LocalDrop.Dev vs Kernelhub
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
LocalDrop.Dev
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Looking at a photo on your iPhone and want to edit it on your Mac? Caught a bug screenshot and need to send it to a friend on another device? Copied a long link on your computer and want to open it on your phone? LocalDrop does all of that in one or two taps ā your devices just need to be on the same Wi-Fi (your home network, your office, or even a coffee shop hotspot). No internet required. No accounts. No third-party servers. Your data goes straight from one device to the other. āø ONE TAP. SENT. Right-click a file in Finder, or use the Share Sheet on iPhone or iPad ā tap "Send via LocalDrop" ā pick a device ā done. No dragging across windows, no copying links, no helper apps. āø SEND TEXT BETWEEN DEVICES ā WITHOUT A CHAT APP Need to move a link, an OTP code, a snippet of code, or a wallet address from your Mac to your iPhone? Or paste long text from your phone onto your computer to edit it? LocalDrop has a dedicated text box ā type or paste, pick a device, and the text appears on the other side within a second. It lands straight on the clipboard, ready to paste. No more sending notes to yourself through Messenger or WhatsApp. No more retyping 20 characters on a virtual keyboard. No more clutter in your inbox. āø SCREENSHOTS AND SCREEN RECORDING, BUILT IN ⢠Capture a region, the full screen, or a single window with a keyboard shortcut. ⢠Record video of your screen with the cursor included. Export as MP4 or MOV. ⢠Annotate captures with text, arrows, and shapes in the built-in image editor. ⢠After capturing, send it straight to your phone or another computer in one click ā no need to save to Desktop and attach it through chat. āø EDIT WITH LOCALDROP Right-click any image (PNG, JPG, WebP, BMP) in Finder ā Quick Actions ā Edit Image with LocalDrop. The built-in editor opens with annotation tools ā add text, arrows, rectangles, highlights. Every edit auto-saves next to the original. Then send the annotated image to another device in one click. āø WORKS ACROSS EVERY DEVICE LocalDrop runs on macOS, iOS, and other platforms. Two-way between platforms ā between any of your devices, in either direction. You're not locked into one operating system. All your devices need is the same Wi-Fi. No extra service. No pairing. No QR codes. The app finds nearby devices automatically. āø PRIVATE BY DEFAULT ⢠Data goes directly from one device to another over your Wi-Fi. It does not pass through LocalDrop's servers or any other company's. ⢠Every transfer is encrypted end-to-end, even on public Wi-Fi (cafes, airports, hotels). ⢠The first time you connect to a new device, the app asks you to confirm so you know you're sending to the right machine. Subsequent transfers are silent. ⢠No account required. No telemetry. No ads. āø NO SIZE LIMITS A 10 GB file sends as smoothly as a 10 MB one. Speed depends on your Wi-Fi alone ā no throttling like cloud services. āø HIGHLIGHTS ⢠Send text between devices, lands on the clipboard ⢠Share files of any size over Wi-Fi ⢠Send the same files to multiple devices at once ⢠Built-in screenshot, screen recording, and image editor ⢠Right-click integration in Finder and File Explorer ⢠Right-click image ā Edit with LocalDrop ⢠Share Sheet integration on iOS and iPadOS ⢠Cross-platform: macOS, iOS and other platforms ⢠End-to-end encryption ā your data never leaves your local Wi-Fi ⢠Works without internet ⢠Localized in 10 languages LocalDrop is source-available (BSL 1.1 license, automatically converts to Apache 2.0 in 2030). Free for personal and internal business use.
Kernelhub
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KernelHub connects the CLI coding agents already running on your own machine ā Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity CLI ā to the phone in your pocket. Getting started is one command. In your project folder, run icloser pair. It prints a code. Scan it. That's the setup. WHAT IT IS FOR You leave your desk mid-task. Later, on your phone, you want to know what your agent decided, approve the thing it's waiting on, or say one more sentence ā without re-explaining the whole project from scratch. KernelHub keeps tasks, agents, memory and files together, so the next device picks up where the last one stopped. HOW IT WORKS ⢠Say it in plain language. Your sentence is queued verbatim and handed to the CLI runtime on your own machine. ⢠Watch it happen. A single timeline shows what needs you, what is running, and what finished. ⢠Decide from anywhere. Approvals, questions and conflicts are actionable from the phone. ⢠Seven permission levels ā read, change code, run commands, search the web, push, system ops, delete or migrate data ā each confirmed per device. Permission granted on one device is never inherited by another. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO KernelHub never holds your model API keys, and the backend never calls a model. Every conclusion comes from the runtime signed in on your own machine. The workspace token lives in this device's Keychain and never syncs via iCloud. When it cannot read your workspace, it says so. It will not draw an empty screen and let you conclude there is nothing to do ā that misreading is exactly what this app exists to prevent. REQUIREMENTS A machine running icloser, reachable from your phone, with at least one CLI coding agent installed and signed in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: LocalDrop.Dev at 4 against Kernelhub's 1. LocalDrop.Dev also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
| Parameter | LocalDrop.Dev | Kernelhub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Toan Nguyen | iCloser Ltd. |
In-app purchases
LocalDrop.Dev
No in-app purchases
Kernelhub
No in-app purchases









