Comparison

Orca IDE vs AdWidget

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 desktop coding environment and AI agent sessions remotely from your iPhone. This app mirrors your terminal, allowing full keyboard input and seamless switching between projects. It ensures all your code and agents remain securely on your desktop.

Highlights
  • Live desktop terminal mirror
  • 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

AdWidget

View your AdMob and AdSense earnings directly on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. This app provides a clean dashboard and detailed breakdowns of your income from various sources, with a privacy-first approach.

Highlights
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • AdMob and AdSense earnings at a glance
  • Detailed breakdowns by source, country, and platform
  • Daily stacked bar chart for trend analysis
  • Privacy-first data handling
  • Supports 14 currencies and dark mode
Features
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Your AdMob and AdSense earnings in one place, right on your Home Screen. AdWidget signs in with your Google account and loads your AdMob and AdSense estimated earnings read-only, then shows them in a clean dashboard and in Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Built for publishers. Earnings at a glance • Today, yesterday, last 7 days, last 30 days, this month and last month, each with the change versus the previous period • AdMob and AdSense combined, plus the share of each source • A daily stacked bar chart so you can see the trend Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Small, medium and large widgets, plus a Lock Screen widget • Widgets refresh themselves periodically, even when the app is closed • Refresh straight from the widget Detailed breakdowns • AdMob: earnings, impressions, eCPM, CTR and match rate by app, ad format, country and ad unit • AdSense: earnings, page views, page RPM and CTR by site, country and platform, plus your unpaid balance Privacy first • Only read-only scopes are requested (admob.readonly, adsense.readonly) • Your earnings data and sign-in tokens stay on your device and are never sent to a developer server, because there is no server • Sign out any time, or revoke access from your Google Account settings Also included • 14 currencies, dark mode, and a hide-amounts toggle • Browse with sample data without signing in Note: the amounts shown are Google's estimated earnings and reports can lag by a few hours, so they may differ from your final payment. Note: AdMob and AdSense are trademarks of Google LLC. AdWidget is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.

Screenshots

Orca IDE4 screens
AdWidget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Orca IDE at none against AdWidget's 1. Orca IDE also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (58 vs 1). AdWidget's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On price, update cadence and iOS requirement 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. AdWidget sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Orca IDE asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AdWidget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orca IDE has 58 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Orca IDE's written reviews are positive against 100% of AdWidget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orca IDE ships an update every 4 days, AdWidget every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Orca IDE versus AdWidget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrca IDEAdWidget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (58 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings58 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#21 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLovecast LLCLEEDLAB

Customer experience

Orca IDE

All ratings58 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral6.9%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive84.7%
Neutral10.2%
Negative5.1%

AdWidget

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Orca IDE

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

AdWidget

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Orca IDE free?
Orca IDE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AdWidget free?
AdWidget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Orca IDE or AdWidget?
AdWidget is rated higher. Orca IDE averages 4.7 out of 5 from 58 ratings, while AdWidget averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Orca IDE or AdWidget have ads?
AdWidget shows ads; Orca IDE does not.
Which is updated more often, Orca IDE or AdWidget?
Orca IDE ships an update every 4 days, and AdWidget every 2 days. Most recently, Orca IDE was updated on October 31, 2026 and AdWidget on October 29, 2026.

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