Comparison

Tmux Bridge vs Zodex

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

Head to head
About

Tmux Bridge

Features
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Tmux Bridge is a phone-native window into the tmux sessions running on your own Mac. Sign in with an email code, pair your laptop with a six-character code, and your iPhone becomes a real terminal โ€” not a web shell, not a relay, not a hosted IDE. Your sessions never leave your tailnet. tmuxbridge talks directly to a small daemon running on your laptop over Tailscale, terminated with a real Let's Encrypt certificate. There is no middleman tmux server and no cloud terminal to compromise. FEATURES - Real xterm.js terminal embedded in the app - Multiple Macs, fan-out from one phone - Email-OTP sign-in with self-issued, short-lived tokens - Six-character pair codes; revoke a machine anytime from Settings - Mobile keyboard accessory: Esc, Tab, arrows, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-B - Auto-reconnecting WebSocket; survives bad cell signal REQUIREMENTS - A Mac you can install the tmux-bridge daemon on (one-line installer) - Tailscale installed and signed in on the phone AND the Mac - tmux installed on the Mac tmuxbridge is open source under the MIT license. The full source for the iOS app, the Mac daemon, and the backend is available on GitHub.

About

Zodex

Features
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Zodex is the official companion app for the Zodex Desktop AI coding assistant. Designed exclusively for professional software engineers, this app extends your local development environment to your mobile device, allowing you to orchestrate complex coding tasks without being tied to your desk. Key Features: โ€ข Secure Local Pairing: Connect your phone directly to your desktop via a fast, secure QR code scan. Your workspace data is routed over your local network, bypassing third-party cloud databases. โ€ข AI Agent Dispatch: Launch specialized AI agents to work on your codebase. Configure Git branches, isolate runs in separate worktrees, and trigger autonomous workflows right from your phone. โ€ข Workspace Chat: Interact with your AI agents in real-time. Ask architectural questions, attach photos for visual context, and use your microphone to record voice memos for hands-free prompting. โ€ข Task Management: Monitor your issue board, update task statuses, and review active agent runs in a sleek, native mobile interface.

Screenshots

Tmux Bridge3 screens
Zodex4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tmux Bridge and Zodex are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tmux Bridge versus Zodex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTmux BridgeZodex
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size28 MB78 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSaad Omar OsmanFurkan Koseoglu

In-app purchases

None

Tmux Bridge

No in-app purchases

None

Zodex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tmux Bridge free?
Tmux Bridge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zodex free?
Zodex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tmux Bridge or Zodex have ads?
Neither Tmux Bridge nor Zodex shows ads.

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