Comparison

RawClaw vs Shiny Code

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

Head to head
About

RawClaw

Control your self-hosted AI agent from your phone. Chat with your AI in real-time, monitor its activity, automate tasks, and customize its personality and memory. Extend its capabilities with a vast skill registry.

Highlights
  • Real-time AI chat with voice and file support
  • Live dashboard for gateway health and activity
  • Create and manage automations and cron jobs
  • Edit AI persistent context files (SOUL.md, MEMORY.md)
  • Browse and install new AI skills from ClawHub
  • Secure connection via local network or Tailscale VPN
  • Model picker for switching AI models
Features
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Your personal AI agent, always in your pocket. RawClaw gives you full operational control of your self-hosted AI — chat, monitor, automate, and shape how it thinks — all from your phone. Built for OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent framework. REAL-TIME AI CHAT — WITH FULL TRANSPARENCY Real-time messaging with voice input, file attachments, and multi-session support. See exactly what your AI is thinking and doing — including every tool call it makes. LIVE DASHBOARD Your home dashboard shows gateway health, token usage trends, active automations, connected channels, and recent activity — all updating in real time. AUTOMATIONS & CRON JOBS View, create, toggle, and trigger cron jobs on demand. See run history with logs, outputs, and error details. Build new automations with a guided visual scheduler. SHAPE HOW YOUR AI THINKS Read and edit your AI's persistent context files — SOUL.md, MEMORY.md, USER.md, and more. Define your AI's personality, memory, and preferences directly from your phone. EXTEND WITH SKILLS Browse installed AI capabilities and explore the ClawHub skill registry to find and install new ones. Web search. Email. Calendar. Finance tracking. GitHub PR reviews — install new capabilities in seconds. YOUR SETUP, YOUR WAY • Category-based push notifications with quiet hours • Secure gateway connection via local network or Tailscale VPN • Light and dark theme support • Model picker — switch AI models on the fly PRIVACY FIRST Zero cloud. Zero tracking. RawClaw connects directly to your self-hosted OpenClaw gateway — your conversations and data never leave your control. When you're away from home, Tailscale (a free app) creates an encrypted peer-to-peer tunnel between your phone and your machine. No ports to open, no servers in the middle — just a private connection that works anywhere. Install it once, and forget about it. GETTING STARTED 1. Set up OpenClaw on your Mac or server (github.com/nichochar/openclaw) 2. Install Tailscale on both your computer and phone (free at tailscale.com) 3. Open RawClaw and connect — that's it On your home network, RawClaw connects directly with no extra setup. Tailscale extends that same private connection to anywhere in the world. The first time you connect, you'll approve your phone from your computer with a single terminal command. After that, it just works.

About

Shiny Code

Access your development machine remotely to manage code tasks and review changes. This app allows you to interact with AI coding tools on your computer from your iPhone, keeping your code secure on your own hardware.

Highlights
  • Remote SSH access
  • Invoke Claude Code on dev machine
  • Kick off tasks remotely
  • Review code diffs
  • Approve tool calls
  • Code stays on your machine
Features
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Shiny Code connects to your dev machine over SSH and invokes Claude Code there, so you can kick off tasks, review diffs, and approve tool calls from anywhere — no special setup required. Just your Mac or Linux box, Claude Code, and an iPhone. Your code stays on your machine. Your AI stays productive. And you stay in the loop, whether you're at your desk or away from it.

Screenshots

RawClaw4 screens
Shiny Code4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shiny Code at 5.0 against RawClaw's 3.7. RawClaw's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shiny Code holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RawClaw versus Shiny Code: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRawClawShiny Code
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB12 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperAdam WeilPaul Cannon

Customer experience

RawClaw

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Shiny Code

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RawClaw

No in-app purchases

None

Shiny Code

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RawClaw free?
RawClaw is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shiny Code free?
Shiny Code is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RawClaw or Shiny Code?
Shiny Code is rated higher. RawClaw averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Shiny Code averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do RawClaw or Shiny Code have ads?
Neither RawClaw nor Shiny Code shows ads.

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