR SERVER — point the app at your own machine or VPS and drive a full agent remotely over an encrypted tailnet or your own connection. • ON-DEVICE — run a local model entirely on your iPhone with Apple's MLX. Fully offline. Nothing leaves the phone. • PAIRED TO YOUR MAC — connect to the HivemindOS desktop app and talk to your whole fleet of agents from anywhere. Scan a QR code once and you're in. BRING YOUR OWN MODEL Anthropic (API key or Claude subscription via OAuth), OpenRouter, additional cloud providers, and local inference servers such as Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, and vLLM. Build a model queue with automatic fallback and retry, and switch models per chat. DOES MORE THAN CODE • Generate images right in the chat and save them to your phone • Write, edit, and ship code with a real interactive terminal per conversation • Research, summarize, and draft with streaming responses and live tool tracking • Image and file attachments for multimodal models • A shared brain (Obsidian vault) that gives agents memory across sessions • Wallets, autonomous companies, and an approvals inbox when paired to a hub VOICE, SHORTCUTS & MORE • Call your agent — a real voice conversation, with a fully on-device speech pipeline for offline calls • Apple Shortcuts, Siri, and Action Button: capture a note, add a task, ask a question, or hear a daily briefing • Plan mode that blocks writes at the runtime layer, not just by prompt • A fleet of named agents, each on its own model — chat or call any of them PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your chats go to the machines and model providers YOU choose — your server, your Mac, or the provider whose key you entered. Your HivemindOS account keeps your profile and credit balance consistent across your connected devices. Diagnostics stay on your device. Open source. Built by a solo developer who wanted a genuinely good way to get things done from a phone. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

KDE Connect4 screens
HivemindOS Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HivemindOS Mobile at 5.0 against KDE Connect's 4.2. HivemindOS Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). KDE Connect's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (279 vs 1). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HivemindOS Mobile sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $25.99 per month. KDE Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HivemindOS Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KDE Connect has 279 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KDE Connect ships an update every 3 months, HivemindOS Mobile every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
KDE Connect versus HivemindOS Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKDE ConnectHivemindOS Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (279 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings279 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB191 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKDE e.V.Rizzma, Inc.

Customer experience

KDE Connect

All ratings276 ratings
Positive79.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative16.3%
Written reviews342 reviews
Positive60.8%
Neutral10.5%
Negative28.7%

HivemindOS Mobile

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

KDE Connect

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Clipboard push feature not working
  • App crashes on launch for some users
  • Incompatibility with certain device/OS combinations
  • Inability to discover/connect to devices in some cases

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for background operation
  • Improve multi-file transfer capabilities
  • Integrate with system share sheet
  • Implement two-finger scrolling and other gestures
  • Add SMS/notification sync features

HivemindOS Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

KDE Connect

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

HivemindOS Mobile

Subscriptions3
  • HivemindOS Plus$25.991 Month
  • HivemindOS Pro$64.991 Month
  • HivemindOS Max$129.991 Month

Questions

Is KDE Connect free?
KDE Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HivemindOS Mobile free?
HivemindOS Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KDE Connect or HivemindOS Mobile?
HivemindOS Mobile is rated higher. KDE Connect averages 4.2 out of 5 from 279 ratings, while HivemindOS Mobile averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do KDE Connect or HivemindOS Mobile have ads?
Neither KDE Connect nor HivemindOS Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KDE Connect or HivemindOS Mobile?
KDE Connect ships an update every 3 months, and HivemindOS Mobile every 4 days. Most recently, KDE Connect was updated on October 24, 2026 and HivemindOS Mobile on October 25, 2026.

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