Comparison

ActivitySmith vs CodePress Mobile

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

Head to head
About

ActivitySmith

Stream real-time progress and outcomes of long-running tasks to your iOS device's Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Receive high-signal alerts for critical events via push notifications. Integrates with various backend services and development tools.

Highlights
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
  • Push Notifications for alerts
  • Update via HTTP requests
  • Track CI/CD, jobs, and events
  • Pair devices and create API keys
  • Widgets for lock screen metrics
Features
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ActivitySmith lets you send Live Activities and Push Notifications to your iOS device(s) from any backend. Keep long-running work visible at a glance: stream progress, step-by-step status, and outcomes to your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Use Push Notifications for high-signal alerts (failures, incidents, signups, sales, crashes, etc). Anything that can make an HTTP request can update a Live Activity or send a Push Notification - CI/CD, servers, cron, agents, webhooks, or plain curl. Use cases: - CI/CD deployments and build pipelines - Long-running jobs (migrations, backups, ETL) and background agents - On-call alerts and incident workflows - Business events (sales, signups, trial conversions) - Home Automation How it works: - Install ActivitySmith and pair your device - Create API key - Send custom Push Notifications with a simple API call - Trigger Live Activities to track deployments or any other long-running processes in a real-time - Target one or more paired devices as needed - Use widgets to track key metrics from your lock screen SDKs: Node.js, PHP, Ruby, Python, Go, CLI Integrations: GitHub, GitLab, Vercel, Railway, Netlify, Sentry, Linear, Zapier, n8n, and more...

About

CodePress Mobile

This app allows engineering teams to monitor AI agent sessions and active work remotely. Access your dashboard, reconnect to live terminals, and track team activity on the go. A CodePress account is required to use its features.

Highlights
  • Monitor agent sessions
  • Track active work
  • Access CodePress dashboard
  • Reconnect to live terminal
  • Keep track of team activity
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CodePress Mobile is the companion app for CodePress, an AI-powered workspace for engineering teams. Use it to stay connected when you are away from your desk: - Monitor agent sessions and active work - Open your CodePress dashboard from your iPhone - Reconnect to live terminal and workspace flows - Keep track of team activity as work moves forward CodePress helps teams run AI agents, coordinate engineering workflows, and stay close to active work across their tools. A CodePress account is required. Some features require access to an existing CodePress workspace.

Screenshots

ActivitySmith4 screens
CodePress Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CodePress Mobile at 16.4 against ActivitySmith's 18.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ActivitySmith against 5.0 for CodePress Mobile. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ActivitySmith ships an update weekly, CodePress Mobile every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ActivitySmith versus CodePress Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActivitySmithCodePress Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB51 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAdam BardonQuant Five LLC

Customer experience

ActivitySmith

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CodePress Mobile

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

In-app purchases

None

ActivitySmith

No in-app purchases

None

CodePress Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ActivitySmith free?
ActivitySmith is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CodePress Mobile free?
CodePress Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ActivitySmith or CodePress Mobile?
ActivitySmith and CodePress Mobile are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do ActivitySmith or CodePress Mobile have ads?
Neither ActivitySmith nor CodePress Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ActivitySmith or CodePress Mobile?
ActivitySmith ships an update weekly, and CodePress Mobile every 10 days. Most recently, ActivitySmith was updated on November 5, 2026 and CodePress Mobile on October 31, 2026.

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