Cursory vs DiffSSH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Cursory
Control cloud agents from your smartphone. Manage agents, monitor progress, and send follow-up instructions. Integrates with GitHub and allows image attachments for enhanced control.
- Control cloud agents
- Monitor progress and logs
- Send follow-up instructions
- GitHub integration
- Attach images to instructions
- Manage agents (create, list, inspect, stop, delete)
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Cursory is an iOS app that lets you control Cursor's Cloud Agents API right from your smartphone. Specify a repository, launch an agent, monitor progress and conversation logs, send follow-up instructions, and stop or delete agents ā all on the go. - Create, list, and inspect agents - View conversation history and send follow-ups - Stop running agents and clean up completed ones - GitHub integration (optional): browse repositories and access pull requests - Attach images to instructions (optional): pick from your photo library A Cursor API key is required. GitHub integration is optional.
DiffSSH
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DiffSSH turns your iPhone and iPad into a proper Git review tool for the servers you already work on. Connect over SSH, open a repository, and review every change with the clarity of a desktop client - no laptop required. REVIEW CHANGES LIKE A PRO ⢠See staged and working-tree changes in a clean, Source Control view. ⢠Group changed files into a folder tree, or switch to a flat list - your choice. ⢠Stage and unstage individual files, whole folders, or everything at once with a swipe. ⢠Tap any change to open a full diff with syntax highlighting, word-level highlights, line numbers, and green/red gutters. EXPLORE THE WHOLE REPOSITORY ⢠Browse a lazily-loaded file tree and open any file in a fast, read-only viewer. ⢠Walk the commit history as a graph - branches, merges, and refs shown at a glance. ⢠Tap any commit to inspect exactly what it changed. A REAL TERMINAL, BUILT IN ⢠Run commands in a live, interactive shell scoped to your repository. ⢠Sessions are persistent server-side via tmux or GNU screen - disconnect or background the app and your shell keeps running. Reconnect and pick up exactly where you left off. SECURE BY DESIGN ⢠Connect with password or private-key authentication. ⢠Credentials are stored in the iOS Keychain - never sent anywhere but to your own servers. ⢠No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Your data stays between your device and your servers. SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING FOR THE LANGUAGES YOU USE Swift, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Go, Rust, Java, PHP, Bash, JSON, YAML, Markdown, HTML, CSS, C, C++, and SQL. BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD ⢠Native SwiftUI, designed for iOS 17 and later. ⢠Full iPad support including Split View and Slide Over. Requirements: an SSH-accessible server with Git. The built-in terminal requires tmux or GNU screen on the server.
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Verdict
Cursory and DiffSSH are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters ā price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them ā neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Cursory | DiffSSH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | ā |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | ā |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KEY Planning co.,ltd. | Cache Technologies |
In-app purchases
Cursory
No in-app purchases
DiffSSH
No in-app purchases









