Muxy vs TerminalWidget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Muxy
Control your desktop terminal sessions from your phone. Seamlessly switch projects, run commands, and review code changes remotely over your local network. Ideal for developers who need to stay productive away from their desk.
- Real-time terminal sessions
- Project and tab switching
- Nerd Font support
- Git status and diff
- Light, dark, and device themes
- Demo Mode
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Muxy Mobile is the companion app for Muxy, a terminal multiplexer for your desktop. Pair your phone over the local network and take your sessions with you. Built for developers Drive real terminal sessions from your phone. Switch projects, run commands, review git changes, and stay in flow when you step away from your desk. How it works 1. Install Muxy on your desktop and enable the Mobile server in Settings. 2. Open Muxy Mobile on your phone, enter the host and port shown in Muxy. 3. Approve the pairing prompt on your desktop. You're connected. Features • Real-time terminal sessions over your local network • Project and tab switching with a swipe • Nerd Font support for powerline glyphs and icons • Git status, branch, and diff at a glance • Light, dark, and device-matched themes • Demo Mode to explore the app without pairing Privacy first Muxy Mobile talks directly to your desktop over your local network. No cloud, no accounts, no telemetry — your terminal sessions never leave your network.
TerminalWidget
Display script output directly on your home screen widgets. Visualize data with progress indicators, charts, and tables. Control scripts via Shortcuts or URL schemes, with iCloud sync for Mac and iOS.
- Script output in widgets
- Progress indicators, charts, graphs
- iCloud sync for Mac and iOS
- Control via Shortcuts
- URL scheme support
- Universal purchase
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Scripters rejoice! Now you can have output from your scripts, AppleScripts, and Shortcuts display in widgets on iOS (and sync to and from your Mac via iCloud). You can see progress indicators, charts, graphs, icons, tables, and more. All controllable via Shortcuts or with a URL scheme (and a CLI on Mac). This is a universal purchase for the Mac, iOS, and Watch apps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Muxy at $2.99 against TerminalWidget's $19.99. Muxy also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5). TerminalWidget's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Muxy costs $2.99 and TerminalWidget $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Muxy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Muxy ships an update every 9 days, TerminalWidget every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Muxy | TerminalWidget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #103 — better | #158 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Saeed Vaziry | Brett Terpstra |
Customer experience
Muxy
TerminalWidget
In-app purchases
Muxy
No in-app purchases
TerminalWidget
No in-app purchases
