Liftoff Air vs OSH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Liftoff Air
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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 ā 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 ā 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 ā no Mac required Liftoff Air is open source.
OSH
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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 ā 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 ā no standing keys, no shared secrets. WHY IT'S SECURE ⢠The signing key is generated inside the Secure Enclave and is non-exportable ā 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.
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Verdict
Liftoff Air and OSH are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters ā price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them ā 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Liftoff Air ships an update every 6 days, OSH weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Liftoff Air | OSH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days ā better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 ā better | 18.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oleh Shostkevych | Open layer technologies L.L.C S.O.C |
In-app purchases
Liftoff Air
No in-app purchases
OSH
No in-app purchases









