Comparison

Port22 vs Sixant

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

Head to head
About

Port22

Control your AI coding agents from your phone. This app connects to agents running on your Mac, allowing you to monitor sessions, respond to permission prompts with a tap, and view full conversation transcripts. It works both on your local network and remotely, with end-to-end encryption for security.

Highlights
  • Remote session monitoring
  • One-tap permission approvals
  • Full transcript viewing
  • Cross-network connectivity
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Mac agent integration
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Your AI coding agents are already running on your Mac. Port22 doesn't launch, wrap, or replace them — it attaches to what's there and puts every session on your phone, including a permission prompt you can answer in a tap. Start Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode in whatever terminal you like. Nothing about your setup changes. Port22 just gives you the whole fleet from anywhere. HOW IT WORKS 1. Install the free Port22 agent on your Mac — it's a menu-bar app, no configuration. 2. Pair your phone by typing a six-character code. No account, no sign-up. 3. Your sessions appear. Start them however you already do. MISSION CONTROL FOR YOUR FLEET See every session at a glance: which agent is working, which one is blocked on you, which one is done. No log tailing, no raw error strings — just states a human can read. WHEN AN AGENT IS BLOCKED Your phone tells you the moment an agent needs permission. Open Port22 and every option the agent actually offered is there as a real button — never a guessed keystroke, never an inferred choice. Answer it and the agent carries on. THE REAL CONVERSATION Read the full transcript exactly as it happened — prose, tool calls, diffs. Send a new prompt. Answer a multiple-choice question with real buttons instead of guessed keystrokes. Nothing is truncated. WORKS OFF YOUR NETWORK On your network it connects directly over your LAN. Off it, it fails over automatically to an encrypted relay, and you keep working from anywhere. Taurine, our keep-awake mode, stops your Mac napping mid-run so a long job survives the walk to the coffee shop. END-TO-END ENCRYPTED Your Mac and your iPhone verify each other's identity when they connect, then talk over an AES-256-GCM encrypted channel that the relay in between cannot read. There is no account and no sign-up — pairing is a code you type once. FREE FOREVER One Mac and two sessions, with every feature unlocked. Not a trial and not a crippled tier: off-network access, permission approvals, Taurine, and the full conversation are all included. The two sessions you're using stay free. PORT22 UNLIMITED Unlimited Macs and unlimited sessions, so you can drive the whole fleet at once. An annual subscription that renews automatically until cancelled. Pricing is shown in the app. REQUIRES THE MAC AGENT Port22 needs the free Port22 companion app running on your Mac. Download it at tryport22.com. Terms: tryport22.com/terms Privacy: tryport22.com/privacy

About

Sixant

Features
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Free for a limited time — all Pro features unlocked. Sixant puts your AI coding agent in your pocket. Drive Claude Code and Codex — running on your own Mac, Linux or Windows computer — straight from your iPhone. Start tasks, watch output stream live, review diffs, approve tool calls, and manage git, from anywhere. When you need hands on the machine, Remote Desktop puts its screen on your phone. Your computer does the work; Sixant is the remote. FEATURES • Remote-control Claude Code and Codex on your computer • Live streaming output as the agent works • Approve or deny tool calls and permission prompts from your phone • Review diffs and commit / push with git, right from chat • Multiple windows — several projects or agents at once • Push notifications and a Lock Screen Live Activity when a long task finishes or needs you • Voice input — dictate instead of typing • Send photos and screenshots for the agent to see • Supervisor mode — let the agent run multiple rounds autonomously • Remote file manager — browse, zip, move and download files on your computer • Share a chat as a web link so someone can follow along • Works away from home over an encrypted relay (the relay forwards ciphertext only — it can never read your content) — no public IP or port-forwarding • End-to-end encrypted phone-to-computer link • Interface in six languages SIXANT PRO (one-time purchase, optional — currently free) • Remote Desktop — the computer's screen on your phone, with your finger as the mouse • Switch engines and accounts, with automatic quota failover across accounts • Unlimited parallel windows and multiple computers • SSH terminal + SFTP file transfer to any server • MCP, Hooks and Skills configuration panels • Proxy settings for the CLIs on your computer • Share a local port from your computer via a time-limited HTTPS link (up to 24 hours) • Usage and quota statistics No computer? Spin up a cloud server from the app with your own cloud account keys (optional). Sixant is a companion app: it requires a computer running the free Sixant daemon and your own Claude or Codex account.

Screenshots

Port224 screens
Sixant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sixant at every 5 days against Port22's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Port22 sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year and Sixant sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Port22 ships an update every 2 weeks, Sixant every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Port22 versus Sixant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPort22Sixant
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHarsha Chaganti智 唐

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Port22

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Sixant

One-time1
  • Sextant Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Port22 free?
Port22 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sixant free?
Sixant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Port22 or Sixant have ads?
Neither Port22 nor Sixant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Port22 or Sixant?
Port22 ships an update every 2 weeks, and Sixant every 5 days. Most recently, Port22 was updated on September 27, 2026 and Sixant on September 30, 2026.

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