OpenResponses vs DevRemote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenResponses
This native client provides advanced control and observability for AI models. It allows users to stream responses in real-time, inspect requests, and utilize various OpenAI models with a fast interface. Features include web search, code interpretation, and image generation.
- Real-time response streaming
- Request inspector for API details
- Prompt library and advanced model controls
- Web search and code interpreter tools
- Image generation capabilities
- Direct Notion and Apple system tool integration
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OpenResponses is OpenAI's API on your iPhone and iPad, with nothing hidden. Bring your own API key and it shows you the request before it goes out, the events as they stream back, and every tool call along the way. It's for people who build with OpenAI's models, or who just want to see what the newest ones actually do before writing any code. It started as the successor to OpenAssistant, my app for OpenAI's older Assistants API, and talks straight to OpenAI's Responses API with no server of mine in between. PICK A MODEL AND SEE WHAT IT DOES • GPT-6.1 Sol, GPT-6 Sol, Astra and Luna, the GPT-5.6 family, and older models your key can still use. When OpenAI releases a new one, it shows up in the menu on its own, with its settings read from OpenAI's docs. • Reasoning from None to Max where the model takes it, Pro mode, verbosity, context compaction and the rest of the request settings, all in one place. • Replies stream in as they're written, with the reasoning summaries the API sends, token use, and the full request and response a tap away. • Save setups as presets, attach photos and documents, export conversations, and search your chats by what they're about, not just the exact words. THE TOOLS THE API HAS • Web search with sources, Code Interpreter, file search over your own vector stores, and image generation and editing with GPT Image 2.5, up to Max quality. • Voice conversations with GPT Realtime 2.1 or GPT-Live 1, with mute, and with headphones and Voice Barge-In on you can talk over it to cut it off. • A browser the model can drive, inside the app, with Stop, time limits and action limits. • MCP connections. Sign in to supported apps or add a server by address, look through the tools it offers, and approve tool calls unless you turn that off. • Calendar, Reminders, Contacts and Notion, only when you turn them on. • Local Python. The model writes it, you read it, you tap Run, and it runs on your phone. Standard library, no internet, 30 seconds a run. API WORKBENCH For when you'd rather write the request yourself. Edit the raw JSON, send it over HTTP, streaming or WebSocket, watch every event come back, and export the whole response. It also counts tokens, compacts context, and manages conversations, files, vector stores, containers and batch jobs. Anything that deletes asks first. A few things worth knowing before you download it: • There's no OpenResponses account. You need your own OpenAI API key, and what you use is billed to your OpenAI account. • Your key stays in the iOS Keychain and only ever goes to OpenAI. • Explore Demo lets you look around without a key, and it sends nothing. • Before your first live request, the app shows what gets sent to OpenAI and waits for you to say yes. • It runs on iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or later. One last thing. This shows you what OpenAI's models do, and they can be wrong, sometimes confidently. Check anything that matters before you act on it.
DevRemote
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Connect, control and manage compatible devices over your local network. DevRemote combines remote control, APK installation, screen viewing, file management and debugging tools for compatible phones, tablets and TVs with network debugging enabled. CONNECT • Discover nearby devices available for direct connection • Pair with a Wireless Debugging code or QR code when supported • Connect by IP address and connection port after the required authorization • Save devices for convenient reconnection REMOTE AND SCREEN • Navigate with a D-pad or touchpad and send text • Use Home, Back and Menu; control media, volume and power when supported • View the device screen and interact by tapping, dragging and swiping • Capture screenshots and recordings when supported APKs, APPS AND FILES • Install APKs on the connected device • Browse user and system apps; launch, uninstall and perform supported app actions • Browse accessible folders, download files and upload files to the device • Create folders, rename and delete items where permissions allow DEVICE TOOLS • Run Shell commands and view or filter Logcat output • Check device information, battery, memory and storage BEFORE YOU CONNECT The target device must support device debugging over the local network, with network debugging or Wireless Debugging enabled. Both devices must be able to communicate over that network. Pairing or on-device authorization may be required. Code and QR pairing require support on the target device. Pairing and connection ports are not interchangeable. Features vary by device, system version and permissions. This is not a universal remote for every TV. Protected or DRM video may not appear in screen viewing. APK installation, app management, file operations and Shell commands apply to the connected external device. APK files are not installed or executed on iOS. PRO Remote control, continued screen viewing and interaction, APK installation and app actions, file uploads and editing, Shell and Logcat require Pro. Pro is available as an annual subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. No DevRemote account is required. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://softfinch.com/devremote/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenResponses at none against DevRemote's 2. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. DevRemote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year. OpenResponses asks for nothing beyond the download.
OpenResponses ships an update every 5 weeks, DevRemote every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenResponses | DevRemote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gunnar Hostetler | 文武 马 |
In-app purchases
OpenResponses
No in-app purchases
DevRemote
- Annual Pro$7.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$19.99









