Really Remote vs SeaSalt Cove
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Really Remote
Control multiple Tmux sessions on your Mac from your iPhone. Ideal for developers managing long-running processes or AI agents remotely. Stay productive from anywhere with secure, on-network communication.
- Control multiple Tmux sessions
- Remote agent orchestration
- Send commands with special keys
- Live status indicators
- Auto-reconnects
- Switch between sessions
- Collapsible controls
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Really Remote puts your Mac's terminal, and the coding agents running in it, in your pocket and on your wrist. Connect over your own network (Wi-Fi, VPN, or SSH tunnel) and keep working from anywhere: send commands, watch output stream live, and know the moment your agent finishes or needs your input. • Live status, see at a glance whether your agent is working or ready • Apple Watch app, a glance of your session on your wrist, and a buzz when it's your turn, even while your phone is locked • Reply from anywhere, special-key rows, a full keyboard, or a quick tap to answer • Multiple sessions, jump between tmux sessions on your Mac • Private by design, connects only over your own network; no public servers Requires the free Mac Relay Server on your Mac (download from our website). https://particlewaves.org/really-remote/
SeaSalt Cove
Access your Mac's terminal, desktop, and files securely from your iPhone. This app offers end-to-end encryption for remote management of your Mac, allowing you to browse, upload, and download files, and run command-line tools on the go.
- Full terminal session access
- Remote desktop control
- File browsing, upload, and download
- End-to-end encryption
- Manage multiple Macs
- Zero-knowledge architecture
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SeaSalt Cove is the iPhone companion to SeaSalt, the Mac app that runs persistent AI agents on your projects. Start work at your desk, then follow progress, answer questions, and approve the next step from your phone. When you need to work directly, full terminal, desktop, and file access to your Mac is one tap away. What you can do: Follow your project agents and their work sessions from anywhere Reply when an agent needs you and approve its next step Coordinate agents through Captain, SeaSalt's built-in orchestrator Use Claude Code, Codex, or local models through Ollama and LM Studio, all running on your Mac Open a full terminal session on your Mac View and control your Mac's desktop remotely Browse, upload, and download files Connect up to 5 Macs from a single app Built for security: Terminal, desktop, and file access are end-to-end encrypted with AES-256-GCM Curve25519 key exchange with visual pairing verification No open ports, no VPN, no router changes Agents only get the MCP connections you turn on for them Agent history syncs to your iPhone, encrypted in transit and at rest How it works: Download SeaSalt for Mac (free) and set up your project agents Pair your iPhone by confirming the code shown on both screens Check in on your agents and reach your Mac from anywhere, even when it's locked Whether you're approving an agent's pull request from the couch, checking on a long-running task from the airport, or pulling a file you forgot to push, SeaSalt Cove keeps your agents and your Mac in your pocket.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SeaSalt Cove at none against Really Remote's 1. SeaSalt Cove also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Really Remote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SeaSalt Cove asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Really Remote against 5.0 for SeaSalt Cove. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SeaSalt Cove has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Really Remote ships an update monthly, SeaSalt Cove every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Really Remote | SeaSalt Cove |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Particle Waves | Sea Salt Labs, LLC |
Customer experience
Really Remote
SeaSalt Cove
In-app purchases
Really Remote
- Really Remote Pro$9.99
SeaSalt Cove
No in-app purchases









