Comparison

Asynq Buddy vs JWT Lens

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

Head to head
About

Asynq Buddy

Features
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Buddy helps you stay on top of your coding agents like Claude Code or Codex from your iPhone. Connect Buddy to your paired Mac Mini (or another machine) and keep track of active work, approvals, managed sessions, and follow-up tasks without sitting at your desk. With Buddy, you can: - review what your agents are doing - continue observed work from your phone - start and monitor managed sessions - handle approval and review flows - check recent work, outputs, and session history - stay in sync with your local agent runtime Buddy is built for developers who use local and desktop-based coding agents and want lightweight control while away from the keyboard. Current highlights: - mobile view of agent activity and status - managed and observed session workflows - approval handling from your phone - recurring managed tasks - prompt attachments and voice dictation - local-first workflow with your paired machine Buddy works together with the Asynq agent daemon (asynq-agentd) running on your computer.

About

JWT Lens

Features
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JWT Lens is a fast, private JSON Web Token decoder and verifier for developers โ€” a Safari extension that works entirely on your device. Tap the toolbar icon, paste a token (or grab the text you've selected on the page), and instantly see: โ€ข Pretty-printed, color-coded Header and Payload โ€ข Human-readable timestamps โ€” exp, iat and nbf shown in your local time with relative phrasing ("expires in 59 minutes") โ€ข An at-a-glance expiry badge: valid, expired, or not yet valid โ€ข Plain-English descriptions of standard claims (iss, sub, aud, and more) Need to check a signature? JWT Lens verifies HS256/384/512, RS256/384/512, PS256/384/512 and ES256/384/512 using a secret or PEM public key you provide โ€” all computed locally with the system's WebCrypto, never sent anywhere. Privacy by design: โ€ข No network requests โ€” ever โ€ข No analytics, no tracking, no accounts โ€ข Nothing is stored: tokens and keys live only in the popup while you use it Whether you're debugging OAuth / OIDC flows, inspecting a bearer token, or learning how JWTs work, JWT Lens keeps it quick, clear, and completely on-device. Universal app: works in Safari on macOS, iOS and iPadOS.

Screenshots

Asynq Buddy3 screens
JWT Lens1 screens

Verdict

The call

Asynq Buddy and JWT Lens are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Asynq Buddy versus JWT Lens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsynq BuddyJWT Lens
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size16 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZdenek HoflerMasaya Kontani

In-app purchases

None

Asynq Buddy

No in-app purchases

None

JWT Lens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Asynq Buddy free?
Asynq Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is JWT Lens free?
JWT Lens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Asynq Buddy or JWT Lens have ads?
Neither Asynq Buddy nor JWT Lens shows ads.

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