Comparison

Moshi vs BYOT Coding Agent

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

Head to head
About

Moshi

A mobile terminal app designed for AI coding agents, allowing you to monitor and control them remotely. Features voice commands, resilient network connections, and secure SSH key management.

Highlights
  • Remote AI agent monitoring
  • Voice-to-terminal commands
  • Mosh protocol for network resilience
  • Webhook task completion alerts
  • Biometric SSH key protection
  • Dedicated terminal keyboard
  • Session persistence
Features
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A mobile terminal designed for AI coding agents. Your coding agent runs on a server — you're not always at your desk. Moshi bridges that gap. BUILT FOR AI AGENTS Check on Claude Code from the couch. Nudge Codex from the coffee shop. Monitor Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, or Aider from anywhere. Your agent doesn't sleep, and now neither does your access to it. TALK, DON'T TYPE Voice-to-terminal with on-device AI. Command your agent hands-free using Whisper speech recognition. No cloud, no latency — everything runs locally on your device. NEVER DROPS Powered by the Mosh protocol that survives network switches, sleep mode, and subway tunnels. Your session stays alive no matter what. GET NOTIFIED Webhook alerts when tasks complete. Start a long-running job, pocket your phone, and live your life. Get a push notification when it's done. FACE ID FOR SSH KEYS Biometric unlock for your SSH keys. Private keys stored securely in iOS Keychain, protected by Face ID or Touch ID. Never stored in the app. PROPER KEYBOARD A terminal keyboard built for real work. Ctrl, Esc, Tab, arrows, and Tmux shortcuts. Not an afterthought — designed for terminal power users. SESSION RESUME Sessions persist across app switches. Come back anytime and pick up where you left off. Your terminal state is always waiting. PRIVACY FIRST - SSH keys stored in iOS Keychain with biometric protection - Voice dictation runs entirely on-device - No passwords or keys transmitted to our servers - All terminal data stays on your device A terminal that picks up — and never hangs up. Privacy Policy: https://getmoshi.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://getmoshi.app/terms

About

BYOT Coding Agent

This app allows you to control an open-source coding agent running on your computer directly from your mobile device. You can browse projects, send prompts with files, and monitor the agent's progress and output in real-time. It also supports answering permission requests and managing sessions.

Highlights
  • Connect to OpenCode server
  • Send prompts with photos/files
  • Live stream of agent activity
  • Inspect tool inputs and outputs
  • Answer permission requests
  • Manage saved servers and sessions
  • System, Light, or Dark appearance
Features
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BYOT is a native client for OpenCode, the open-source coding agent. Connect to the OpenCode server running on your own computer and drive coding sessions from your iPhone or iPad. Browse projects and sessions, send prompts with photos or files, and watch assistant text, reasoning, and tool activity stream live. Inspect tool inputs, progress, output, and errors. Answer permission requests and questions from your server, queue follow-up prompts, and choose models from your server's catalog. Review session diffs when your server supports them. Switch between saved servers, group sessions by project or browse them in one list, and find sessions by title, project, or path. Unsent text and attachments stay on this iPhone across session changes and app relaunches. Choose System, Light, or Dark appearance. With the optional BYOT companion running on your computer, get notifications for approvals, questions, completed turns, and errors. Enable the computer queue to keep accepted prompts running in order while BYOT is closed. Your computer must remain awake and the companion connected. Work that has not finished uploading needs BYOT to reconnect; uncertain delivery requires your review. BYOT supports OpenCode 1 and OpenCode 2 beta servers with automatic protocol detection. Available features depend on the server version; some OpenCode 2 beta servers do not expose per-session diffs. Your server does the work. BYOT renders its responses and sends your instructions over HTTPS. There is no BYOT account or sign-up, and no tracking. Anonymous usage data is off until you turn it on, and it never includes your prompts, code, server addresses, or project names. Server passwords are stored in the iOS Keychain. In direct mode, prompts and attachments go to your configured server and the model providers you enable there. Optional notifications and the computer queue use the BYOT relay for device registration, delivery, and encrypted queued content. See the privacy policy for storage and retention details. Requires an OpenCode server you operate, reachable over HTTPS, for example through Tailscale. Notifications and the computer queue also require the BYOT companion. BYOT is an independent client and is not affiliated with the OpenCode project.

Screenshots

Moshi4 screens
BYOT Coding Agent4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BYOT Coding Agent at none against Moshi's 10. BYOT Coding Agent also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Moshi's advantage is ratings volume (607 vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Moshi sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. BYOT Coding Agent asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BYOT Coding Agent holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moshi has 607 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Moshi's written reviews are positive against 100% of BYOT Coding Agent's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moshi ships an update every 2 days, BYOT Coding Agent weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Moshi versus BYOT Coding Agent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoshiBYOT Coding Agent
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (607 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings607 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#5 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMoshi Tech Ltd.Bogeybot LLC

Customer experience

Moshi

All ratings607 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral1.2%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive75.3%
Neutral7.4%
Negative17.4%

BYOT Coding Agent

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Moshi

Subscriptions8
  • Moshi Founder Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Moshi Pioneer Monthly2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Moshi Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
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  • Moshi Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Moshi Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Moshi Founder Yearly$19.991 Year
  • Moshi Pro Yearly$69.991 Year
  • Moshi Pro Yearly$89.991 Year
One-time1
  • Moshi Pro Lifetime$249.00
None

BYOT Coding Agent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moshi free?
Moshi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BYOT Coding Agent free?
BYOT Coding Agent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Moshi or BYOT Coding Agent?
BYOT Coding Agent is rated higher. Moshi averages 4.7 out of 5 from 607 ratings, while BYOT Coding Agent averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Moshi or BYOT Coding Agent have ads?
Neither Moshi nor BYOT Coding Agent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moshi or BYOT Coding Agent?
Moshi ships an update every 2 days, and BYOT Coding Agent weekly. Most recently, Moshi was updated on November 7, 2026 and BYOT Coding Agent on November 5, 2026.

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