Comparison

BYOT Coding Agent vs RuntimeBrief

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

Head to head
About

BYOT Coding Agent

Control a coding agent running on your computer directly from your mobile device. Browse projects, send prompts with files, and monitor assistant activity in real-time. Manage permission requests and review session details.

Highlights
  • Connect to OpenCode server
  • Send prompts with photos/files
  • Live stream assistant text and tool activity
  • Inspect tool inputs, progress, and errors
  • Answer permission requests
  • Review session diffs
  • Switch between saved servers
Features
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BYOT is a native client for OpenCode, the open-source coding agent. Connect to the OpenCode server running on your own computer and drive coding sessions from your iPhone or iPad. SESSIONS Watch replies, reasoning, and tool activity stream live, with syntax-highlighted code, Markdown tables, and inline images. Open a subagent's task to follow its own session. See how much of the model's context window a session uses, plus tokens and cost for each reply. Export a transcript as Markdown or copy it all. COMPOSER Send prompts with photos, files, or files from your server, and mention files with @. Pick commands with /, switch between the Build and Plan agents in one tap, and choose models and reasoning effort from your server's catalog. Type ! to run a shell command directly on your computer and see its output in the conversation. Dictate prompts on-device. Queue follow-ups while the agent works. REVIEW AND CONTROL Review changes as a colored diff for each file, for the whole session or for one turn. Open a terminal to your computer with a key row for Esc, Tab, Ctrl, and arrows. Answer permission requests and questions, undo or redo a turn, fork a session, or compact it. PROJECTS AND SERVERS The session list updates live as sessions start, finish, or need you. Check your branch, MCP and language-server status, and change server settings. Start a session in its own git worktree. Recent sessions and transcripts stay readable offline. Add a server by scanning a pairing code or picking one found nearby, and switch between saved servers. NOTIFICATIONS, SIRI, AND IPAD With the optional BYOT companion on your computer, get notifications for approvals, questions, finished turns, and errors, and choose Allow once or Reject right from the notification. Ask OpenCode or check what needs you with Siri and Shortcuts. On iPad, sessions sit beside the conversation, with keyboard shortcuts. BYOT is available in English and Simplified Chinese. BYOT supports OpenCode 1 and OpenCode 2 beta servers with automatic protocol detection. It shows a feature only when your server supports it. PRIVACY Your server does the work. BYOT renders its responses and sends your instructions over HTTPS. There is no BYOT account or sign-up, and BYOT has no analytics or tracking. Server passwords are stored in the iOS Keychain. Prompts and attachments go to your configured server and the model providers you enable there. Dictation and pairing-code scanning happen on your device. Optional notifications and the computer queue use the BYOT relay for device registration, delivery, and encrypted queued content. See the privacy policy for storage and retention details. Requires an OpenCode server you operate, reachable over HTTPS, for example through Tailscale. Notifications and the computer queue also require the BYOT companion. BYOT is an independent client and is not affiliated with the OpenCode project.

About

RuntimeBrief

This app transforms local coding agent and repository activity into concise, evidence-backed project updates. It connects to a daemon on your Mac to display changes, progress, and attention-needed items, with each update linking to its supporting commit or scan. Features include a portfolio brief, native Claude Code tasks, and Siri/Shortcuts integration.

Highlights
  • Concise portfolio brief
  • Evidence-backed project status
  • Native Claude Code tasks
  • Optional analyst answers via Codex CLI
  • Local release summaries
  • Siri and Shortcuts access
  • Offline fictional demo
Features
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RuntimeBrief turns activity from your local coding agents and repositories into short, evidence-backed project updates. Connect the app to the RuntimeBrief daemon running on your Mac to see what changed, what is still in progress, and what needs your attention. Each claim links back to its supporting commit, working-tree scan, or agent session. Features: • A concise portfolio brief across your registered projects • Evidence-backed project status and recent agent activity • Native Claude Code, Codex and Cursor tasks in registered projects with model and permission choices and provider-supported native handoff • Optional, on-demand analyst answers through your own Codex CLI login • Local Xcode, TestFlight, and App Store release summaries • Siri and Shortcuts access to project status • Saved briefs when your Mac is temporarily unavailable • A fully offline fictional demo requiring no account or server RuntimeBrief has no hosted account, analytics SDK, advertising SDK, or public cloud relay. Live project data stays under your control on your Mac and private network. Optional analyst processing follows the data controls of the ChatGPT workspace selected in Codex CLI. Native tasks use your existing provider login and follow that provider's account policies and the selected tool permissions. A Mac running runtimebriefd is required for live project data. The in-app demo can be explored without installing or configuring anything. Native tasks require the selected coding agent installed and signed in on that Mac. Provider-supported handoff also requires the corresponding native desktop app.

Screenshots

BYOT Coding Agent4 screens
RuntimeBrief3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BYOT Coding Agent at every 6 days against RuntimeBrief's every 2 weeks. BYOT Coding Agent also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BYOT Coding Agent against 5.0 for RuntimeBrief. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BYOT Coding Agent ships an update every 6 days, RuntimeBrief every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BYOT Coding Agent versus RuntimeBrief: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBYOT Coding AgentRuntimeBrief
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBogeybot LLCPrachi Jain

Customer experience

BYOT Coding Agent

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

RuntimeBrief

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BYOT Coding Agent

No in-app purchases

None

RuntimeBrief

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BYOT Coding Agent free?
BYOT Coding Agent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RuntimeBrief free?
RuntimeBrief is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BYOT Coding Agent or RuntimeBrief?
BYOT Coding Agent and RuntimeBrief are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do BYOT Coding Agent or RuntimeBrief have ads?
Neither BYOT Coding Agent nor RuntimeBrief shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BYOT Coding Agent or RuntimeBrief?
BYOT Coding Agent ships an update every 6 days, and RuntimeBrief every 2 weeks. Most recently, BYOT Coding Agent was updated on October 13, 2026 and RuntimeBrief on October 21, 2026.

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