Comparison

Lochan vs Corral for herdr

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

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About

Lochan

Features
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Your coding agents keep working when you step away. Lochan is how you keep up with them, calmly. When Claude Code, Codex or any other agent on your computer stops to ask a question, open its real terminal on your phone, read what it did, and answer. Then get back to your walk. A CALM VIEW OF A BUSY HERD Every agent on the machine at a glance, with a line on where each one left off. The ones waiting on you always come first. - Tiles: the whole herd as a grid that moves as your agents do - Board: Blocked, Working, Done and Idle as columns you swipe through - Projects: agents grouped by the project they are working in ASK THE SHEPHERD One question, the whole herd. The Shepherd is an agent on your computer that reads every other pane. Ask it what needs you, what changed or whether anything is stuck, and it answers from what is on the screens, with a link to each pane it mentions. It runs Claude Code by default, or Codex, Pi, OpenCode or Grok. ANY AGENT CAN JOIN THE HERD Lochan does not plug into your agent. It opens the terminal the agent is already running in, so it works with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Grok, OpenCode, Aider and anything else with a prompt. A new agent works the day it ships. A REAL TERMINAL, IN YOUR POCKET Tap any agent for the actual session: full output, scrollback and a keyboard. MAKE THE KEYS YOUR OWN Two rows of keys sit above the terminal. Drag any key to either row, switch off the ones you never use, and add your own: - Text keys for the commands you repeat, like /compact, /usage or /model sonnet - Chord keys for Ctrl, Option and Shift combos, like your tmux prefix or Ctrl-R SHARE A SCREENSHOT WITH YOUR AGENT Pick a photo, take one of the screen in front of you, or send a file. It lands on your computer and its path goes into the prompt, ready for you to finish and send. SAY IT. CHECK IT. SEND IT. Dictate a long instruction, read the transcript, and send it only when it reads right. Or write it in a real text box, with a draft that waits if you get pulled away. RUN THE HERD FROM YOUR PHONE Start a new agent in any project, rename it, and close it when it is done. BUILT FOR A PHONE Lochan tells each agent it is being driven from a phone, so it leads with the answer, keeps replies short and batches its questions. PAIRED IN ONE SCAN Run one line on your Mac or Linux machine, then scan the code it shows. Your phone makes its own key, and it stays in the phone's Keychain. Nothing to type, no private key to copy. Save every machine you own and switch between them from the title bar. No account, and no Lochan server in between: your phone talks to your computers over SSH. Away from home you need a route to them, and Tailscale is the two-minute version. ALSO IN LOCHAN: A PRIVATE AI CHAT Chat with Apple's on-device model, open models downloaded to your phone, or cloud models with your own API key. Conversations branch instead of overwriting, and you can share one with a link we cannot read. Lochan works with Herdr, the terminal workspace for AI coding agents, on the computers you own.

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Corral for herdr

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Corral is the iPhone and iPad app for herdr. It connects straight to your Mac or Linux server over SSH, on your Wi-Fi or anywhere with Tailscale, and shows every coding agent you run in herdr: what's working, what's finished and what needs you. AN INBOX FOR YOUR AGENTS • Every agent across your machines, sorted by what needs you first • Finished agents stay highlighted until you've looked at them • Search and fold your herdr workspaces ANSWER FROM ANYWHERE • Approve permission prompts and pick answers with one tap • Send prompts by typing or hold-to-talk dictation • Message several agents at once, or start a new one in any folder CLAUDE CODE, NATIVELY • Read chats as chat, not a cramped terminal, with full history kept on your phone • Select any line of a reply and add a comment; send all comments in one message • Attach photos and screenshots for the agent to look at • See tool calls and the changes an agent made A REAL TERMINAL WHEN YOU NEED IT • Full terminal with a keyboard bar, pinch to zoom and two-finger swipe between agents • Built for mobile networks: sessions recover after Wi-Fi to cellular switches and sleep AT A GLANCE • Home and lock screen widgets and Live Activities • Your Claude 5-hour and 7-day usage, with reset times PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no Corral server, no analytics. Corral talks only to the computers you add, and keeps its SSH key in the iOS Keychain. Try it first: tap "Try the demo first" for a pretend Mac with sample agents. Requires a Mac or Linux computer with SSH turned on. Agent features need herdr (herdr.dev). Corral is an independent app and is not affiliated with herdr or Anthropic.

Screenshots

Lochan4 screens
Corral for herdr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Corral for herdr at every 4 days against Lochan's fortnightly. Corral for herdr also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

Lochan ships an update fortnightly, Corral for herdr every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Lochan versus Corral for herdr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLochanCorral for herdr
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB11 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPurplecones, LLCKhyati Trivedi

In-app purchases

None

Lochan

No in-app purchases

None

Corral for herdr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lochan free?
Lochan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Corral for herdr free?
Corral for herdr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lochan or Corral for herdr have ads?
Neither Lochan nor Corral for herdr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lochan or Corral for herdr?
Lochan ships an update fortnightly, and Corral for herdr every 4 days. Most recently, Lochan was updated on November 13, 2026 and Corral for herdr on November 13, 2026.

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