Orca IDE vs Oh Pi App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Oh Pi App
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Oh Pi App brings your self-hosted AI development workspace to iPhone and iPad. Connect to your own ohpi-gateway directly or through an encrypted SSH tunnel, then work with your files and AI tools wherever you are. • Chat with your configured AI provider and follow streaming responses, reasoning and tool results. • Create, resume, rename and delete conversations across multiple workspaces and servers. • Browse remote files and inspect code, images and tool output. • Schedule tasks and manage their execution from your device. • Configure provider credentials on your server and choose models for each conversation. • Use SSH password or private-key authentication with server fingerprint confirmation. • Enjoy layouts for iPhone and iPad, light and dark appearance, and English and Simplified Chinese. A compatible server and your own AI provider access are required for normal use. You can connect to an existing gateway or install one on a machine you control using SSH. AI requests and tools run on your configured server; provider charges and terms may apply. Before sharing content with an AI provider, the app explains the data being sent and requests your permission. The Oh Pi developer does not operate a conversation relay server. Privacy policy and support: https://yearsyan.github.io/oh-pi-app/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: Orca IDE at #20 against Oh Pi App's unranked. Orca IDE also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). 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.
| Parameter | Orca IDE | Oh Pi App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (53 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 87.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #20 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Lovecast LLC | 演 李 |
In-app purchases
Orca IDE
No in-app purchases
Oh Pi App
No in-app purchases









