Comparison

Salamander AI vs OpenVide

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

Head to head
About

Salamander AI

Features
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With the power of AI, you can always have a presence at your computer. Stay productive, even when you are away from keyboard. Backed by Anthropic Claude CLI, you can connect your phone to your computer in a way that enhances your workflow and optimizes your output. Create a runner, choose a directory, and start a conversation with your AI. While its doing the work, you can be out and about doing something you love, and when the AI is done doing its work, it will send you a push notification, ready for the next task. Even when you are AFK, your AI is there for you at your computer, ready to execute. https://salamander.space/#terms

About

OpenVide

Features
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Open Vide lets you control AI coding assistants on your remote servers directly from your mobile device. Connect to any machine over SSH and run Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, or Google Gemini CLI โ€” with live streaming output, multi-turn conversations, and persistent sessions that survive disconnections. Features: - Connect to remote hosts via SSH (password or key-based auth) - Run Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and Google Gemini CLI sessions - Stream AI output in real-time with a chat-like interface - Resume multi-turn conversations across reconnections - Sessions persist on the remote host โ€” nothing is lost if you disconnect - Built-in terminal for running commands on your hosts - Browse and view files on remote machines - Push notifications when sessions complete - Credentials stored securely on-device Open Vide uses a lightweight daemon on each remote machine to relay commands and capture output. No open ports or cloud accounts required โ€” everything runs over SSH. Open source: https://github.com/open-vide/openvide

Screenshots

Salamander AI3 screens
OpenVide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenVide at none against Salamander AI's 1. On price, ads, device support 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

Both are free to download. Salamander AI sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. OpenVide asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
Salamander AI versus OpenVide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSalamander AIOpenVide
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size58 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCommit 451 LLCFabio Galimberti

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Salamander AI

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Subscription$4.991 Month
None

OpenVide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Salamander AI free?
Salamander AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OpenVide free?
OpenVide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Salamander AI or OpenVide have ads?
Neither Salamander AI nor OpenVide shows ads.

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