Lanyard vs Bedcoder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Lanyard
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Lanyard ā your SwiftGG community card Lanyard is your digital lanyard for the SwiftGG community. Show your code, scan a new friend's, and carry your developer identity with you ā from WWDC watch parties to local meetups. Ā· Your page, one scan away Build a public profile that shows who you are and what you've shipped ā the apps you've made, your TestFlight betas, the opportunities you're posting, the events you've attended, and the badges you've earned. Tap the QR button to show your code or scan someone else's. And with the App Clip, anyone can preview your page instantly ā no install required. Ā· Tickets, ready at the door Keep all your SwiftGG event tickets in one place. Pull up your QR pass to get in, and check event details at a glance. Event staff can check guests in right from the app. Ā· BetaHub ā test together Browse TestFlight betas posted by fellow SwiftGG developers, and lend a hand testing the community's latest apps. Ā· MateFinder ā find your people Hiring, looking for work, or searching for a teammate? Discover opportunities from across the community and connect with the right people. Ā· Make it yours Light and dark themes, customizable app icons, and a clean, monochrome design that stays out of your way. Lanyard is built for SwiftGG ā where Swift developers meet, ship, and grow together.
Bedcoder
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Bedcoder is a phone-side companion for vibe-coding. When your Claude Code is running long tasks on your laptop ā installing dependencies, running test suites, waiting on a build, scaffolding a new feature - you don't have to sit at the desk to keep tabs on it. Pair Bedcoder once via QR code, and you can drive the same agent session from your phone. What you can do from the phone: ⢠Chat with the agent in real time. Send new prompts, see streaming responses. ⢠Review and respond to the agent's proposed actions (e.g. approve or skip a tool call). ⢠Mirror the terminal. Watch live output from commands running on your laptop. ⢠Preview running dev servers in a remote browser, with secure tunnels back to your computer. ⢠Browse and read project files inside your active project directory. ⢠View your laptop screen when the agent is using a GUI app. How it works: The Bedcoder daemon runs next to your existing AI coding CLI on your computer (Currently Claude Code is supported). The phone app pairs with it via a single QR scan. Every message between the phone and the laptop is end-to-end encrypted with XSalsa20-Poly1305 ā the relay server never sees your prompts, your code, your responses, or your encryption key. Session interop: Bedcoder shares session storage with your desktop CLI. A conversation started at your desk picks up cleanly on your phone, and vice versa ā no copy-paste, no context loss. Privacy by design: ⢠End-to-end encrypted between your phone and your laptop daemon. ⢠Zero-knowledge relay: no accounts, no message history, no telemetry. ⢠Filesystem access is sandboxed to your active project directory. Bedcoder is open source. Requires the Bedcoder desktop daemon running alongside your AI coding CLI (Claude Code is supported now. Codex is our next goal).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Bedcoder at 13.0 against Lanyard's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lanyard ships an update every 3 days, Bedcoder every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lanyard | Bedcoder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHENZHEN XUSHIJIDI TECHNOLOGY LIMITED COMPANY | Rich Coin Limited |
In-app purchases
Lanyard
No in-app purchases
Bedcoder
No in-app purchases









