Comparison

myscan vs OpenAB Remote

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

Head to head
About

myscan

Features
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myscan is a fast, simple local network scanner for iPhone and iPad. Use it to discover hosts on your network and check common ports with real-time output while scanning. The app is built for practical diagnostics: quick checks, clear results, and an interface that stays responsive during long scans. Key features: Local subnet host scanning Port scanning with live output Open and closed result visibility during scan Progress display and estimated time left Save scan results for later review Configurable scan behavior and range Privacy-first design: No user account required No personal data collection by the developer No tracking No selling or sharing of personal data myscan is intended for legitimate network administration, diagnostics, and troubleshooting on networks you own or are authorized to test.

About

OpenAB Remote

Features
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OpenAB Remote turns your iPhone into a private push-to-talk remote and terminal client for OpenAB Connect. Pair with your Mac over the local network, dictate with on-device speech recognition, and send only terminal-safe text to the selected session. Import your own runtime connections from OpenAB Connect, browse live sessions, and attach directly over your own Tailscale network. Choose your speech engine: Apple's on-device recognition (no download), or optionally download Whisper (OpenAI, MIT) or SenseVoice (Alibaba FunASR) to run on this iPhone โ€” SenseVoice is recommended for Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese and Korean. โ€ข On-device push-to-talk transcription โ€ข Direct terminal session attach and resume โ€ข Remembered, encrypted nearby pairing โ€ข Explicit Auto-Enter permission โ€ข No account, analytics, advertising, or telemetry โ€ข Optional Whisper engine: download an open-source model once (MIT) and run it fully on-device โ€ข Fully offline Demo Mode for evaluation OpenAB Remote talks only to your Mac and infrastructure โ€” plus, only if you choose the Whisper engine, a one-time model download from Hugging Face. Your speech, credentials, and terminal sessions are not sent to an OpenAB service.

Screenshots

myscan4 screens
OpenAB Remote3 screens

Verdict

The call

myscan and OpenAB Remote 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
myscan versus OpenAB Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermyscanOpenAB Remote
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.526.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size10 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOussama ElhajouiJiayan Lin

In-app purchases

None

myscan

No in-app purchases

None

OpenAB Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is myscan free?
myscan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenAB Remote free?
OpenAB Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do myscan or OpenAB Remote have ads?
Neither myscan nor OpenAB Remote shows ads.

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