Control vs AgentsRoom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Control
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Your Mac's coding agent, in your pocket. Control is the only native macOS + iPhone app for driving AI coding agents remotely. Pair your iPhone to your Mac over the local network — no cloud, no clipboard, no SSH setup. Just tap and code. WHAT MAKES CONTROL DIFFERENT • Native macOS companion — not a CLI plugin or web wrapper. A real app that sits in your menu bar and manages your coding sessions. • WebRTC peer-to-peer — your prompts and responses travel directly between devices over an encrypted data channel. No relay servers, no third parties. • True orchestration — kick off AI coding agent sessions, approve tool calls, answer questions, and stop runs, all from your phone. • Real-time streaming — follow every token as it arrives, read code diffs, and review changes without walking back to your desk. HOW IT WORKS 1. Install Control on your Mac and iPhone 2. Both devices discover each other automatically via Bonjour 3. Open a project, write a prompt, and watch your agent work FEATURES • Streaming markdown — every token rendered as it arrives, with full code block and syntax support • File diffs — review every line changed, with additions and deletions highlighted • Git-aware projects — browse all your repos, switch branches, see session history • Token & cost tracking — know exactly what each turn costs • Voice input — speak your prompts naturally • Push notifications — get alerted when your agent needs input or finishes • Dark & light themes — designed for any environment • Haptic feedback — feel the progress PERFECT FOR DEVELOPERS WHO • Run long AI coding agent sessions and want to monitor from the couch • Need to approve tool calls or answer agent questions on the go • Want to review code diffs and conversation history without sitting at their desk • Prefer a native, private, peer-to-peer connection over cloud relays COMING SOON • Apple Watch companion • Home screen widgets • Siri Shortcuts integration Control requires a Mac running the Control companion app on the same network. Works with popular AI coding agent CLIs.
AgentsRoom
Control and monitor AI coding agents like Claude Code and Codex from your phone. Manage your development workflow remotely with a real-time terminal, prompt library, and task board. Securely sync with your desktop for seamless code review and live previews.
- Multi-provider AI agent control
- Real-time agent monitoring
- Remote terminal and prompt input
- Prompt library for reuse
- Kanban task board for workflow
- Localhost tunneling and live preview
- Per-agent code review and diffs
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Your agents run on your computer. Your phone tells you when they need you. AgentsRoom is the remote control for the AI coding agents running on your Mac, PC or Linux machine. It requires the AgentsRoom desktop app and at least one coding CLI installed there with its own account: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Cursor and ten more. Nothing runs on the phone itself. You start, watch, answer and steer from wherever you are, over an end-to-end encrypted link. WHAT YOU NEED - A Mac, PC or Linux machine with the AgentsRoom desktop app installed and running - At least one coding CLI on that machine, with its own account or subscription - This app, paired once with a QR code Without the desktop app, only cloud agents are available, if your account includes cloud minutes. NEVER LEAVE AN AGENT WAITING - Push notification when an agent finishes, fails or needs a decision, then answer in one tap - Read the live output, approve, reply, send the next prompt - Dictate a prompt instead of typing it, on-device or server transcription - Share a screenshot or a file from any app straight into an agent - Write a message now and have it sent later 14 CODING CLIS, ONE REMOTE - Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode, Aider, Grok, Mistral Vibe, Kimi, Amp, oh-my-pi, Freebuff, Devin - Pick the provider and the model for each agent, switch either mid-conversation without losing context - Several agents in parallel, across several projects - 14 roles: Architect, Full-Stack, Frontend, Backend, Mobile, DevOps, QA, Security, PM, Brainstormer, Marketing, Git, SEO, i18n, plus hundreds of experts in the catalog and custom roles with your own system prompt - Morph a running agent into another role and keep the conversation ALL YOUR MACHINES IN ONE APP - Pair your Mac, your PC and your Linux box, switch between them in one tap - See which machines are online before you start anything CLOUD AGENTS - Send a task and a disposable cloud machine runs it, commits and pushes a branch - Works with every computer of yours switched off - Uses the cloud minutes of your account TERMINAL, SSH, DATABASES, GIT - A real terminal on your machine, with tabs, from your phone - Open the SSH connections saved on your desktop and work on your servers - SQL console on MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB: read-only, capped results, and the password never leaves the desktop - Review the diff of what an agent changed, commit and push - Start and stop your dev servers, read their output live - Secret references your agents can use but never read PROMPTS, SKILLS, BACKLOG AND TEAMS - Your prompt library and agent skills, in your pocket, editable, sent to an agent in a tap - Kanban board: move a ticket to In Progress and an agent picks it up - Public backlog for teammates and clients, Idea Radar that sorts raw feedback by theme - Launch a team of agents that hand work to each other, and follow every step - Scheduled and webhook triggers, edited from the phone, run by the desktop STAY IN THE LOOP - Live preview: publish your local dev server on a public HTTPS address and share the link - Chat with your team: mentions, replies, reactions, attachments - Usage bars per provider and token usage per session PRIVACY BY DESIGN - Pairing by QR code, X25519 key exchange, XSalsa20-Poly1305 encryption - The relay never sees your content, and you can self-host it - Database and SSH passwords stay in your computer's keychain, never on the phone HOW IT WORKS 1. Install the AgentsRoom desktop app on your Mac, PC or Linux machine, next to your coding CLI. 2. Scan the QR code with your phone, or pick your machine from the list. 3. Start, watch and steer your agents from wherever you are. AgentsRoom is an independent product, not affiliated with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google or any CLI vendor. Running agents on your own machine requires the AgentsRoom desktop app for macOS, Windows or Linux and your own CLI subscription. Cloud agents run without them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AgentsRoom at every 2 days against Control's every 9 days. AgentsRoom also leads on chart position (#108 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Control ships an update every 9 days, AgentsRoom every 2 days. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Control | AgentsRoom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #108 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 197 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sagaya Abdul | CHAUVIN Jean-Baptiste Thibault |
In-app purchases
Control
No in-app purchases
AgentsRoom
No in-app purchases









