Comparison

ClawTab vs CatClaw Terminal

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

Head to head
About

ClawTab

Features
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ClawTab puts your Mac's AI agents in your pocket. Schedule, monitor, and control Claude Code. Codex and OpenCode sessions and automated jobs from anywhere - right from your phone. Run AI coding agents on your Mac and never miss a question. When an Agent needs your input, ClawTab detects it automatically and sends you a push notification with tappable answer cards. No more babysitting terminal windows. KEY FEATURES - Remote job control: Run, pause, resume, and stop jobs on your Mac from your phone - Agent question detection: When Agent asks a question, answer it with a single tap - Live log streaming: Watch terminal output in real time - Cron scheduling: Schedule recurring jobs with standard cron expressions - Push notifications: Get notified when jobs complete or need attention - Workspace sharing: Grant colleagues access to monitor and control your agents - Run history: Review past job runs, exit codes, and logs - Secure by design: Secrets stay in your Mac's Keychain, never transmitted HOW IT WORKS Agent instances need to run in tmux to detect and control them. 1. Install the ClawTab desktop app on your Mac (free, open source) 2. Pair your phone by signing in with the same account on both Mac and iOS 3. Create jobs - shell scripts, Claude Code prompts, or folder-based agents 4. Control everything from your phone: run jobs, stream logs, answer agent questions Whether you're running a single Agent session or orchestrating dozens of AI agents across projects, ClawTab keeps you in control without being chained to your desk. Self-hosting available for teams and enterprises who want to run their own relay server.

About

CatClaw Terminal

Transform your mobile device into a powerful development environment. Access an SSH terminal, AI chatrooms, file management, and advanced workflow tools for on-the-go coding and debugging.

Highlights
  • Full SSH client with persistent sessions
  • AI ghost-text suggestions and error explanations
  • SFTP file browser with batch operations
  • Multi-tool AI chatrooms with various AI models
  • On-device Apple Intelligence features
  • Background job execution with push notifications
  • DevOps toolkit for code review and monitoring
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ClawTerminal turns your iPhone or iPad into a full mobile dev environment. SSH terminal, AI chatrooms, file browser, multi-agent orchestration, and a Mac-class workflow that fits in one hand. Start a refactor on the train. Review a PR at lunch. Diagnose an outage from bed. Your Mac does the heavy lifting; your phone is the remote control. WHAT'S NEW IN v1.5.0 - Push with no account - the new ntfy channel needs no login or registration. Run /notifier ntfy, pick a topic, and subscribe in the free ntfy app. Telegram, Discord, and Slack work too. - Every Claude Code command works - ClawTerminal forwards any slash command your claude session supports, including new ones in future CLI releases, instead of an unknown-command error. - QR connect - set up a connection once, show it as a QR, and scan it on another iPhone or iPad. No retyping host, port, and key on a phone keyboard. - Claude Fable 5 - the fast 1M-context model is selectable everywhere, with a new Fast agent-routing preset that runs your whole team on it. - Quiet while the app is open - no more double-buzzing for a job you are already watching; banners resume when you leave. WHAT YOU GET A Real Terminal - Full SSH client with persistent sessions, themes, autocomplete - Vim, htop, tmux, mosh - everything just works - AI ghost-text suggestions; tap errors for instant explanations - SFTP file browser with batch operations - Share a connection by QR to set up a second device in one scan (NEW) - iPad multi-window, drag and drop, cursor support Multi-Tool AI Chatrooms - Claude, Codex, Gemini, or Aider - switch tools per chatroom - Direct API mode or CLI mode over SSH to your Mac - Claude Fable 5, Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku model options (NEW) - Apple Intelligence on-device when no API key is set - ?prefix routes a message through parallel exploration - Cross-session memory and custom skills tailored to you Power Commands - /research - in-app propose-evaluate-refine for about a penny - /whatif - predict 3 likely outcomes before a risky command - /frugal - strip the preamble for cheaper, faster answers - /duck - Socratic rubber-duck debugging - /standup - daily standup from yesterday's chat plus git log Multi-Agent Orchestration - /batch, /team, /race, /orchestrate - parallel agents, side-by-side - Quality, Balanced, Budget, or Fast (all Fable 5) routing presets (NEW) - Git worktree isolation per agent with --vcs - --app opens a visual command center; bare commands use Claude's native orchestration Background Jobs with Push - /submit runs long jobs in the background; push when they finish - /notifier ntfy - no account, no login, just a topic you pick (NEW) - /notifier setup for APNs from your own Mac; /notifier telegram for your own bot - Chat-app push for Hermes and OpenClaw results (Telegram, Discord, Slack, ntfy) - Per-job cost tracking, budgets, auto-recovery DevOps Toolkit - /git, /health, /monitor, /security, /pr, /preview, /conflicts - AI code review, live web preview, merge conflict resolver Context-Aware AI (OPT-IN) - Time, calendar, motion, battery shape Claude's tone and length The Learn Hub - 6 interactive tutorial tracks, 43 hands-on steps - Written tutorials and examples, bundled offline Cross-Device - /handoff between phone and Mac tmux sessions - Shared chatrooms, synced profiles, Apple Watch companion Voice and Camera - /voice and Speak with Search (iOS 26 SpeechAnalyzer) - Snap and Code - point camera at a whiteboard, get code Privacy First - All credentials in the iOS Keychain - On-device AI when supported - your prompts can stay on the phone - No account, no telemetry, no tracking, no ads WHO IT IS FOR - Developers who want their Mac available everywhere - Indie founders and DevOps engineers shipping from anywhere - Anyone who wants Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini from a phone Requires an SSH-reachable Mac or Linux server for heavy work. AI chatrooms also work fully offline from your Mac via direct API mode or Apple Intelligence on iOS 26.

Screenshots

ClawTab3 screens
CatClaw Terminal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CatClaw Terminal at every 2 weeks against ClawTab's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ClawTab ships an update every 2 months, CatClaw Terminal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ClawTab versus CatClaw Terminal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClawTabCatClaw Terminal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTonis TiganikLiqun Chen

In-app purchases

None

ClawTab

No in-app purchases

None

CatClaw Terminal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ClawTab free?
ClawTab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CatClaw Terminal free?
CatClaw Terminal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ClawTab or CatClaw Terminal have ads?
Neither ClawTab nor CatClaw Terminal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ClawTab or CatClaw Terminal?
ClawTab ships an update every 2 months, and CatClaw Terminal every 2 weeks. Most recently, ClawTab was updated on September 8, 2026 and CatClaw Terminal on September 22, 2026.

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