Comparison

Moshi vs Tailscode

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

Head to head
About

Moshi

This mobile terminal connects you to AI coding agents running on servers, allowing hands-free control via voice commands and ensuring uninterrupted sessions with its robust network protocol. It offers a specialized keyboard and secure storage for SSH keys, making it ideal for developers on the go.

Highlights
  • Connect to AI coding agents remotely
  • Hands-free voice commands with on-device AI
  • Mosh protocol for network resilience
  • Webhook alerts for task completion
  • Biometric protection for SSH keys
  • Specialized terminal keyboard with shortcuts
  • Session persistence across app switches
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

Tailscode

Manage and monitor AI coding agents running on your computers directly from your phone. Start tasks, check progress on multiple agents simultaneously, and receive notifications when jobs are complete. Supports various AI models, including those on your own GPU, and offers detailed transcripts of agent activity.

Highlights
  • Remote agent monitoring
  • Task initiation from anywhere
  • Multi-agent oversight
  • Support for local and cloud models
  • Detailed conversation transcripts
  • Cost estimation and tracking
Features
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Your coding agents don't stop when you leave the desk, so neither should you. Tailscode puts every agent running on your own computers in your pocket: Claude Code, opencode and Oh My Pi, on any model they can run, including one on your own graphics card. Start a task from the couch, check on six at once from anywhere, and get a ping when the long one finishes. Your chats go straight to your machines over your own Tailscale network, never through a relay, with no sign-in. Free and open source. ONE COMMAND TO SET UP For Claude Code, one line on the computer you code on installs the bridge and ends with a QR code. Scan it, confirm, and the app has your machine; opencode has a one-line installer too. Want to look first? A built-in demo shows the main screens with no server at all. EVERY AGENT AT A GLANCE • Home is one ranked board: a sentence that says who needs you and what is working, then the chats waiting on you, working, pinned and recent. • The Agents board shows what needs you, what is working, what runs in the background and what finished in the last hour, with approve and answer on each card. Watch turns it into a full-screen wall of every agent. • Peek at any agent without opening its chat: its step, its last moves, its context. ANY MODEL, EVEN YOUR OWN GPU • Whatever your agent can run, from cloud models to a local model served by Ollama or llama.cpp on your own machine, picked per chat with its reasoning effort. • Carry a conversation to another model: the next one gets a short brief of the chat and picks up the thread. • A party of six favourite models and their effort levels, one tap or one swipe of the model pill away. LONG RUNS, NO BABYSITTING • A Live Activity on your Lock Screen for a running conversation, one for each with Pro: what it is doing, for how long, and how many tools it has run. • Notifications say what happened: how long it took, what it changed and the first of what it said. Reply from the Lock Screen to start the next turn. An approval shows the exact command and asks for Face ID or your passcode; a question shows its options as buttons. • Queue the next message while a turn runs, edit it before it goes, or stop the turn on the server. A NATIVE TRANSCRIPT, NOT A TERMINAL • Megatron folds a turn's thinking and tool runs into one head you open to read, search and replay every step. • Diffs, commands and their real output inline; syntax-highlighted code with byte-exact copy. • Send screenshots and photos; every picture the agent hands back lands in a gallery. NOT ONLY CODE Your machines know things. Ask what is eating the GPU, research a question, tidy a folder, check a price: any agent, any model, from anywhere. KNOW WHAT IT COSTS • Every conversation priced, every month totalled across machines, by model, project and tool. Always an estimate, never a bill. • Plan limits and quotas per provider and account, with the pace and turns left, on Home and in widgets. YOURS, END TO END • Your chats travel point to point over your tailnet, never through a relay. No sign-in, no ads, no tracking, and your code and conversations never reach us. • iPhone, iPad and Mac, plus a Linux desktop app, all open source under GPL-3.0: the app, the engine and the bridges. FREE, WITH AN HONEST PRO The free app is the complete core on one server: full chat, the Agents and Home boards, approvals, attachments, every model, a Live Activity at a time. Tailscode Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription: unlimited servers in one list, concurrent Live Activities, iPhone and Mac on the same Apple Account, the delegate board, and a supporter heart. Tailscode is independent open-source software, not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic, Tailscale Inc., the opencode project or Oh My Pi. Privacy policy: https://midgarcorp.cc/tailscode/privacy Source code: https://github.com/guitaripod/Tailscode

Screenshots

Moshi4 screens
Tailscode4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Tailscode at free against Moshi's free with in-app purchases. Tailscode also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Moshi's advantage is ratings volume (619 vs 2) and chart position (#6 vs #198). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Tailscode sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tailscode holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moshi has 619 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Moshi versus Tailscode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoshiTailscode
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (619 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings619 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#6 — better#198
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMoshi Tech Ltd.Midgar Oy

Customer experience

Moshi

All ratings615 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive75.3%
Neutral7.4%
Negative17.4%

Tailscode

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Moshi

Subscriptions9
  • Moshi Founder Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Moshi Pioneer Monthly$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 Pioneer Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Moshi Pro Yearly$69.991 Year
  • Moshi Pro Yearly$89.991 Year
One-time1
  • Moshi Pro Lifetime$249.00
4 purchases

Tailscode

One-time4
  • Small Tip$2.99
  • Generous Tip$9.99
  • Tailscode Pro$14.99
Show 1 more
  • Lavish Tip$19.99

Questions

Is Moshi free?
Moshi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tailscode free?
Tailscode is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Moshi or Tailscode?
Tailscode is rated higher. Moshi averages 4.7 out of 5 from 619 ratings, while Tailscode averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Moshi or Tailscode have ads?
Neither Moshi nor Tailscode shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moshi or Tailscode?
Moshi ships an update every 2 days, and Tailscode every 2 days. Most recently, Moshi was updated on November 13, 2026 and Tailscode on November 10, 2026.
Which is more popular, Moshi or Tailscode?
Moshi currently peaks at #6 in the App Store charts, and Tailscode at #198. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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