Termly vs CC Blackbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Termly
This AI coding workspace brings your desktop workflow to your mobile device. Seamlessly connect to various AI coding tools to review, prompt, debug, and commit code from anywhere. Enjoy a secure and real-time experience without any setup.
- AI coding workspace on mobile
- Mirrors desktop AI workflow
- Connects to Claude, Aider, Copilot, Gemini
- Review, prompt, debug, commit code
- Full desktop context on mobile
- No setup required
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Your AI coding workspace, now in your pocket. Termly mirrors your desktop AI workflow to iPhone and iPad — seamlessly, securely, and in real time. Connect your favorite tools — Claude, Aider, Copilot, Gemini, and more — and continue coding anywhere. Review, prompt, debug, or commit right from your mobile device with full desktop context. No setup. No limits. Just your AI workflow, anywhere.
CC Blackbox
Monitor and control your AI coding sessions running on your Mac from your iPhone. See live session activity, read conversations, and send prompts remotely. Ensures end-to-end encryption for your code and prompts.
- Monitor live AI coding sessions
- Read conversations and tool details
- Send prompts via typing or dictation
- Answer permission requests
- Interrupt or stop sessions
- Pair with up to five Macs
- End-to-end encryption
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CC Blackbox is the iPhone companion to the CC Blackbox desktop app for Mac. Watch and steer the AI coding sessions already running in your local IDE, from anywhere. See every live session at a glance and know which ones need you. Read the conversation as it happens, including what the assistant says between tool calls, with full tool detail and edit diffs a tap away. Send the next prompt by typing or dictation, answer permission requests, interrupt a turn, or stop a session outright. A built-in status strip shows the model and context usage for every session you watch. Pair with your Mac by scanning a QR code. Pair up to five Macs and watch them all from one phone. Push notifications reach you when a session is waiting on you, even with the phone locked. Everything is end-to-end encrypted between your phone and your Mac. The relay that connects them sees only encrypted bytes; your sessions, prompts, and code never leave your machines readable. Requires the free CC Blackbox app on your Mac, a personal IDE made specifically to work with Claude Code. No account, no sign-up. A built-in demo mode lets you explore the app before pairing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CC Blackbox at 5.0 against Termly's 4.0. CC Blackbox also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). Termly's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
CC Blackbox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Termly ships an update every 2 weeks, CC Blackbox every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Termly | CC Blackbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Siarhei Pratasavitski | Scott Rippey |
Customer experience
Termly
CC Blackbox
In-app purchases
Termly
No in-app purchases
CC Blackbox
No in-app purchases









