Comparison

Wander vs TethrX

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

Head to head
About

Wander

This app offers a clean writing experience for markdown files, ensuring your notes remain in plain text and accessible in your own folders. It provides a WYSIWYG editor that accurately reflects your markdown while keeping files tidy on disk, allowing for seamless offline use and no vendor lock-in.

Highlights
  • Plain markdown in owned folders
  • WYSIWYG editing
  • Wikilinks, tables, code blocks
  • Fast and native for iPhone/iPad
  • Works fully offline
  • No account required
Features
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Wander is a markdown editor that respects your files. Your notes stay plain markdown in folders you control — no account, no lock-in, no cloud required. What you see is what lands on disk, byte for byte. Write in a clean WYSIWYG editor — bold looks bold, headings look like headings — while the file on disk stays tidy markdown with clean diffs. Images render in place too, so a note with photos reads like a page, not a preview pane. Open any folder of markdown and start writing; Wander reads and writes standard files, so nothing you open is trapped in the app. • Plain markdown, in folders you own • WYSIWYG editing, clean files on disk • Wikilinks, tables, code blocks, task lists, footnotes • Images inline — photos, galleries and captions render right in the note, sized with plain markdown • Fast and native for iPhone and iPad — works fully offline, no account • Your notes never leave your device unless you move them

About

TethrX

Features
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TethrX is a native, private, independent remote for Grok Build, SpaceXAI's terminal coding agent. Your phone is only a control plane, Grok, its tools, and your code stay on your own machine. TethrX connects to a small open-source bridge you run on your computer. • Watch Grok work in real time — thoughts, commands, file edits, and their output. • Approve or reject every tool call — from the app, or straight from a push notification on your lock screen. • Plan mode — Grok drafts a plan; you review and approve it before it builds. • Review what changed — per-file diffs, commit or discard from your phone. • Queue follow-ups, branch sessions, schedule recurring tasks, dictate messages. • No accounts, no tracking, no third-party servers. Your phone talks only to your bridge, direct, over Tailscale, with certificate-pinned HTTPS. Requires your own Grok Build install (SuperGrok / SuperGrok Heavy / X Premium+) and the TethrX bridge running on your computer (npx tethrx-bridge). Setup takes a couple of minutes. TethrX is an independent client and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by SpaceXAI. "Grok" and "Grok Build" are trademarks of their respective owner.

Screenshots

Wander4 screens
TethrX4 screens

Verdict

The call

Wander and TethrX are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Wander versus TethrX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWanderTethrX
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSystem Operator LLCNathan Ducatillon

In-app purchases

None

Wander

No in-app purchases

None

TethrX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wander free?
Wander is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TethrX free?
TethrX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wander or TethrX have ads?
Neither Wander nor TethrX shows ads.

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