Comparison

Clawdaunt vs Modrift

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

Head to head
About

Clawdaunt

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Clawdaunt turns your iPhone into a remote control for desktop AI agents like Claude Code and Codex. Scan a QR code to connect to your Mac over a secure encrypted tunnel โ€” no port forwarding or complex setup required. Chat with your AI, approve tool calls, and manage multiple workspaces from anywhere. Whether you're on the couch, in a meeting, or away from your desk, stay in full control of your coding agents. Free and open source.

About

Modrift

Features
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Modrift is a lightweight client for quickly opening, reading, and lightly editing files stored in the cloud โ€” right from your iPhone. Not a heavy notes app: just open, read, and tweak, as fast as possible. Key features - Open Markdown files (.md / .txt / .markdown) with clean formatted rendering - Launch straight from Files or any app via "Open in Modrift" - Keep your own working home (iCloud โ€บ Modrift): list, create and organise files there - Switch between Home (by place) and Recent (by time) - Toggle between edit and preview with one tap - A formatting toolbar above the keyboard in edit mode โ€” headings, lists, checkboxes, bold and more, one tap each - Automatic saving (no manual save button) - Full-text search, and sorting by date modified or name - Turn to landscape for longer lines โ€” easier on long paragraphs and tables - Japanese / English interface Beyond Markdown - View images (PNG / JPEG / GIF / HEIC / WebP) with pinch to zoom โ€” free - View PDFs with paging and zoom โ€” Modrift Pro (one-time purchase) - View Word documents (.docx) formatted, with headings, lists and tables โ€” Modrift Pro - View Excel workbooks (.xlsx) as tables, with sheet switching โ€” Modrift Pro Markdown, text and images stay free. Only PDF, Word and Excel viewing is part of Modrift Pro โ€” a single one-time purchase, no subscription. These formats are view-only; they cannot be edited. About your home and editing - Files in your home (iCloud โ€บ Modrift) are editable in place, and edits sync to iCloud - Files outside your home (Dropbox / Google Drive, or iCloud Drive outside the Modrift folder) are view-only. To edit one, use "Copy to Home" and edit the copy (the original is not written back) - You can choose whether your home lives in iCloud or on this iPhone, in Settings Relationship to the Files app Modrift complements the Files app rather than replacing it. Leave general folder management to Files; Modrift focuses on formatted Markdown viewing, light editing, and tidying its own home folder. The name combines Mo (Mobile / Motion) + drift โ€” the idea of thoughts and files flowing freely on mobile.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Modrift at 2 against Clawdaunt's โ€”. On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Clawdaunt versus Modrift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClawdauntModrift
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 4 days
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Devicesโ€”iPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size38 MB57 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperWenhao SuNoriyuki Katahara

In-app purchases

None

Clawdaunt

No in-app purchases

None

Modrift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clawdaunt free?
Clawdaunt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Modrift free?
Modrift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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