OpenCode Mobile App vs Orca IDE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenCode Mobile App
Access your OpenCode server remotely from any device. Receive push notifications and utilize free remote tunnels for continuous session management. This unofficial application is built using OpenCode itself.
- Remote server connection
- Push notifications
- Free remote tunnels
- Companion plugin integration
- Cross-device access
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Connect to your OpenCode server on your PC, VPS, docker from anywhere in the world. Install the companion plugin to your OpenCode instance to enable push notifications and free remote tunnels so you can get notifications and continue your sessions on the go. This is an unofficial app made 100% with OpenCode. Share your love, go to the repo and leave a star https://github.com/doza62/opencode-mobile
Orca IDE
This app mirrors your desktop terminal sessions, including AI agent interactions, directly to your iPhone. It provides full keyboard input and multi-terminal support for seamless remote coding management. All processing remains on your desktop, ensuring your data stays secure.
- Live desktop terminal mirror
- AI agent session management
- Full keyboard input
- Multi-worktree, multi-terminal support
- Phone-fit zoom and smart keyboard
- Background command execution
- End-to-end encrypted pairing
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Orca Mobile is the companion app for Orca, the open-source agentic coding workspace for macOS, Linux, and Windows. Pair your iPhone to your desktop in seconds and pick up a terminal session from the couch, the kitchen, or across the office. WHAT IT DOES • Live mirror of your desktop terminal, including running AI agent sessions (Claude Code, Codex, custom CLIs). • Full keyboard input — type, tab-complete, Ctrl-C, scroll back, all from the phone. • Multi-worktree, multi-terminal: jump between projects with a tap. • Phone-fit zoom and a smart on-screen keyboard with quick Ctrl/Alt accessory keys and shortcuts. • Background long-running commands and get a notification when a TUI goes idle (e.g. when Claude finishes thinking). HOW IT WORKS Orca Mobile is a thin client. Nothing runs on your phone except the viewer. Your code, your shells, your AI agents — all of that stays on your desktop. The phone shows you what's happening and forwards your keystrokes back over an encrypted local-network connection. Pairing is end-to-end encrypted. Your desktop generates a one-time keypair and shows a QR code; you scan it from the app. After that, all traffic between phone and desktop is sealed with that pair's keys. PRIVACY • No analytics SDK, no crash reporter, no third-party SDKs of any kind in the iOS app. • Pairing tokens and your preference list live in the app's own sandbox. The app's traffic to your desktop is end-to-end encrypted on your local network only. • The Orca desktop app collects anonymized usage metrics per the policy at https://www.onorca.dev/privacy. The mobile app itself does not. • Open source: every line is auditable at https://github.com/stablyai/orca. REQUIREMENTS • An iPhone (iOS 16+) on the same Wi-Fi as your desktop. • The Orca desktop app, free, from https://www.onorca.dev/ or https://github.com/stablyai/orca/releases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Orca IDE at 88% against OpenCode Mobile App's 40%. Orca IDE also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Orca IDE holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of OpenCode Mobile App's written reviews are positive against 88% of Orca IDE's.
OpenCode Mobile App ships an update weekly, Orca IDE every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenCode Mobile App | Orca IDE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (9 ratings) | 4.6 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 87.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #66 | #21 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rodrigo Mendoza | Lovecast LLC |
Customer experience
OpenCode Mobile App
Orca IDE
In-app purchases
OpenCode Mobile App
No in-app purchases
Orca IDE
No in-app purchases
