Comparison

Remote Pi 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

Remote Pi

Control AI coding agents on your machines from your phone. Securely pair devices, monitor agent activity live, and approve tool calls remotely. Your phone acts as a trusted authenticator for your development environment.

Highlights
  • Remote control for AI coding agents
  • Secure device pairing via QR code
  • Live monitoring of agent sessions
  • Approve/reject tool calls
  • Seamless machine switching
  • Open source and self-hostable
Features
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Remote Pi turns your iPhone into the control surface for the AI coding agents running on every machine you work from. Pair your phone once by scanning a QR code on your Mac. From then on your devices form a mesh: the agents on your machines talk to each other, and your phone is the trusted key that authorizes new peers and lets you step in from anywhere. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Scan a QR code to pair with a machine in seconds • See every active agent session across all your paired machines in one list • Follow the conversation live as your agent streams its work • Approve or reject tool calls with a tap — you stay in control of what runs • Move between machines without losing context YOUR PHONE IS JUST THE AUTHENTICATOR You don't run the heavy work on your phone. The agents live on your computers; your phone holds the cryptographic identity that vouches for new devices and gives you a window into what's happening. Pairing uses Ed25519 device keys over TLS. WORKS WITH THE HARNESS YOU USE Remote Pi rides alongside the coding-agent setup you already run on your machines instead of replacing it. OPEN SOURCE & SELF-HOSTABLE Remote Pi is open source. Start with the public relay, or point the app at your own self-hosted relay so the connection between your devices runs on infrastructure you control. Built for developers who want their agents within reach — on the couch, on the move, or away from the desk.

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

Remote Pi4 screens
Pi Dev Mobile3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Remote Pi at 18.0 against Pi Dev Mobile's 26.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remote Pi ships an update every 10 days, Pi Dev Mobile every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Remote Pi versus Pi Dev Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote PiPi Dev Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJacob MouraOm More

In-app purchases

None

Remote Pi

No in-app purchases

None

Pi Dev Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remote Pi free?
Remote Pi 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 Remote Pi or Pi Dev Mobile have ads?
Neither Remote Pi nor Pi Dev Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Remote Pi or Pi Dev Mobile?
Remote Pi ships an update every 10 days, and Pi Dev Mobile every 2 weeks. Most recently, Remote Pi was updated on September 28, 2026 and Pi Dev Mobile on September 27, 2026.

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