Comparison

Orca IDE vs Codeg Client

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

Codeg Client

This mobile app allows developers to connect to their Codeg server remotely. Manage projects, monitor task progress in real-time, and interact with coding agents from an iPhone or iPad. It's designed for seamless on-the-go development workflow.

Highlights
  • Connect to Codeg server
  • View projects and sessions
  • Real-time task progress monitoring
  • Manage coding agents remotely
  • Browse project context
  • Track ongoing work
Features
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Codeg Client is the iOS companion app for Codeg. Connect to your own Codeg server from iPhone or iPad, view projects and sessions, follow task progress in real time, and continue working with your coding agents while away from your computer. The app is designed for developers who run Codeg on their own machine or server. Add your server URL and access token, then manage conversations, inspect activity, browse project context, and keep track of ongoing work from a mobile device.

Screenshots

Orca IDE4 screens
Codeg Client1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Codeg Client at 5.0 against Orca IDE's 4.7. Orca IDE's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 2) and chart position (#17 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Codeg Client holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orca IDE has 38 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orca IDE ships an update every 3 days, Codeg Client every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Orca IDE versus Codeg Client: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrca IDECodeg Client
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (38 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings38 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#17 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLovecast LLC韬 费

Customer experience

Orca IDE

All ratings38 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral7.9%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive83.8%
Neutral10.8%
Negative5.4%

Codeg Client

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Orca IDE

No in-app purchases

None

Codeg Client

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orca IDE free?
Orca IDE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Codeg Client free?
Codeg Client is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Orca IDE or Codeg Client?
Codeg Client is rated higher. Orca IDE averages 4.7 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while Codeg Client averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Orca IDE or Codeg Client have ads?
Neither Orca IDE nor Codeg Client shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orca IDE or Codeg Client?
Orca IDE ships an update every 3 days, and Codeg Client every 5 days. Most recently, Orca IDE was updated on October 15, 2026 and Codeg Client on October 18, 2026.

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