Comparison

OpenLens vs Deploy Studio

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

Head to head
About

OpenLens

This application allows you to remotely control and monitor AI coding sessions from your iPhone. Continue your work seamlessly from your mobile device, manage sessions, and receive real-time updates.

Highlights
  • Remote AI coding session control
  • Real-time chat with streaming responses
  • Session management (create, delete)
  • Switch AI providers and models
  • Live progress on Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
  • Bonjour/mDNS server discovery
  • Save multiple server connections
Features
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OpenLens is a fast, focused iPhone client for OpenCode. Run OpenCode on your computer, then continue the same AI coding session from your phone. Use OpenLens to monitor progress, reply quickly, and stay in control when you are away from your desk. What you can do with OpenLens: - Connect instantly to nearby OpenCode servers with Bonjour/mDNS discovery - Save multiple server connections and reconnect automatically - Chat in real time with streaming responses - View and manage sessions, including creating and deleting sessions - Switch AI providers and models directly from the app - Review agent activity steps while work is in progress - Respond to permission prompts and interactive questions from the server - See live progress on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with Live Activities Built for real workflows: - One session across terminal, web, and iPhone - Reliable reconnect behavior when network conditions change - Optional password-protected server access

About

Deploy Studio

Features
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Deploy Studio is a client for the App Store Connect API that can actually ship a release from a phone: pick a build, write release notes, answer export compliance, and submit the version — with its in-app purchases — for App Review. PREPARE AND SUBMIT A RELEASE • A release checklist that leads with what needs you and folds away what is already done • Plain language instead of Apple's error codes: "add at least one screenshot", not a status enum • Build, export compliance, What's New, screenshots, store listing, app information, age rating, price, App Review information, release option, and in-app purchases riding along • Submit for review when everything is green KNOW WHAT NEEDS YOU • One Today screen across every app: rejections, unanswered reviews, builds waiting on beta review, certificates about to expire • Notifications when a version is approved or rejected, checked in the background on your device • A Home Screen widget showing what the app last saw WHEN SOMETHING BREAKS • Crash reports from TestFlight testers with the full symbolicated log, copyable in one tap • Xcode Cloud runs broken into steps, with the errors from the step that failed • Start an Xcode Cloud build from anywhere • Signing that tells you which certificate expired before Xcode refuses to archive • API Status: whether App Store Connect is answering, and whether a failure is Apple's or your key's THE NUMBERS, HONESTLY • Downloads that exclude updates — counting updates as downloads overstates them several times over • Proceeds listed per currency rather than summed, because a total across storefronts is a number in no currency • Ratings and reviews, with replies YOUR KEY STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Deploy Studio has no account and no server of its own. Your App Store Connect API key is stored in the device Keychain, never synced to iCloud, and used only to sign requests to api.appstoreconnect.apple.com. Tokens are minted on device and last twenty minutes. TRY IT WITHOUT A KEY Tap "Look Around First" on the first screen to explore every feature against sample data. Nothing is sent anywhere in that mode. Deploy Studio is free, with ads. A one-off Deploy Pro purchase removes them for good — no subscription, and every feature stays free either way. Deploy Studio is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple Inc.

Screenshots

OpenLens4 screens
Deploy Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenLens at none against Deploy Studio's 1. OpenLens also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days). Deploy Studio's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price 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. Deploy Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OpenLens asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OpenLens ships an update every 5 days, Deploy Studio every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
OpenLens versus Deploy Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenLensDeploy Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB27 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperMartyn PekalaZhi Yao Tan

In-app purchases

None

OpenLens

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Deploy Studio

One-time1
  • Premium Plan$9.99

Questions

Is OpenLens free?
OpenLens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deploy Studio free?
Deploy Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OpenLens or Deploy Studio have ads?
Deploy Studio shows ads; OpenLens does not.
Which is updated more often, OpenLens or Deploy Studio?
OpenLens ships an update every 5 days, and Deploy Studio every 10 days. Most recently, OpenLens was updated on October 10, 2026 and Deploy Studio on September 29, 2026.

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