Comparison

Orca IDE vs Can I Work Yet?

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

Can I Work Yet?

Features
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Waiting for a surprise Codex reset? Can I Work Yet? keeps an eye on Tibo's public posts and Codex reset announcements so you don't have to keep checking manually. See hints of possible upcoming resets, announced reset times, and confirmed updates in one place. When a time is announced, see it in your phone's local timezone, so you know when it applies to you. Know when more quota might be coming Extra and banked resets can sometimes be announced before they happen. Knowing about them ahead of time can help you decide whether to use your remaining quota or save a banked reset. Already hit your Codex usage limit? Check whether an additional reset has been announced before your normal usage window resets. What you can track • Tibo's reset-related hints and announcements • Possible upcoming and confirmed resets • Banked and additional reset information • Usage boosts and limit changes • Reset times in your local timezone • Recent reset history and public updates Get notified with Pro Upgrade to Pro for push notifications about surprise Codex resets, Tibo's reset-related posts, and other important updates. When a new reset is announced or confirmed, your iPhone can let you know. No account required. No ads. Use your quota. Know when more is coming. Can I Work Yet? is an independent, unofficial app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAI. Reset availability and timing depend on OpenAI; the app does not grant resets or guarantee future ones. Terms of Use: https://caniworkyet.netlify.app/terms-privacy.html#terms Privacy Policy: https://caniworkyet.netlify.app/terms-privacy.html#privacy Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Orca IDE4 screens
Can I Work Yet?3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Orca IDE at none against Can I Work Yet?'s 2. Orca IDE also leads on chart position (#20 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Can I Work Yet? sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Orca IDE asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orca IDE ships an update every 3 days, Can I Work Yet? every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Orca IDE versus Can I Work Yet?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrca IDECan I Work Yet?
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (38 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings38 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#20 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLovecast LLCDavid Pintaric

In-app purchases

None

Orca IDE

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Can I Work Yet?

Subscriptions2
  • Can I Work Yet Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Can I Work Yet Pro Yearly$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Orca IDE free?
Orca IDE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Can I Work Yet? free?
Can I Work Yet? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Orca IDE or Can I Work Yet? have ads?
Neither Orca IDE nor Can I Work Yet? shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orca IDE or Can I Work Yet??
Orca IDE ships an update every 3 days, and Can I Work Yet? every 2 days. Most recently, Orca IDE was updated on October 15, 2026 and Can I Work Yet? on September 28, 2026.

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