Comparison

Pi in Pocket vs Pi Dev Mobile

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

Head to head
About

Pi in Pocket

Features
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Pi in Pocket is the mobile companion for pi, the open-source coding agent (github.com/badlogic/pi-mono). Control your agent remotely from your iPhone or iPad while it runs on your Mac. Pi is a minimal terminal coding agent that gives an LLM four core tools: read, write, edit, and bash. It supports multiple providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and more), is fully extensible with skills, prompt templates, and extensions, and runs in interactive, RPC, or SDK mode. Pi in Pocket connects to your Mac over your local network or Tailscale VPN through the pi-bridge server, giving you a live window into every running session. What you can do: • Watch the agent think, call tools, and write code in real time • Send messages, steer the agent mid-turn, or queue follow-ups • Browse live and completed sessions across all your projects • Start new sessions in any project directory • Switch LLM models and thinking levels on the fly • Compact context when the conversation gets long • Get push notifications when a task finishes • Read full tool outputs, code diffs, and markdown responses Built for developers who want to stay in the loop while away from the keyboard. Start a long task on your Mac, walk away, and manage everything from your phone. Requires a Mac running the pi-bridge server and the pi coding agent. Connect over your local network or Tailscale VPN.

About

Pi Dev Mobile

Features
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Pi app companion for pi.dev. This connects to pi server you can run using npx pi-rpc-server

Screenshots

Pi in Pocket4 screens
Pi Dev Mobile3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pi in Pocket at 17.0 against Pi Dev Mobile's 26.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Pi in Pocket versus Pi Dev Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPi in PocketPi Dev Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHuy LeOm More

In-app purchases

None

Pi in Pocket

No in-app purchases

None

Pi Dev Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pi in Pocket free?
Pi in Pocket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pi Dev Mobile free?
Pi Dev Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pi in Pocket or Pi Dev Mobile have ads?
Neither Pi in Pocket nor Pi Dev Mobile shows ads.

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