Cactus Chat vs vmux Agent Console
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cactus Chat
Engage in private conversations with an AI directly on your device. This application runs offline, ensuring your data remains secure and local. Developers can also utilize it to test and compare the performance of different large language models.
- Offline AI conversations
- Private data storage
- Developer LLM benchmarking
- Runs directly on device
- Free to use
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Offline, private AI. Cactus Chat lets you talk to AI, directly on your phone. This means it's free, runs offline, and your data stays on your device. If you're a developer, use Cactus to benchmark the latency and throughput of various LLMs.
vmux Agent Console
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vmux is a native companion app for the self-hosted vmux server, built for developers running multiple CLI coding agents in tmux. Connect to your vmux server over LAN, Tailscale, or an SSH tunnel, then monitor which panes are idle, working, blocked for input, or in error. The app keeps the attention queue first, so the panes that need you are easy to find. Features: - Queue, Active, All, and tree views for tmux panes - Pane detail view with recent terminal output - Tappable menu choices for supported coding-agent prompts - Custom shortcut keys and saved snippets - Broadcast messages to multiple panes - Server settings and connected-session management - Optional APNs alerts from your own vmux server when a pane needs input - iPhone and iPad layouts vmux is self-hosted. There is no vmux cloud account, no third-party analytics, no advertising SDK, and no developer-operated relay. Your app talks to the server address you configure, and tokens are stored in the system Keychain.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: vmux Agent Console at every 10 days against Cactus Chat's monthly. Cactus Chat's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cactus Chat ships an update monthly, vmux Agent Console every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cactus Chat | vmux Agent Console |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roman Shemet | Yui Pan YAU |
In-app purchases
Cactus Chat
No in-app purchases
vmux Agent Console
No in-app purchases
Questions
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