RelayCat编程助手 vs Pockterm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RelayCat编程助手
Safely control your local AI coding agent remotely from your iPhone. Monitor progress, respond to commands, and approve actions without needing to be at your computer.
- Remote AI coding agent control
- Monitor coding progress
- Respond to commands
- Approve actions
- Sync ideas remotely
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手机接管本地 AI Coding Agent，在 iPhone 上安全远程控制本地电脑里的AI Coding Agent。看Vibe Coding进度、回复指令、审批操作、同步想法，不必等回到电脑前。
Pockterm
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Pockterm is a native SSH and SFTP client built for iPhone. Free and open source. CONNECT - SSH into your servers with passwords or Ed25519/RSA keys - Trusted host-key verification warns you if a server's key ever changes - Multiple live sessions; minimize one and pick it back up from the tab bar BIG SCREEN - Plug in video glasses like VITURE, or a monitor or TV, and the terminal fills that screen - Your phone keeps the keyboard and key bar, and shows the session's files where the terminal was - Its own text size for the glasses, a Paste button, and PgUp/PgDn through the scrollback MANAGE - Organize hosts into groups - Save reusable command snippets - Generate and store SSH keys in the iOS Keychain - Set up local and remote port forwards TRANSFER - Browse, upload, and download files over SFTP - Upload from Files, iCloud Drive or your photo library, several files at once AI ASSISTANT (optional) - Ask an AI assistant about terminal output and get suggested commands - Bring your own API key: Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, or Hugging Face - Off by default; you're told which provider receives data before anything is sent PRIVACY - No account, no Pockterm servers, no tracking or analytics - Credentials and keys live in the iOS Keychain - Your connection data stays on your device OPEN SOURCE - The full source is on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 licence: github.com/jhancock1975/pockterm
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Verdict
RelayCat编程助手 and Pockterm 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 · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RelayCat编程助手 ships an update every 6 days, Pockterm every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RelayCat编程助手 | Pockterm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Miyi Technology Co., Ltd. | John Hancock |
In-app purchases
RelayCat编程助手
No in-app purchases
Pockterm
No in-app purchases
