Comparison

Q vs CatClaw Terminal

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

Head to head
About

Q

Features
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Q-Bridge is a quantum job workbench for iPhone, iPad and Mac, for developers and researchers who write quantum circuits, submit them and want to follow the results in one place. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Run a circuit — Paste OpenQASM (the Bell circuit is already filled in), tap Run and see the counts on the same screen. The editor is on every plan. • Follow every job live — Each job moves from queued to running to completed on screen, and the list updates the moment a status changes. • Your provider jobs, read-only — Jobs › Provider jobs lists up to 20 recent jobs from your own IBM Quantum or Amazon Braket account: status, the provider's status, backend, created time, and measurement counts once a job finishes. Nothing is submitted, cancelled or deleted. Your key stays in the device Keychain on iPhone, iPad and Mac, never on Q-Bridge servers. Every plan. • Emergency stop — One tap cancels all of your active jobs, and the app shows which jobs, if any, could not be stopped. • Open real results — Finished simulator jobs return measurement counts, with the job's history and details. • Cloud simulator — Circuits run on our noiseless cloud simulator, not on your device. The qubit limit depends on your plan. • Compare backends from seven providers (Pro) — Browse backends from IBM Quantum, IonQ, Rigetti, Quantinuum, PASQAL, QuEra and Amazon Braket side by side in one catalog. • Bring your own provider credentials — Provider API keys you add stay in your device's Keychain; none is bundled, and the simulator needs none. They are sent only with requests that need them: reading your provider jobs, or the catalog and jobs you submit to a provider (Pro). • Backend suggestions on your device (Pro) — On supported devices, Bridge Advisor suggests a backend with Apple's on-device model; your circuit is not sent anywhere for it. • Bloch sphere — Visualize single-qubit states interactively, on every plan. • Easy start — A short intro you can skip or replay from Settings, and a guest mode before you create an account. BUILT FOR APPLE PLATFORMS A native app for iPhone, iPad and Mac, with Liquid Glass design. Universal Purchase: one subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. Available in English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, French and German. PRIVACY No ads and no third-party tracking. The camera is used only when you choose to scan a QR code to pair a gateway. Provider keys stay in the Keychain. Creating an account requires you to be 13 or older. PLANS • Free — Cloud simulator jobs (8 qubits) with live tracking, the OpenQASM editor, read-only Provider jobs, emergency stop and the Bloch sphere. Without an account: 3 runs a day. • Pro — $24.99/month or $159.99/year. Adds 20 simulator qubits, the seven-provider catalog with your own credentials, Bridge Advisor and more tools. • Team — $69.99/month or $549.99/year. Everything in Pro, plus the Team workspace and Team tools. • Enterprise — Contact sales. Not sold in the app. • Job submissions per day: Free 100 · Pro 1,000 · Team 5,000. You can subscribe without creating an account. Prices shown are in US dollars; your local App Store price may differ. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Quantum hardware access through a provider is subject to that provider's own account, terms and pricing. TRADEMARK NOTICE IBM Quantum, IonQ, Rigetti, Quantinuum, PASQAL, QuEra, Amazon Braket and AWS are trademarks of their respective owners. Q-Bridge is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by these companies. The names are used only to identify the providers a backend belongs to and the accounts you can connect. Made by SwiftQuantum Technologies, LLC. Terms of Use: https://swiftquantum.tech/terms/ · Privacy Policy: https://swiftquantum.tech/privacy/

About

CatClaw Terminal

Transform your mobile device into a powerful development environment. Access an SSH terminal, AI chatrooms, file management, and advanced workflow tools for on-the-go coding and debugging.

