Comparison

OpenVide vs Grass

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

Grass

Features
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Meet Grass. Your agents work. You check in. Fire a task. Pocket your phone. Come back to progress. Grass RUNS Tasks on Grass Computer or your own machine - while your laptop is closed, while you're in a meeting, or while you're away from your desk. No terminal to watch. No session to babysit. Grass MOVES Send a coding session to Grass and keep the thread moving on a remote instance โ€” conversation, context, and all. Your phone buzzes when it's live. Grass ALERTS The moment your agent needs a decision or finishes the job. You don't push for status. Status finds you. Permission needed? Approve from your pocket. Grass CLEARS Every permission prompt from every thread in one tab. Read the diff. Yes or no. Keep multiple threads running in ask-mode without watching all of them. Grass STARTS A new thread in two taps. Quick chat button โ†’ bottom sheet โ†’ task running. No app switching. No losing your place. The idea fires โ€” the experiment actually runs. Grass SHOWS Which thread is which. Running, completed, waiting โ€” all visible on the home screen the moment you open the app. Switch machines with one tap. Name them whatever you want. Your harness. Your code. Our compute. Designed for AI coding agent workflows, including supported integrations with Claude Code and OpenCode.

Screenshots

OpenVide4 screens
Grass4 screens

Verdict

The call

OpenVide and Grass are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
OpenVide versus Grass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenVideGrass
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size35 MB141 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFabio GalimbertiAnil Dukkipatty

In-app purchases

None

OpenVide

No in-app purchases

None

Grass

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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