Comparison

OC Remote vs EmitSignal

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

Head to head
About

OC Remote

Control your OpenCode development environment from your phone. Monitor live sessions, manage costs, and make quick decisions on the go. Review file changes, access terminals, and manage server authentication without being at your desk.

Highlights
  • Live session monitoring
  • AI cost tracking
  • Permission approval
  • Model switching
  • File change review
  • Project terminal access
  • Offline dictation
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OCRemote is your mobile control center for OpenCode. When you’re away from your desk, you can still keep coding sessions moving, control AI costs, and make fast decisions without losing momentum. What you can do with OCRemote: - Watch live session timelines and active runs in real time - Track context, token usage, and session spend while you work - Approve permissions, answer questions, continue, retry, or stop instantly - Connect providers, switch models, and tune thinking effort for better cost/performance - Review file changes, inspect diffs, and use revert/unrevert and fork actions - Access project terminals, browse files, and manage MCP server auth - Built for solo developers and indie builders who want to ship more, waste less, and stay in control from anywhere. - Offline dictation 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.

About

EmitSignal

Features
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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.

Screenshots

OC Remote4 screens
EmitSignal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OC Remote at every 5 days against EmitSignal's every 2 weeks. EmitSignal's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OC Remote ships an update every 5 days, EmitSignal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
OC Remote versus EmitSignal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOC RemoteEmitSignal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDidac Sabates DuranKeven Leone

In-app purchases

None

OC Remote

No in-app purchases

None

EmitSignal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OC Remote free?
OC Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EmitSignal free?
EmitSignal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OC Remote or EmitSignal have ads?
Neither OC Remote nor EmitSignal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OC Remote or EmitSignal?
OC Remote ships an update every 5 days, and EmitSignal every 2 weeks. Most recently, OC Remote was updated on October 12, 2026 and EmitSignal on October 9, 2026.

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