Coly for Self vs OpenAB Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Coly for Self
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Coly is a native client for the self-hosted deployment platforms you already run ā Coolify, Dokploy, EasyPanel, Portainer, Temps, and Towbar ā so you can check on a deploy or restart a stuck service without opening a laptop. Add every instance you manage. Switch between teams and providers from one screen, and see the same dashboard whether you're on Coolify or Dokploy. WHAT YOU CAN DO ⢠See every resource's real status at a glance ā running, deploying, stopped, or in error ⢠Start, stop, restart, or trigger a fresh deploy, each behind a confirmation step ⢠Browse projects, servers, and deployment history, and read logs on the spot ⢠View environment variables, and edit them where the provider allows it ⢠Get notified in the background when a deploy finishes, fails, or health changes BUILT FOR SELF-HOSTERS Your API credentials are stored only in this device's Keychain. Coly never sends them anywhere but the instance you point it at. Coolify and Dokploy are fully supported for viewing and control. EasyPanel, Portainer, Temps, and Towbar are read-only today. PREMIUM Unlimited connections and background health alerts. Monthly or yearly, cancel anytime. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
OpenAB Remote
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OpenAB Remote turns your iPhone into a private push-to-talk remote and terminal client for OpenAB Connect. Pair with your Mac over the local network, dictate with on-device speech recognition, and send only terminal-safe text to the selected session. Import your own runtime connections from OpenAB Connect, browse live sessions, and attach directly over your own Tailscale network. Choose your speech engine: Apple's on-device recognition (no download), or optionally download Whisper (OpenAI, MIT) or SenseVoice (Alibaba FunASR) to run on this iPhone ā SenseVoice is recommended for Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese and Korean. ⢠On-device push-to-talk transcription ⢠Direct terminal session attach and resume ⢠Remembered, encrypted nearby pairing ⢠Explicit Auto-Enter permission ⢠No account, analytics, advertising, or telemetry ⢠Optional Whisper engine: download an open-source model once (MIT) and run it fully on-device ⢠Fully offline Demo Mode for evaluation OpenAB Remote talks only to your Mac and infrastructure ā plus, only if you choose the Whisper engine, a one-time model download from Hugging Face. Your speech, credentials, and terminal sessions are not sent to an OpenAB service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: OpenAB Remote at every 2 days against Coly for Self's every 2 months. Coly for Self's advantage is iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Coly for Self ships an update every 2 months, OpenAB Remote every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coly for Self | OpenAB Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 ā better | 26.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eray Can Topcu | Jiayan Lin |
In-app purchases
Coly for Self
No in-app purchases
OpenAB Remote
No in-app purchases









