Apperture vs Teletype

Apperture lets you see and control one Mac app right from your iPhone — not your whole desktop. Apperture mirrors just the app that matters, full-screen on your phone, so it feels like the app is running in your hand. Traditional screen sharing puts a 27-inch desktop on a 6-inch screen and makes you pan, zoom, and hunt for windows. Apperture takes the opposite approach: pick a single running Mac app and it fills your iPhone with a sharp, low-latency live view sized for the screen you're actually holding. BUILT FOR DEVELOPERS • Mirror the iOS Simulator and it feels native: touches map directly, and rotating your phone rotates the simulated app. • Keep working while your Mac builds and runs. Perfect for agent-assisted coding — let Claude Code or your favorite agent build and launch the app on your Mac, then review and interact with the result from anywhere in the house. • Stream any Xcode-launched Mac app with its real window chrome intact. FULL CONTROL, NOT JUST A VIEW • Tap, drag, long-press for right-click, two-finger scroll — touch input translated naturally to the Mac. • Type with the iPhone keyboard, including full Unicode text entry. • Browse and run the Mac app's real menu bar commands from a searchable, touch-friendly palette. • Send clipboard text securely between devices. • Fit-width, fit-height, and readable-zoom layout modes in portrait and landscape. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts. No cloud relay. Your screen never touches our servers. • Pairing starts with a short-lived QR code on your Mac, and the Mac owner must explicitly approve every phone. • Connections work only over private networks — your Wi-Fi or your own VPN such as Tailscale. Public endpoints are rejected by design. • Every session is encrypted. Pairing trust is stored in the device Keychain and never synced to the cloud. • Review or revoke paired devices anytime. The Mac keeps a local 30-day session history — device, time, and app names only, never keystrokes or screen contents. GOOD TO KNOW • Apperture requires the free companion Mac app from runapperture.com. It's notarized by Apple and distributed directly because it uses Screen Recording and Accessibility permissions the Mac App Store doesn't allow. • Away from home, you'll need a VPN to reach your Mac — Tailscale takes about five minutes to set up, works beautifully, and is free for personal use. • Your Mac does all the work, so it needs to be on, awake, and logged in. Apperture is a viewer and controller for your own Mac, not a way to run Mac apps on iPhone. • Apperture streams one selected window at a time — that focus is the point. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Connect to servers and desktops from one native iPhone and iPad app. Use SSH and Mosh terminals, manage SFTP files, and control RDP or VNC desktops without switching tools. Start free with one saved connection. Teletype is built for developers, sysadmins, and homelab users who need remote access wherever a machine needs attention. What you can do: - Open SSH terminal sessions with native keyboard controls. - Use Mosh for resilient terminal work on changing networks. - Browse, upload, download, rename, remove, and create folders over SFTP. - Preview supported remote files before sharing or saving them. - Control RDP desktops with touch pointer input, keyboard controls, and certificate trust options. - Control VNC desktops with gestures and remote display selection. - Keep supported sessions visible with Picture in Picture. - Sync connections, settings, themes, and eligible credentials with iCloud when enabled. - Customize terminal appearance, input controls, and app icons. Teletype Pro unlocks unlimited saved connections, Picture in Picture, iCloud sync, custom terminal themes, and custom app icons. Choose a monthly or annual subscription, or a lifetime purchase. Prices and any eligible trial are shown before purchase. Remote connections require a reachable server with the selected protocol enabled. Privacy Policy: https://teletype.sh/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/