Comparison

Liftoff Air vs OSH

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

Head to head
About

Liftoff Air

Features
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Liftoff Air puts your Mac's terminals in your pocket. Pair once by scanning a QR code, then mirror and control the coding sessions running in Liftoff on your Mac — from anywhere on your local network. • See every project and tab at a glance, including which AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex) are running and busy • Attach to any terminal with a real emulator and a full special-key bar — esc, ctrl, arrows, and function keys • Open recent projects and spin up new tabs remotely • Face ID lock and end-to-end encrypted connections • Try it instantly with the built-in demo — no Mac required Liftoff Air is open source.

About

OSH

Features
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OSH turns your iPhone into a hardware-backed approver for zero-trust SSH access. Instead of long-lived SSH keys scattered across laptops, your team's gateway issues short-lived SSH certificates only after a human approves each request. OSH is where that approval happens — on a device you carry, protected by Face ID and the Secure Enclave. HOW IT WORKS • Enroll your device by scanning the gateway's QR code. • When someone requests SSH access, OSH shows you who, what, and where. • Approve or deny with Face ID. Your approval is signed by a key that lives only in the Secure Enclave. • The gateway issues a short-lived certificate — no standing keys, no shared secrets. WHY IT'S SECURE • The signing key is generated inside the Secure Enclave and is non-exportable — it can never leave your iPhone. • Every approval requires biometric authentication. • OSH connects only to the gateway you configure. It has no analytics, no trackers, no ads, and no third-party SDKs. FOR TEAMS • Role-aware: signers, admins, and root see the controls appropriate to them. • Review access rules, approval history, and gateway logs from the app. OSH requires a compatible zero-trust SSH gateway to connect to. If your organization doesn't run one yet, contact us at ad@openlay.com.

Screenshots

Liftoff Air4 screens
OSH4 screens

Verdict

The call

Liftoff Air and OSH are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Liftoff Air ships an update every 6 days, OSH weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Liftoff Air versus OSH: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiftoff AirOSH
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleh ShostkevychOpen layer technologies L.L.C S.O.C

In-app purchases

None

Liftoff Air

No in-app purchases

None

OSH

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Liftoff Air free?
Liftoff Air is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OSH free?
OSH is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Liftoff Air or OSH have ads?
Neither Liftoff Air nor OSH shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Liftoff Air or OSH?
Liftoff Air ships an update every 6 days, and OSH weekly. Most recently, Liftoff Air was updated on October 8, 2026 and OSH on October 29, 2026.

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