MobileCLI vs Cosyra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MobileCLI
Access your desktop terminal sessions remotely from your phone. Connect securely without accounts or cloud services. Ideal for developers to manage AI coding assistants and run commands from anywhere.
- Remote terminal access
- AI coding assistant integration
- QR code pairing
- Direct WebSocket connection
- File browser and editor (Pro)
- Spawn new terminal sessions
- Push notifications for AI input
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Your desktop terminal, in your pocket. MobileCLI connects to your development machine and gives you full access to your terminal sessions from your phone. Pair with a QR code, and you're in — no accounts, no cloud relay, no configuration files. Built for developers who use AI coding assistants. Watch Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini work in real time. Approve tool calls from the couch. Fix a stuck prompt from the grocery store. Your sessions keep running whether you're watching or not. REAL TERMINAL, NOT A TOY Full xterm.js terminal with keyboard toolbar — arrow keys for history navigation, escape, paste from clipboard, and file attachments. Everything you type goes straight to your PTY. Everything your PTY outputs streams back instantly over WebSocket. CONNECT YOUR WAY Scan a QR code on your local network, or connect over Tailscale from anywhere in the world. Link multiple machines and switch between them. All connections are direct — your data never touches a third-party server. FILE BROWSER & EDITOR (Pro) Browse your project files, edit code with syntax highlighting, view images and PDFs, search by filename or content. Create, rename, move, and delete files and folders. Upload photos and documents straight from your phone into your terminal session. SPAWN SESSIONS FROM YOUR PHONE Start new terminal sessions remotely — Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, or a plain shell. Pick a working directory, name your session, and go. NOTIFICATIONS WHEN IT MATTERS Get a push notification when your AI assistant needs input — tool approvals, plan confirmations, or clarifying questions. Tap to jump straight into the session. MULTIPLE THEMES Classic black terminal, Tokyo Night, or Light mode. Pick what feels right. FREE TO START Connect one device, open terminal sessions, type commands, and get notifications — all free. Upgrade to Pro to unlock the file browser, file editor, and attachment uploads. PRO SUBSCRIPTION MobileCLI Pro unlocks file browsing, editing, and attachment uploads. • $19.99/year with a 3-day free trial • $29.99 lifetime purchase (one-time) • Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period • Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions Privacy Policy: https://www.mobilecli.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.mobilecli.app/terms
Cosyra
This app provides a full cloud Linux terminal on your phone, pre-installed with AI coding tools. Ship code from anywhere without a laptop, featuring a mobile-first interface and essential development tools.
- Cloud Linux terminal
- Pre-installed AI coding tools (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI)
- Mobile-first interface
- Full xterm-compatible terminal
- Smart keyboard toolbar
- Background session persistence
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Cosyra gives you your own Linux computer in the cloud and a phone app built for running AI coding agents on it. Chat with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or OpenCode while they work on your projects, browse the files they change, preview what they build, dictate by voice, and open a full terminal whenever you want one. YOUR OWN MACHINE • A persistent Ubuntu machine with 30 GB of storage. Your repos, tools, dotfiles and agent sessions stay exactly where you left them. • Sleeps when idle and wakes in seconds. • 4 GB of RAM on Core, 8 GB on Pro. Nothing depends on your phone's CPU or battery. • git, node, python and the rest of a normal developer toolchain, plus whatever you install. AGENTS, NOT A CHATBOT • Run Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or OpenCode on your machine and talk to them from your phone. • The agent edits files and runs commands with the permission level you choose. • Queue follow-ups, steer work in progress, and switch agents on the same project. • A running turn survives a dropped connection, and you get a notification when unattended work finishes. PROJECTS, FILES AND PREVIEWS • Link GitHub, clone repositories, open projects, switch branches, and inspect diffs. • Browse and read files without typing paths. • Preview the web apps your agents build through a secure, authenticated tunnel. VOICE • Dictate prompts. Speech is recognized on your device and tidied up before it reaches the agent. A FULL TERMINAL WHEN YOU WANT ONE • xterm-compatible terminal with smart keys, scrollback restoration and truecolor. • Sessions keep running while the app is in the background and reconnect where they stopped. BRING YOUR OWN MODELS Connect Anthropic, OpenAI or another supported provider with your own API key or eligible subscription. Your subscription pays for the machine, not the model. Cosyra never resells model access. PLANS Core (4 GB RAM) and Pro (8 GB RAM), both with 30 GB of storage and a 7-day free trial. A subscription is required for machine access. Pricing is shown in the app before you start a trial. PRIVACY AND SECURITY • Provider API keys travel over TLS to encrypted server-side storage and are never saved on your phone. • Every machine runs in its own isolated sandbox. • Voice recognition runs on the device. • Sign in with Apple, Google or GitHub. Claude Code is a product of Anthropic, Codex of OpenAI and Cursor of Anysphere; OpenCode is an open-source project. Cosyra is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. Terms: https://cosyra.com/terms.html Privacy: https://cosyra.com/privacy.html Questions: hello@portablesoftware.co
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cosyra at every 6 days against MobileCLI's monthly. Cosyra also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 1) and chart position (#58 vs unranked). MobileCLI's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and device support (3 vs 1). 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. MobileCLI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year and Cosyra sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $20.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MobileCLI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cosyra has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MobileCLI ships an update monthly, Cosyra every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MobileCLI | Cosyra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #58 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Knigge | Portable Software, Corp. |
Customer experience
MobileCLI
Cosyra
In-app purchases
MobileCLI
- Files Premium (Yearly)3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Files Premium (Lifetime)$29.99
Cosyra
- Core Monthly Plan$20.001 Month
- Core Starter Monthly Plan7 Days trial$20.001 Month
- Pro Monthly Subscription$30.001 Month
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- Cosyra Pro Trial7 Days trial$30.001 Month
- Core Yearly Plan$200.001 Year
- Pro Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$300.001 Year









