Comparison

tmuxonwatch vs Murmur BLE Shell

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

Murmur BLE Shell

Features
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murmur turns your phone into a remote control for a Raspberry Pi — no Wi-Fi, no network setup, no port forwarding. Just Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), directly between your phone and the Pi. HOW IT WORKS Install the open-source murmur daemon on any Raspberry Pi running Linux, pair your phone with it over Bluetooth, and you get: • Shell mode — a real interactive terminal on the Pi, right from your phone. • Agent mode — describe what you want in plain English ("what's eating my disk space?", "set up a static IP") and an AI agent plans and runs the shell commands for you, showing every command and its output as it goes. BRING YOUR OWN API KEY Agent mode is powered by your own Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, or Google Gemini API key — entered once in Settings, stored only in your phone's secure keychain. murmur has no backend server and no account system. The only network calls it makes are the LLM requests you trigger yourself, using your own key. WORKS OFFLINE ON THE PI SIDE The Raspberry Pi never needs an internet connection. It just needs Bluetooth and the murmur daemon running. Good for headless boxes, home labs, and devices you'd rather not put on a network at all. PRIVACY BY DESIGN Everything murmur stores — the Bluetooth pairing key, your API key, an optional per-device sudo password, and saved agent conversations — stays on your phone in the OS-level secure store. One tap in Settings wipes it all. OPEN SOURCE Both the daemon and the app are open source: github.com/nekonihq/murmur

Screenshots

tmuxonwatch4 screens
Murmur BLE Shell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Murmur BLE Shell at none against tmuxonwatch's 1. Murmur BLE Shell also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. tmuxonwatch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Murmur BLE Shell asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tmuxonwatch ships an update every 6 days, Murmur BLE Shell weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
tmuxonwatch versus Murmur BLE Shell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertmuxonwatchMurmur BLE Shell
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAugustus BenediktDENYS MALYKHIN

In-app purchases

1 purchases

tmuxonwatch

One-time1
  • tmuxonwatch - Pro$2.99
None

Murmur BLE Shell

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tmuxonwatch free?
tmuxonwatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Murmur BLE Shell free?
Murmur BLE Shell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do tmuxonwatch or Murmur BLE Shell have ads?
Neither tmuxonwatch nor Murmur BLE Shell shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tmuxonwatch or Murmur BLE Shell?
tmuxonwatch ships an update every 6 days, and Murmur BLE Shell weekly. Most recently, tmuxonwatch was updated on October 31, 2026 and Murmur BLE Shell on October 31, 2026.

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