Comparison

Orca IDE vs Zero Network Tools

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

Head to head
About

Orca IDE

Control your coding environment remotely from your phone. Mirror your desktop terminal, manage AI agent sessions, and interact with your code using a smart on-screen keyboard. All your data remains on your desktop, with secure, end-to-end encrypted local network connections.

Highlights
  • Live desktop terminal mirror
  • AI agent session management
  • Full keyboard input
  • Multi-worktree 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

Zero Network Tools

Features
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Zero Network Tools Zero Network Tools turns your Apple Watch into a pocket-sized network administration toolkit for IPv4, IPv6, subnet planning, device setup, troubleshooting, and field work. Calculate IPv4 subnets from your wrist. Enter an IP address, choose a CIDR prefix, and instantly see the network address, subnet mask, usable host range, broadcast address, wildcard mask, host count, suggested gateway, and whether the address is usable, reserved, a network ID, or a broadcast address. Use the This Watch tool to detect your watch’s current Wi-Fi or LTE IPv4 address and calculate the subnet it is connected to. Quickly confirm the network, mask, broadcast address, usable range, and address role without reaching for a laptop. Plan networks with built-in admin tools: • VLSM subnet planner • DHCP scope planner • VLAN planning notes • Previous and next subnet navigation • Second-IP subnet membership checker • Saved subnet plans • Router, switch, static device, and change-ticket templates • Common port reference • Private, loopback, APIPA, multicast, and reserved range reference • IPv6 prefix calculator • DNS A/AAAA lookup • Binary and hexadecimal subnet math logs • TXT, CSV, Markdown, and JSON export sharing Zero Network Tools is useful for network admins, field technicians, homelab builders, IT students, cybersecurity learners, and anyone who works with routers, switches, VLANs, DHCP scopes, servers, printers, cameras, IoT devices, or static IP assignments. Cool things you can do: Check if an IP is safe to assign Find out if an address is a broadcast address Detect the subnet your watch is currently using Build DHCP scopes after reserved infrastructure addresses Plan VLANs and document gateway settings Generate device registration notes Compare binary and hexadecimal subnet math Look up common service ports like SSH, FTP, NFS, NNTP, DNS, DHCP, RDP, VPN, and more Resolve DNS records from your watch Export subnet records for tickets, documentation, or sharing Built for quick checks, real network work, and learning subnet math anywhere.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Orca IDE at Free against Zero Network Tools's $2.99. Orca IDE also leads on chart position (#22 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Orca IDE is free to download; Zero Network Tools costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Orca IDE versus Zero Network Tools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrca IDEZero Network Tools
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.7 (78 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings78 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#22 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB1 MB
Age rating+4+4
DeveloperLovecast LLCjonathan maharaj

In-app purchases

None

Orca IDE

No in-app purchases

None

Zero Network Tools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orca IDE free?
Orca IDE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zero Network Tools free?
Zero Network Tools costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Orca IDE or Zero Network Tools have ads?
Neither Orca IDE nor Zero Network Tools shows ads.

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