OctView vs Grass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
OctView
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OctView is designed with developersβ everyday workflows in mind. It allows quick access to essential information and lets you perform key actions with just a few taps. This app uses secure OAuth authentication and does not collect any personal information. Main Features Repository Management β’ View a list of your repositories β’ Manage starred repositories β’ View detailed repository information β’ Browse README files β’ Visualize language composition β’ Manage and switch branches CI Workflows β’ View workflows and their status β’ Check detailed execution history β’ Manually trigger workflows β’ Get real-time status updates β’ View execution logs Issues & Pull Requests β’ View lists of open and closed issues β’ View issue details and comments β’ Create new issues β’ Manage pull requests β’ Add and edit comments Multilingual Support β’ Switch between Japanese and English β’ Automatically adapts to system language
Grass
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Meet Grass. Your agents work. You check in. Fire a task. Pocket your phone. Come back to progress. Grass RUNS Tasks on Grass Computer or your own machine - while your laptop is closed, while you're in a meeting, or while you're away from your desk. No terminal to watch. No session to babysit. Grass MOVES Send a coding session to Grass and keep the thread moving on a remote instance β conversation, context, and all. Your phone buzzes when it's live. Grass ALERTS The moment your agent needs a decision or finishes the job. You don't push for status. Status finds you. Permission needed? Approve from your pocket. Grass CLEARS Every permission prompt from every thread in one tab. Read the diff. Yes or no. Keep multiple threads running in ask-mode without watching all of them. Grass STARTS A new thread in two taps. Quick chat button β bottom sheet β task running. No app switching. No losing your place. The idea fires β the experiment actually runs. Grass SHOWS Which thread is which. Running, completed, waiting β all visible on the home screen the moment you open the app. Switch machines with one tap. Name them whatever you want. Your harness. Your code. Our compute. Designed for AI coding agent workflows, including supported integrations with Claude Code and OpenCode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: OctView at every 3 days against Grass's every 2 weeks. Grass's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OctView ships an update every 3 days, Grass every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OctView | Grass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days β better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BYNET | Anil Dukkipatty |
In-app purchases
OctView
No in-app purchases
Grass
No in-app purchases









