Comparison

OpenVide vs Byoky

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

Head to head
About

OpenVide

Features
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Open Vide lets you control AI coding assistants on your remote servers directly from your mobile device. Connect to any machine over SSH and run Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, or Google Gemini CLI โ€” with live streaming output, multi-turn conversations, and persistent sessions that survive disconnections. Features: - Connect to remote hosts via SSH (password or key-based auth) - Run Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and Google Gemini CLI sessions - Stream AI output in real-time with a chat-like interface - Resume multi-turn conversations across reconnections - Sessions persist on the remote host โ€” nothing is lost if you disconnect - Built-in terminal for running commands on your hosts - Browse and view files on remote machines - Push notifications when sessions complete - Credentials stored securely on-device Open Vide uses a lightweight daemon on each remote machine to relay commands and capture output. No open ports or cloud accounts required โ€” everything runs over SSH. Open source: https://github.com/open-vide/openvide

About

Byoky

Features
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Byoky is an encrypted wallet for your AI API keys. Store credentials for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and 12 more providers in one place โ€” then let any compatible app use them without ever seeing the key. WHY BYOKY Every AI app asks for your OpenAI key, your Anthropic key, your Gemini key โ€” or charges a monthly subscription on top of what you already pay the model provider. Byoky flips that: bring your own key, use it everywhere. HOW IT WORKS 1. Set a master password โ€” your vault is encrypted on-device with AES-256-GCM. 2. Add your API keys or a Claude Pro setup token. 3. Open any Byoky-enabled app in Safari, or scan a QR code to pair a desktop or web app. Approve access in one tap โ€” keys stay in the wallet. FEATURES โ€ข Safari Web Extension โ€” connect apps you visit in Safari with one tap โ€ข QR pairing โ€” pair any browser on any device via relay โ€ข 15 AI providers โ€” Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Mistral, Cohere, xAI, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Groq, Together, Fireworks, OpenRouter, Azure OpenAI, and more โ€ข Setup tokens โ€” use your Claude Pro or Max subscription, not only pay-per-use API keys โ€ข Apps tab โ€” install curated mini-apps that run inside the wallet, sandboxed โ€ข Token Pool โ€” discover free token gifts shared by the community, or publish your own โ€ข Token gifts โ€” share access with friends or teammates without sharing the key; set budgets, expirations, and revoke anytime โ€ข Alias Groups โ€” bucket apps by purpose (Personal, Work, Side Project) and pin each group to a specific key โ€ข Cross-provider routing โ€” drag an app from a Claude group into a GPT group and the wallet transparently translates the request body and streaming response โ€ข Full audit log โ€” every request timestamped by app, provider, and status โ€ข Spending caps โ€” per-app and per-provider token limits enforced in the proxy โ€ข Encrypted export/import โ€” back up the vault as a .byoky file โ€ข Local-first โ€” no cloud account, no telemetry, no tracking SECURITY โ€ข AES-256-GCM encryption with PBKDF2 key derivation (600,000 iterations) via Web Crypto API โ€ข Master password never leaves the device โ€ข Keys never leave the wallet โ€” apps only receive short-lived session tokens โ€ข Open-source under MIT license โ€” read the code on GitHub FOR DEVELOPERS Integrate in two lines with @byoky/sdk. Use the native Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google SDK โ€” just swap in Byoky's fetch. Streaming, tool use, file uploads, and vision all work. No API keys in your code. No secrets management. No leaked .env files.

Screenshots

OpenVide4 screens
Byoky3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: OpenVide at 15.1 against Byoky's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
OpenVide versus Byoky: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenVideByoky
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size35 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFabio GalimbertiMichael Lodzik

In-app purchases

None

OpenVide

No in-app purchases

None

Byoky

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OpenVide free?
OpenVide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Byoky free?
Byoky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OpenVide or Byoky have ads?
Neither OpenVide nor Byoky shows ads.

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