OC Remote vs EmitSignal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OC Remote
Control your coding sessions remotely from your phone. Monitor live timelines, send prompts, review code changes, and manage project files. Dictate prompts offline and manage permissions with this independent client.
- Live session monitoring
- Send prompts and select agents
- Review code diffs
- Manage project files
- Interactive PTY terminals
- Offline prompt dictation
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OC Remote is your mobile control center for OpenCode. Keep coding sessions moving when you’re away from your desk—without giving up visibility or control. Connect to stable OpenCode V2 or classic V1 by scanning a pairing code, pasting a URL, using your local network, or connecting securely through Tailscale. With OC Remote, you can: • Watch live session timelines and active runs • Send prompts and choose agents, models, and thinking effort • Answer structured questions and approve permissions • Review changed files and inspect line-by-line diffs • Continue, retry, stop, fork, revert, or unrevert sessions • Archive and restore V2 sessions, and edit saved permission rules • Use project terminals with interactive PTY support • Browse project files and manage integrations and MCP authentication • Dictate prompts on-device, even offline Browse projects, monitor sessions, and stop a run for free. OC Remote Pro unlocks additional remote controls, including session archiving, with an annual auto-renewable subscription. Your OpenCode server stays under your control. OC Remote connects directly to endpoints you configure and provides clear diagnostics when a local, loopback, or Tailscale address needs attention. Terms of Use: https://ocremote.didac.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://ocremote.didac.dev/privacy OC Remote is an independent client application. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by OpenCode or Anomaly Innovations, Inc. “OpenCode” is referenced only to describe compatibility with user-configured OpenCode servers.
EmitSignal
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EmitSignal turns anything that can make an HTTP request into a push notification on your phone. No SDK, no client library. If it can run curl, it can send a signal. Built for developers, EmitSignal lets you pipe deploys, CI results, cron jobs, server alerts, and webhooks straight from your shell to your phone. Send it once and watch it show up in real time. HOW IT WORKS Publishers send a message to a named topic. Subscribers just subscribe to that topic — no registration or setup on the publisher side. Messages arrive instantly as push notifications and in the live feed. curl -X POST https://api.emitsignal.com/publish/alerts -H "X-Title: Deploy finished" -H "X-Priority: high" -d "v2.4.0 shipped to production" WHAT YOU GET IN THE APP • Live feed — messages show up in real time over a persistent connection • Push notifications — every signal can land right on your lock screen • Topics — subscribe to any topic and organize them by project, service, or environment • Priorities — five levels, from quiet to critical, so important alerts stand out • Tags & actions — add context and interactive actions to your messages • Publish from your phone — send a signal to any topic in a couple of taps • Message history — go back and find anything you've received • Attachments — send files along with your messages • Light & dark themes — follow your system or choose one yourself INTEGRATIONS Connect the tools you already use through webhooks. EmitSignal includes ready-to-use templates for GitHub, Grafana, Stripe, and Vercel, plus a custom format for anything else. SCHEDULING Don't need to send something right away? Schedule it for later with a relative delay like 30m, 2h, or 1d, or pick an exact time. Handy for reminders, maintenance windows, and anything that needs to happen later. SIGN IN YOUR WAY Use a magic link, Apple or GitHub. Pick whatever works best for you. OPEN & SELF-HOSTABLE EmitSignal is self-hostable. Use the hosted service, or run your own instance and keep your data under your control. Stop tailing logs and refreshing dashboards just to see if something happened. Send a signal. Know when it matters.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EmitSignal at none against OC Remote's 1. EmitSignal also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). OC Remote's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. OC Remote sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. EmitSignal asks for nothing beyond the download.
OC Remote ships an update every 2 days, EmitSignal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OC Remote | EmitSignal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Didac Sabates Duran | Keven Leone |
In-app purchases
OC Remote
- OC Remote Pro Annual7 Days trial$4.991 Year
EmitSignal
No in-app purchases









