Comparison

Mata vs Xtend

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

Head to head
About

Mata

Features
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Live interaction with your iOS Simulator โ€” from your iPhone. No Xcode on your laptop. No remote desktop squinting. YOUR MAC STAYS HOME. YOU STAY MOBILE. A Mac Mini on your desk runs Xcode, your coding agent, and the simulator. In your bag: just your phone. Mata is the window between them โ€” a live, resolution-matched stream of your iOS Simulator with full touch control. FULL INTERACTIVE CONTROL Tap, scroll, swipe, and pinch โ€” everything maps 1:1 to the simulator. You're not watching a recording. You're in it. SIMULATOR SHORTCUTS WITHOUT XCODE Trigger Face ID, simulate locations, rotate the device, send memory warnings, and test push notifications โ€” all from the control panel. No Xcode menus required. SWITCH BETWEEN SIMULATORS Running iPhone and iPad builds on the same Mac? Switch between them instantly from your phone. Compare layouts across device sizes without walking back to your desk. QUALITY YOU CONTROL Adjust capture scale, frame rate, and bandwidth to match your network. Crisp over Wi-Fi, smooth over cellular. WORKS WITH YOUR CODING AGENT Pair Mata with Moshi or any terminal app. Your agent builds and runs on the Mac โ€” you see the result live on your phone. Spot what's broken, tell your agent what to fix. Ship faster without ever opening Xcode on a second machine. REQUIREMENTS - A Mac running the Mata host app with an active iOS Simulator - iPhone on the same network (or reachable remotely) Privacy Policy: https://getmata.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://getmata.app/terms

About

Xtend

Access your Mac's development environment from your iPhone or iPad. Manage projects, interact with AI coding agents, and control builds and terminals remotely and securely.

Highlights
  • Remote development workspace
  • AI coding agent interaction
  • Project session management
  • Full xterm emulation
  • Remote build and install
  • Simulator mirroring
  • Push notifications (Premium)
Features
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Xtend puts your development workspace in your pocket. A free companion app runs on your Mac. Your iPhone or iPad connects to it directly โ€” encrypted, peer to peer โ€” over any network. Your projects, your tools, your machine. You just aren't sitting at it. YOUR PROJECTS, ORGANIZED Every project on your machine becomes a workspace, with its own sessions, its own branch and its own history. Pick up a conversation from this morning, start a new one, jump between them. Everything survives closing the app. CHAT WITH YOUR CODING AGENT Talk to the agent already installed on your machine โ€” Claude Code or Codex โ€” about your real projects. Streaming replies, tool calls, syntax-highlighted diffs. Slash commands and @-file mentions work exactly as they do in your terminal, because it is your terminal. APPROVE WHAT IT RUNS, FROM YOUR POCKET When the agent wants to run a command or edit a file, the request appears on your phone. Approve, always allow, or deny. Xtend never decides for you โ€” it carries the question and brings back your answer. A REAL TERMINAL Not a toy. Full xterm emulation with ANSI colour, pinch-to-zoom, text selection, eleven themes, and a font panel that does not dismiss the keyboard. Attach files from your photo library, camera or Files app. BUILD AND RUN Start an Xcode build, follow the log as it streams, then install straight to your iPhone โ€” wherever you are, with no cable and no need to be on the same network. Runtime logs from the running app, searchable and filtered by level, like the Xcode console. And when you need to see it move, mirror your iOS Simulator live and touch it โ€” taps go straight through. NO SAME-NETWORK REQUIREMENT Your phone and your desk find each other wherever they are. Cellular in one place, Wi-Fi in another โ€” the connection is direct and end-to-end encrypted either way. PUSH WHEN IT MATTERS (Premium) The agent needs a decision, a long build finishes โ€” your phone tells you, and you can answer without opening the app. Free accounts see the same alerts inside the app. WHAT YOU NEED โ€ข A Mac running the free Xtend Host companion (download at getxtend.com) โ€ข Sign in with Apple, on both โ€ข One Mac per Apple ID FREE AND PREMIUM Chat, terminal, projects and builds are unlimited and always free โ€” no trial, no counter, no catch. Simulator mirroring and installs to your iPhone come with a generous daily allowance. An in-app purchase lifts that allowance and adds push notifications, for people who need more. Privacy Policy: https://getxtend.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://getxtend.com/terms

Screenshots

Mata1 screens
Xtend4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mata at none against Xtend's 1. Mata also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). On price, ads 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. Xtend sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Mata asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Mata versus Xtend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMataXtend
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyWeeklyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
Monetizationโ€”Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better18.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMoshi Tech Ltd.Menahem mendel Aouizerat

In-app purchases

None

Mata

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Xtend

Subscriptions1
  • Xtend Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month

Questions

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

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