Codex Relay vs Panegrip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Codex Relay
Manage your Codex workflow remotely from your phone. Track active threads, send prompts, review output, and respond to requests. Designed for developers to stay connected to their work without being at their desk.
- Follow Codex conversations remotely
- Send prompts and follow-up instructions
- Respond to approval and input requests
- Attach images for context
- Review workspace and thread activity
- Manage relay server state
- Check usage statistics
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Codex Relay brings your Codex workflow to your phone. Connect to your local Codex Relay server and keep track of active threads, responses, approvals, and workspace activity without staying at your desk. Send follow-up prompts, review assistant output, attach images for context, and respond when Codex needs input before it can continue. Built for developers who use Codex as part of real work, Codex Relay keeps the mobile experience focused, fast, and close to the terminal workflow. Key features: - Follow Codex conversations from your phone - Send prompts and follow-up instructions - Respond to approval and input requests - Attach images as context - Review workspace and thread activity - Manage connected relay server state - Check usage - Designed for local developer workflows Codex Relay requires a running Codex Relay server on your computer. Start the server with `npx codex-relay@latest`, then connect your device over your local network. GitHub: https://github.com/gronxb/codex-relay Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Panegrip
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Coding agents get stuck the moment you step away: a command waiting for approval, a question about the design, a choice between two fixes. Panegrip sends that moment to your iPhone, so the work keeps going while you're on the train, in a meeting or making coffee. It works with the agents already running on your computer, such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi and Kimi, wherever you run them: Herdr, Orca, T3 Code, tmux, zellij, cmux, Ghostty or VS Code. Nothing moves to the cloud. Your agents stay where they are, and your phone becomes a second screen for them. ANSWER WITHOUT UNLOCKING When an agent wants to run a command, the notification shows it with Allow and Deny. Tap one on the lock screen and the computer has your answer within milliseconds. Questions with options come as buttons, and you can always type or say your own answer instead. "Always allow" covers exactly that one command, nothing broader. THE REAL SESSION Each chat is the agent's own session, live as it writes: its messages, the commands it ran and the files it touched. When you need more, open the terminal itself, with Esc, Tab, Ctrl and the arrow keys a tap away. GIVE IT THE NEXT JOB Start an agent in any project, in a new folder, a fresh clone or a worktree of its own. Type the task or dictate it. Queue up the next prompts and each one goes out as soon as the agent is free. If you hit your plan's limit at 2 a.m., the work picks back up the moment it resets. Siri, Shortcuts and the Action button can start a task without opening the app. SEE HOW THINGS STAND A Live Activity shows who is working, who is waiting for you and who is done. You get the 5-hour and weekly limits of every Claude and Codex account, tokens and cost by model and by day, and a short digest of what happened while you were away. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There's no account and no tracking. Your phone connects straight to your computer whenever the network allows, encrypted end to end. When it can't, our relay forwards packets it has no way to read. Notification text is encrypted on your computer, so our push service never sees it either. WHAT YOU NEED A Mac or a Linux computer with your agents, plus the Panegrip relay, which installs with one command from panegrip.dev. The app is free, with no subscription. You can open the demo first and look around without a computer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Panegrip at every 2 days against Codex Relay's every 9 days. Codex Relay's advantage is chart position (#41 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Codex Relay ships an update every 9 days, Panegrip every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Codex Relay | Panegrip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (57 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #41 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kang Sungyu | Oksana Reznychenko |
In-app purchases
Codex Relay
No in-app purchases
Panegrip
No in-app purchases









