Comparison

cmd+cmd vs dev

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

Head to head
About

cmd+cmd

Features
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cmd+cmd sends screenshots from iPhone to Codex Desktop. Pair with the Mac relay, choose a screenshot, and send. Share Sheet, Shortcuts, and Back Tap are supported. OCR text can be included. cmd+cmd is free and open source. It does not include paid content, subscriptions, in-app purchases, accounts, or external purchase flows.

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dev

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Your agents keep working when you step away from the desk. dev-mux shows you what they're doing โ€” and lets you answer them from anywhere. dev-mux is a cockpit for the terminal sessions running on your own machines: AI coding agents, builds, test runners, deploys, service logs. It connects to a hub you run yourself, so your code and your machines stay yours. THE FLEET AT A GLANCE See every machine and every session in one view. Live status tells you what's running, what finished, and โ€” the one that matters โ€” what is sitting blocked waiting for you. ANSWER WITHOUT SITTING DOWN When an agent stops to ask "apply this patch?", dev-mux tells you. Approve or decline straight from the notification, or open the session and answer in full. The thing that used to cost you a round trip to the desk now costs a tap. VOICE, ON DEVICE Talk to a session instead of typing at it. Tap the Talk button, say what you want, watch the words appear as you speak, tap again, and dev-mux sends it. Recognition runs entirely on your iPhone using Apple's on-device speech engine โ€” your voice is never uploaded, not to dev-mux, not to your hub, not to anyone. The microphone can be opened between the tap that starts it and the tap that stops it. LIVE ACTIVITIES Pin a session to your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Watch a long build or a working agent without unlocking your phone. FILES Browse, read, and edit files on your machines. Fix the typo you spotted in the log without opening a laptop. A REAL TERMINAL WHEN YOU NEED ONE For the times a cockpit isn't enough, dev-mux includes a full terminal for the machines you already have access to โ€” proper PTY, real keyboard, host-key verification that refuses a changed key. BUILT TO BE YOURS * No account. No sign-up. No email address. You point the app at your hub and that's the whole setup. * No analytics, no trackers, no advertising, no third-party SDKs collecting anything. * Your credentials live in the iOS Keychain, on this device only. * Everything talks to your hub and nothing else. dev-mux requires a hub to connect to your own machines. Setup instructions at dev-mux.com.

Screenshots

cmd+cmd2 screens
dev4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: dev at 16.2 against cmd+cmd's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
cmd+cmd versus dev: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametercmd+cmddev
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.016.2 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAVMIL LABS LLCJamie Ter Beest

In-app purchases

None

cmd+cmd

No in-app purchases

None

dev

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is cmd+cmd free?
cmd+cmd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is dev free?
dev is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do cmd+cmd or dev have ads?
Neither cmd+cmd nor dev shows ads.

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