Comparison

OpenClient for OpenCode vs ScarfGo

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

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About

OpenClient for OpenCode

Access your self-hosted OpenCode server on iPhone and iPad. Manage projects, engage in chats, and monitor agent work with a native interface. Continue coding sessions and review file changes remotely.

Highlights
  • Connect to OpenCode v1 or v2 servers
  • Browse projects, workspaces, and chat history
  • Stream assistant responses with status indicator
  • Review per-response file diffs
  • Customize chat composer and visibility
  • Attach files, dictate prompts, sketch with Excalidraw
  • Live Activities and Home Screen widgets
Features
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OpenClient brings your self-hosted OpenCode server to iPhone and iPad with a native interface for projects, chats, and ongoing agent work. Pick up a coding session away from your desk. Follow live responses and tool activity, review file changes, answer permissions and questions, and keep work moving from your phone or tablet. Your projects and sessions - Connect to OpenCode v1 or v2 and reconnect quickly to saved servers - Browse projects, workspaces, and conversation history - Rename v2 projects and customize their colors and images - Organize Activity as a list or board with custom workflow statuses - Mark sessions read or unread, individually or all at once; read state and session statuses sync on supported servers - Switch workspaces from chat and move sessions between workspaces on v2 A chat that works your way - Stream assistant responses with an animated 3D status indicator - Load older messages as you scroll back through a conversation - Review per-response file diffs on v2 when recorded file snapshots are available - Customize line height, tool grouping, reasoning, and context visibility - Choose the Messenger or Assistant composer on iPhone; iPad uses Assistant - Queue prompts, steer ongoing work, or ask a Side Question on v2 - Use your server’s commands, skills, agents, and models - Attach compatible files, dictate prompts, or sketch with the built-in Excalidraw board - Track session todos and respond to permission and question prompts Stay informed - Inspect recorded token usage, response timing, and model details for loaded history - Track OpenAI subscription usage and OpenRouter spending with optional provider usage setup - Show usage bars or rings in Projects and Activity, plus usage snapshot widgets - Browse project files, source-control context, and supported MCP server status Built for iOS and iPadOS - Multi-column iPad navigation for projects, sessions, and chat - Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Home Screen widgets for recent and pinned sessions - Shortcuts, control widgets, and deep links to the right session - Secure Keychain storage for saved server passwords - Widget snapshots shared without including your server password Optional notifications with OC Notify Receive Web Push alerts for completed sessions, permissions, and questions. Requires the OpenClient plugin, your own HTTPS endpoint, and the companion web app added to your Home Screen. No OpenClient-hosted notification relay is used. Free and Pro Free lets you try your own OpenCode server with up to 5 prompts per day and one session. OpenClient Pro unlocks unlimited prompts, unlimited sessions, and Project Actions, and supports continued development of this open-source app. Pro Lifetime is a one-time purchase and includes the Pro Life icon. Pro Monthly is an auto-renewing subscription billed monthly. Private and self-hosted You choose your OpenCode server. Session data stays tied to your own setup, and credentials are stored securely on device. OpenClient does not provide or proxy an OpenCode backend. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ScarfGo

Features
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ScarfGo is the iPhone companion to Scarf, the open-source macOS GUI for the Hermes AI agent. It connects from your phone to a Hermes server you operate — your Mac, a home Linux box, a cloud VM, anything reachable over SSH — and lets you run sessions, browse memory, manage cron jobs, and resume conversations on the go. A fully native iOS app, not a web view or a remote desktop. ScarfGo speaks SSH directly using a pure-Swift implementation, reads Hermes state via SFTP and SQLite snapshots, and streams real-time agent output over the Agent Client Protocol on a long-lived SSH exec channel. Every byte stays between your device and the Hermes host you configured. What you can do: • Multi-server. Configure as many Hermes hosts as you like and switch between them with a tap. Soft Disconnect keeps your credentials cached; Forget wipes a server end-to-end. • Dashboard. Stats and the 25 most recent sessions, with project badges so you can tell at a glance which work is which. • Project-scoped chat. Pick a project from your registry and ScarfGo writes the same Scarf-managed AGENTS.md context block the Mac app does, so the agent boots with the right project context. The resulting session is attributed correctly across both clients. • Session resume. Tap any row on the Dashboard to open that session's transcript in Chat. CLI-started sessions hydrate from the Hermes state database; ACP sessions show an empty-state because Hermes does not persist ACP transcripts to the database. • Memory editor. Read and edit MEMORY.md and USER.md with a Saved indicator that survives keyboard dismissal and a one-tap Revert. • Cron list. Human-readable schedules ("Every 6 hours", "Weekdays at 09:00") instead of raw cron expressions, plus a relative next-run estimate. Read-only in this release; editing comes in a future update. • Skills browser. Read-only category tree with the SKILL.md frontmatter chips (allowed tools, related skills, dependencies) the Mac app shows. • Settings viewer. Read-only inspection of your config.yaml. Edit values from the Mac app or a remote shell. Privacy. ScarfGo does not collect, transmit, or store your data on any server controlled by the developer. There are no analytics, no telemetry, no ad identifiers. SSH keys are generated on-device and stored in the iOS Keychain with the ThisDeviceOnly attribute, so they are unreachable while the device is locked and never sync to iCloud. The complete privacy policy lives at awizemann.github.io/scarf/privacy. Open-source under the MIT license. Source, issue tracker, and contributor docs at github.com/awizemann/scarf. Bug reports tagged component:scarfgo go straight to the developer. Requirements. iOS 18.0 or later. An SSH-reachable Hermes server (Hermes v0.10.0 or later recommended; full v0.11.0 features supported). Your phone needs to be able to reach that server over the network, for example on the same Wi-Fi or at a public address that accepts SSH connections. ScarfGo itself does not provide any network or VPN service.

Screenshots

OpenClient for OpenCode4 screens
ScarfGo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: OpenClient for OpenCode at 4.0 against ScarfGo's 1.0. OpenClient for OpenCode also leads on chart position (#101 vs unranked) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). ScarfGo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. OpenClient for OpenCode sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ScarfGo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OpenClient for OpenCode holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpenClient for OpenCode has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
OpenClient for OpenCode versus ScarfGo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenClient for OpenCodeScarfGo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (6 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#101 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB17 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNicolas ToporcovAlan Wizemann

In-app purchases

3 purchases

OpenClient for OpenCode

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
One-time2
  • Pro Mensile$4.99
  • Pro Lifetime$29.99
None

ScarfGo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OpenClient for OpenCode free?
OpenClient for OpenCode is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScarfGo free?
ScarfGo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OpenClient for OpenCode or ScarfGo?
OpenClient for OpenCode is rated higher. OpenClient for OpenCode averages 4.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while ScarfGo averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do OpenClient for OpenCode or ScarfGo have ads?
Neither OpenClient for OpenCode nor ScarfGo shows ads.

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