Comparison

Nimbalyst vs Deck

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

Head to head
About

Nimbalyst

Monitor and interact with your desktop AI coding sessions from your phone. Receive instant notifications when your AI agent needs input and respond directly from your device, securely and in real-time.

Highlights
  • Real-time AI session sync
  • Remote prompt and message sending
  • Approve tool permissions and answer questions
  • Review code changes and git commits
  • Push notifications with deep-linking
  • Offline viewing of session transcripts
  • QR code desktop pairing
Features
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Nimbalyst brings your AI coding sessions to your pocket. Monitor, interact with, and respond to your desktop AI agent from anywhere -- no laptop required. STAY IN THE LOOP Your desktop AI sessions sync to your phone in real time. Control Claude Agent from your phone and track progress on the go from wherever you are. When your AI agent needs input -- a permission approval, a question answered, a plan reviewed -- respond right from your phone. INSTANT PUSH NOTIFICATIONS Get notified the moment your AI agent needs your attention. Tap the notification to jump straight to the session that needs you. SECURE BY DEFAULT All session data is end-to-end encrypted with AES-256-GCM. Your code, prompts, and AI responses are encrypted before they ever leave your desktop. Not even the sync server can read your data. NATIVE iOS EXPERIENCE Built with SwiftUI from the ground up. Native navigation, pull-to-refresh, iPad split view, and instant offline access to previously viewed sessions. No web wrapper -- this is a real iOS app. KEY FEATURES Real-time sync of all AI sessions across your projects Send prompts and follow-up messages to active sessions Approve tool permissions, answer questions, review plans Review code changes and git commit proposals Push notifications with deep-linking to specific sessions Offline viewing of cached session transcripts iPad split view with sidebar navigation QR code pairing with your desktop in seconds Unread indicators so you never miss a message Nimbalyst for iOS is a companion to the Nimbalyst desktop app. A desktop installation is required. Pair your devices by scanning a QR code from Nimbalyst desktop, and your sessions sync automatically. Learn more at https://nimbalyst.com

About

Deck

Features
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Save a link in one tap. Read it later, when you actually have time. No account, ever. Deck is a tidy, personal place for the links you keep meaning to come back to. Tap Share in Safari, Messages, or any other app, pick a folder, and it's saved. That's the whole thing. NO ACCOUNT. NO SERVER. NO SUBSCRIPTION. There is no sign-up screen, because there is nothing to sign up for. Your saves live in your own iCloud, synced across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Deck has no server, collects nothing, and tracks nothing so there is no service here that can be shut down and take your links with it. SAVE ANYTHING, FROM ANYWHERE • Links, images, text, and PDFs, straight from the share sheet • "Save to Deck" in the Actions row for one-tap saving • Add a link, note, or photo by hand from inside any folder • Paste a link you just copied Deck offers it before you ask FOLDERS THAT WORK LIKE YOU DO • Make your own folders a color and an icon each, dragged into the order you want • Duplicate a folder, rename it, or clear it out whenever • Four ways to look at a folder: List, Cards, Masonry, and Headlines • Search inside a folder to find that one link again KNOW WHAT YOU HAVEN'T READ Unopened saves get a quiet dot, and folders show how many are waiting. Tap the row on the home screen and everything unread comes up as a stack of cards you flip through one at a time. BUILT FOR iOS, NOT PORTED TO IT Written in SwiftUI for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Links open in their own app when they have one YouTube in YouTube, a recipe in its app and in a fast built-in browser when they don't. Photos keep their details. PDFs open in a real reader. Available in nine languages, with light, dark, and system themes, plus a second app icon. DECK PRO ONE PAYMENT, KEPT FOREVER Saving, folders, search, and iCloud sync are free and stay free. Pro is a single small purchase, not a subscription, and unlocks: • Summarize any save with on-device AI private, offline, nothing sent anywhere • Share a folder with family or friends, with no account needed on either side • Reopen your last save in one tap Recipes with your partner. Gift ideas with your family. Trip links with whoever you're travelling with. Everyone sees the same folder, nobody makes an account. PRIVACY, PLAINLY Deck collects no data. There is no analytics SDK, no tracking, no advertising, and no company database holding your links. Everything is in your iCloud, under your Apple Account, where it stays. Download Deck, save the first link that's been sitting in a tab for a week, and close the tab.

Screenshots

Nimbalyst4 screens
Deck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nimbalyst at none against Deck's 1. Nimbalyst also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Deck's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Deck sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Nimbalyst asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nimbalyst ships an update every 6 weeks, Deck fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Nimbalyst versus Deck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNimbalystDeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB8 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNimbalyst, Inc.Anatoli Petrosyants

In-app purchases

None

Nimbalyst

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Deck

One-time1
  • Savedock Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Nimbalyst free?
Nimbalyst is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deck free?
Deck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nimbalyst or Deck have ads?
Neither Nimbalyst nor Deck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nimbalyst or Deck?
Nimbalyst ships an update every 6 weeks, and Deck fortnightly. Most recently, Nimbalyst was updated on October 16, 2026 and Deck on October 9, 2026.

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