Comparison

Orca IDE vs Omnigent

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

Head to head
About

Orca IDE

This app mirrors your desktop terminal sessions, including AI agent interactions, directly to your iPhone. It provides full keyboard input and multi-terminal support for seamless remote coding management. All processing remains on your desktop, ensuring your data stays secure.

Highlights
  • Live desktop terminal mirror
  • AI agent session management
  • Full keyboard input
  • Multi-worktree, multi-terminal support
  • Phone-fit zoom and smart keyboard
  • Background command execution
  • End-to-end encrypted pairing
Features
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Orca Mobile is the companion app for Orca, the open-source agentic coding workspace for macOS, Linux, and Windows. Pair your iPhone to your desktop in seconds and pick up a terminal session from the couch, the kitchen, or across the office. WHAT IT DOES • Live mirror of your desktop terminal, including running AI agent sessions (Claude Code, Codex, custom CLIs). • Full keyboard input — type, tab-complete, Ctrl-C, scroll back, all from the phone. • Multi-worktree, multi-terminal: jump between projects with a tap. • Phone-fit zoom and a smart on-screen keyboard with quick Ctrl/Alt accessory keys and shortcuts. • Background long-running commands and get a notification when a TUI goes idle (e.g. when Claude finishes thinking). HOW IT WORKS Orca Mobile is a thin client. Nothing runs on your phone except the viewer. Your code, your shells, your AI agents — all of that stays on your desktop. The phone shows you what's happening and forwards your keystrokes back over an encrypted local-network connection. Pairing is end-to-end encrypted. Your desktop generates a one-time keypair and shows a QR code; you scan it from the app. After that, all traffic between phone and desktop is sealed with that pair's keys. PRIVACY • No analytics SDK, no crash reporter, no third-party SDKs of any kind in the iOS app. • Pairing tokens and your preference list live in the app's own sandbox. The app's traffic to your desktop is end-to-end encrypted on your local network only. • The Orca desktop app collects anonymized usage metrics per the policy at https://www.onorca.dev/privacy. The mobile app itself does not. • Open source: every line is auditable at https://github.com/stablyai/orca. REQUIREMENTS • An iPhone (iOS 16+) on the same Wi-Fi as your desktop. • The Orca desktop app, free, from https://www.onorca.dev/ or https://github.com/stablyai/orca/releases.

About

Omnigent

This app allows you to remotely manage and monitor your AI agents running on an open-source workspace. Continue your technical workflows, review agent outputs, and switch between sessions seamlessly from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Remote AI agent supervision
  • Cross-device session synchronization
  • Monitor agent chats and terminals
  • Work with custom YAML agents
  • Connect to self-hosted or cloud deployments
Features
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Omnigent is the mobile companion for your Omnigent server: an open-source workspace for supervising AI agents across coding, research, automation, and other technical workflows. Connect to a server you run, sign in, and continue the same sessions you use from desktop or browser. Follow agent work from your phone, send messages, review outputs, and switch between sessions without losing context. Use Omnigent to: - Keep agent chats, sub-agents, terminals, and files in sync across devices - Supervise multiple agents from one interface - Work with custom YAML agents and shared team sessions - Reach self-hosted or cloud-hosted Omnigent deployments This app is a native iOS shell for the Omnigent web UI. You need access to an Omnigent server to use it. For local or private deployments, configure your server URL on the first screen and connect securely.

Screenshots

Orca IDE4 screens
Omnigent2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Orca IDE at 4.7 against Omnigent's 4.3. Orca IDE also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (25 vs 3). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Orca IDE holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orca IDE has 25 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orca IDE ships an update every 3 days, Omnigent every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Orca IDE versus Omnigent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrca IDEOmnigent
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (25 ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews93.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#18 — better#148
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB4 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLovecast LLCDatabricks Inc.

Customer experience

Orca IDE

All ratings25 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive93.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.4%

Omnigent

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Orca IDE

No in-app purchases

None

Omnigent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orca IDE free?
Orca IDE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Omnigent free?
Omnigent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Orca IDE or Omnigent?
Orca IDE is rated higher. Orca IDE averages 4.7 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Omnigent averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Orca IDE or Omnigent have ads?
Neither Orca IDE nor Omnigent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orca IDE or Omnigent?
Orca IDE ships an update every 3 days, and Omnigent every 2 weeks. Most recently, Orca IDE was updated on September 23, 2026 and Omnigent on September 21, 2026.
Which is more popular, Orca IDE or Omnigent?
Orca IDE currently peaks at #18 in the App Store charts, and Omnigent at #148. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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