Comparison

tmuxonwatch vs MuxAgent

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

Head to head
About

tmuxonwatch

View live tmux output from your Mac on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Monitor builds, logs, and commands with a readable monospace display. Offers free features like live viewing and demo mode, with an optional Pro unlock for enhanced control.

Highlights
  • Live terminal viewing on iPhone and Apple Watch
  • Demo mode with sample terminal output
  • Customizable themes and font sizing
  • Optional command completion notifications
  • Send keys from Apple Watch (Pro)
  • Session and window switching on watch (Pro)
Features
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tmuxonwatch brings live tmux output from your own Mac to iPhone and Apple Watch. Scan the setup QR code from the Mac installer, connect to your tmux server, and keep up with builds, logs, and long-running commands with readable monospace rendering tuned for small screens. Free features include: - Live terminal viewing on iPhone and Apple Watch - Demo mode with sample terminal output - Themes, font sizing, and polling controls - Optional notifications when commands finish One-time Pro unlock includes: - Send keys from Apple Watch - Watch-side session and window switching

About

MuxAgent

Features
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Walk away from your desk. Your AI agent keeps coding. MuxAgent is a mobile command center for AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, Github Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, and Goose. Pair your phone with your dev machines, monitor agent activity, and approve or deny tool calls — all through an end-to-end encrypted connection. THE PROBLEM AI coding agents are powerful, but they need you at your desk. They pause for approvals, wait for input, hit errors. Step away, and everything stops. THE SOLUTION muxagent keeps you connected. Get push notifications when your agent needs attention. Review what it wants to do. Approve or deny with a tap. Your agent keeps working while you grab coffee, commute, or sit in a meeting. CONTROL YOUR AGENTS REMOTELY Start new agent sessions or continue existing ones from your phone. Chat in real time with full Markdown rendering and syntax-highlighted code blocks. Your agent sees exactly what it would see at your terminal. APPROVE WITH CONFIDENCE When your agent wants to edit files or run shell commands, you see the full details first. Review code diffs with proper syntax highlighting. Examine execution plans before they run. Nothing happens without your explicit approval. MULTI-MACHINE MANAGEMENT Running agents on multiple dev machines? muxagent connects to all of them. Switch between machines in one tap. Each connection is independently encrypted. VOICE & IMAGE INPUT Dictate prompts with speech-to-text when typing is inconvenient. Attach screenshots or photos to give your agent visual context. SECURITY All communication is end-to-end encrypted. Your code and prompts are encrypted on your phone and decrypted only on your dev machine. The relay server cannot read your data. Built by developers, for developers. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Third-party names are used solely to identify compatibility. MuxAgent is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any third-party provider.

Screenshots

tmuxonwatch4 screens
MuxAgent3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MuxAgent at none against tmuxonwatch's 1. MuxAgent also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. tmuxonwatch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MuxAgent asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tmuxonwatch ships an update every 6 days, MuxAgent every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
tmuxonwatch versus MuxAgent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertmuxonwatchMuxAgent
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAugustus BenediktLaLanMo

In-app purchases

1 purchases

tmuxonwatch

One-time1
  • tmuxonwatch - Pro$2.99
None

MuxAgent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tmuxonwatch free?
tmuxonwatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MuxAgent free?
MuxAgent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do tmuxonwatch or MuxAgent have ads?
Neither tmuxonwatch nor MuxAgent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tmuxonwatch or MuxAgent?
tmuxonwatch ships an update every 6 days, and MuxAgent every 2 days. Most recently, tmuxonwatch was updated on October 6, 2026 and MuxAgent on September 23, 2026.

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