Highlights
  • Full SSH client with persistent sessions
  • AI ghost-text suggestions and error explanations
  • SFTP file browser with batch operations
  • Multi-tool AI chatrooms with various AI models
  • On-device Apple Intelligence features
  • Background job execution with push notifications
  • DevOps toolkit for code review and monitoring
Features
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ClawTerminal turns your iPhone or iPad into a full mobile dev environment. SSH terminal, AI chatrooms, file browser, multi-agent orchestration, and a Mac-class workflow that fits in one hand. Start a refactor on the train. Review a PR at lunch. Diagnose an outage from bed. Your Mac does the heavy lifting; your phone is the remote control. WHAT'S NEW IN v1.5.0 - Push with no account - the new ntfy channel needs no login or registration. Run /notifier ntfy, pick a topic, and subscribe in the free ntfy app. Telegram, Discord, and Slack work too. - Every Claude Code command works - ClawTerminal forwards any slash command your claude session supports, including new ones in future CLI releases, instead of an unknown-command error. - QR connect - set up a connection once, show it as a QR, and scan it on another iPhone or iPad. No retyping host, port, and key on a phone keyboard. - Claude Fable 5 - the fast 1M-context model is selectable everywhere, with a new Fast agent-routing preset that runs your whole team on it. - Quiet while the app is open - no more double-buzzing for a job you are already watching; banners resume when you leave. WHAT YOU GET A Real Terminal - Full SSH client with persistent sessions, themes, autocomplete - Vim, htop, tmux, mosh - everything just works - AI ghost-text suggestions; tap errors for instant explanations - SFTP file browser with batch operations - Share a connection by QR to set up a second device in one scan (NEW) - iPad multi-window, drag and drop, cursor support Multi-Tool AI Chatrooms - Claude, Codex, Gemini, or Aider - switch tools per chatroom - Direct API mode or CLI mode over SSH to your Mac - Claude Fable 5, Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku model options (NEW) - Apple Intelligence on-device when no API key is set - ?prefix routes a message through parallel exploration - Cross-session memory and custom skills tailored to you Power Commands - /research - in-app propose-evaluate-refine for about a penny - /whatif - predict 3 likely outcomes before a risky command - /frugal - strip the preamble for cheaper, faster answers - /duck - Socratic rubber-duck debugging - /standup - daily standup from yesterday's chat plus git log Multi-Agent Orchestration - /batch, /team, /race, /orchestrate - parallel agents, side-by-side - Quality, Balanced, Budget, or Fast (all Fable 5) routing presets (NEW) - Git worktree isolation per agent with --vcs - --app opens a visual command center; bare commands use Claude's native orchestration Background Jobs with Push - /submit runs long jobs in the background; push when they finish - /notifier ntfy - no account, no login, just a topic you pick (NEW) - /notifier setup for APNs from your own Mac; /notifier telegram for your own bot - Chat-app push for Hermes and OpenClaw results (Telegram, Discord, Slack, ntfy) - Per-job cost tracking, budgets, auto-recovery DevOps Toolkit - /git, /health, /monitor, /security, /pr, /preview, /conflicts - AI code review, live web preview, merge conflict resolver Context-Aware AI (OPT-IN) - Time, calendar, motion, battery shape Claude's tone and length The Learn Hub - 6 interactive tutorial tracks, 43 hands-on steps - Written tutorials and examples, bundled offline Cross-Device - /handoff between phone and Mac tmux sessions - Shared chatrooms, synced profiles, Apple Watch companion Voice and Camera - /voice and Speak with Search (iOS 26 SpeechAnalyzer) - Snap and Code - point camera at a whiteboard, get code Privacy First - All credentials in the iOS Keychain - On-device AI when supported - your prompts can stay on the phone - No account, no telemetry, no tracking, no ads WHO IT IS FOR - Developers who want their Mac available everywhere - Indie founders and DevOps engineers shipping from anywhere - Anyone who wants Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini from a phone Requires an SSH-reachable Mac or Linux server for heavy work. AI chatrooms also work fully offline from your Mac via direct API mode or Apple Intelligence on iOS 26.

Screenshots

Q4 screens
CatClaw Terminal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CatClaw Terminal at none against Q's 4. CatClaw Terminal also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Q sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. CatClaw Terminal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Q versus CatClaw Terminal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQCatClaw Terminal
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEUNMIN PARKLiqun Chen

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Q

Subscriptions4
  • Q-Bridge Pro Monthly7 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • Q-Bridge Team Monthly7 Days trial$69.991 Month
  • Q-Bridge Pro Yearly$159.991 Year
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  • Q-Bridge Team Yearly$549.991 Year
None

CatClaw Terminal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Q free?
Q is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CatClaw Terminal free?
CatClaw Terminal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Q or CatClaw Terminal have ads?
Neither Q nor CatClaw Terminal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Q or CatClaw Terminal?
Q ships an update every 2 weeks, and CatClaw Terminal every 2 weeks. Most recently, Q was updated on October 31, 2026 and CatClaw Terminal on October 31, 2026.

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