Comparison

tunlr vs Bedcoder

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

Head to head
About

tunlr

This app provides a secure SSH terminal emulator for mobile devices. It offers advanced authentication methods, including biometric-protected keys, and on-device voice dictation for terminal commands. Designed for developers and sysadmins, it ensures privacy with no accounts or data tracking.

Highlights
  • Full PTY terminal emulation
  • Biometric-protected SSH keys
  • On-device voice dictation
  • Customizable keyboard toolbar
  • Save server profiles
  • 14 color themes
Features
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SSH terminal in your pocket. Full xterm-256color emulation, biometric-protected keys, and on-device voice dictation. No accounts, no tracking β€” everything stays on your device. tunlr is built for developers, sysadmins, and DevOps engineers who need real terminal access on iPhone and iPad. β€” TERMINAL β€” Full PTY terminal emulation powered by SwiftTerm. xterm-256color support. Configurable scrollback buffer up to 50,000 lines. Optional Metal GPU-accelerated rendering. Works in portrait and landscape on both iPhone and iPad. β€” AUTHENTICATION β€” Three ways to authenticate, all protected by Face ID or Touch ID: Secure Enclave keys β€” generate a P-256 ECDSA key that never leaves your device's Secure Enclave. The private key is inaccessible even to the app itself. Imported keys β€” bring your own Ed25519, ECDSA, or RSA keys. Stored in the iOS Keychain with biometric protection. Passwords β€” stored in the Keychain, never in plain text. β€” HOST VERIFICATION β€” Trust-on-first-use (TOFU) host key verification. tunlr saves the server fingerprint on first connection and warns you if it ever changes. Import fingerprints by scanning a QR code to skip the initial trust step. β€” VOICE INPUT β€” Dictate terminal commands with on-device speech recognition powered by WhisperKit. All audio processing happens on your device β€” nothing is sent to any server. β€” KEYBOARD TOOLBAR β€” Customizable keyboard toolbar with sticky modifier keys. Shortcut packs for Shell, Tmux, Vim, and Claude Code workflows. Save your own favorites. β€” CONNECTIONS β€” Save server profiles with hostname, port, username, and authentication method. Connect with a single tap. Auto-reconnect restores your session when you return to the app, with configurable keepalive intervals. β€” APPEARANCE β€” 14 color themes: Default Dark, Solarized Dark, Solarized Light, Dracula, Nord, Monokai, One Dark, GitHub Light, Gruvbox Light, Catppuccin Mocha, Tokyo Night, RosΓ© Pine, Synthwave, and Kanagawa. Four monospace fonts and adjustable font size. β€” PRIVACY β€” No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. No data collection. Everything runs on your device. SSH connections go directly to your servers β€” tunlr never contacts any third-party service.

About

Bedcoder

Features
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Bedcoder is a phone-side companion for vibe-coding. When your Claude Code is running long tasks on your laptop β€” installing dependencies, running test suites, waiting on a build, scaffolding a new feature - you don't have to sit at the desk to keep tabs on it. Pair Bedcoder once via QR code, and you can drive the same agent session from your phone. What you can do from the phone: β€’ Chat with the agent in real time. Send new prompts, see streaming responses. β€’ Review and respond to the agent's proposed actions (e.g. approve or skip a tool call). β€’ Mirror the terminal. Watch live output from commands running on your laptop. β€’ Preview running dev servers in a remote browser, with secure tunnels back to your computer. β€’ Browse and read project files inside your active project directory. β€’ View your laptop screen when the agent is using a GUI app. How it works: The Bedcoder daemon runs next to your existing AI coding CLI on your computer (Currently Claude Code is supported). The phone app pairs with it via a single QR scan. Every message between the phone and the laptop is end-to-end encrypted with XSalsa20-Poly1305 β€” the relay server never sees your prompts, your code, your responses, or your encryption key. Session interop: Bedcoder shares session storage with your desktop CLI. A conversation started at your desk picks up cleanly on your phone, and vice versa β€” no copy-paste, no context loss. Privacy by design: β€’ End-to-end encrypted between your phone and your laptop daemon. β€’ Zero-knowledge relay: no accounts, no message history, no telemetry. β€’ Filesystem access is sandboxed to your active project directory. Bedcoder is open source. Requires the Bedcoder desktop daemon running alongside your AI coding CLI (Claude Code is supported now. Codex is our next goal).

Screenshots

tunlr4 screens
Bedcoder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bedcoder at every 2 days against tunlr's every 5 weeks. Bedcoder also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tunlr ships an update every 5 weeks, Bedcoder every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
tunlr versus Bedcoder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertunlrBedcoder
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size13 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnastasiia TrofimovaRich Coin Limited

In-app purchases

None

tunlr

No in-app purchases

None

Bedcoder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tunlr free?
tunlr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bedcoder free?
Bedcoder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do tunlr or Bedcoder have ads?
Neither tunlr nor Bedcoder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tunlr or Bedcoder?
tunlr ships an update every 5 weeks, and Bedcoder every 2 days. Most recently, tunlr was updated on October 8, 2026 and Bedcoder on October 13, 2026.

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