Comparison

ProbeDeck vs DevRemote

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

Head to head
About

ProbeDeck

Features
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ProbeDeck is a secure mobile client compatible with ClickHouse® servers, built for cluster operations from your iPhone. ProbeDeck is built for DevOps, SRE, platform and data engineers on call. Connect over TLS, through an SSH tunnel or a bastion. See cluster health, find the query that is eating the cluster and kill it in seconds, while production credentials never touch someone else's server. WHY PROBEDECK • Trust-first. Your credentials stay on your device and never leave it. There is no backend, no proxy, no traffic relay. Your connection goes straight from your phone to your server. • It knows ClickHouse. Replication lag, read-only replicas and Keeper trouble, parts and merges, "too many parts", stuck mutations, disk pressure. These are the pages you get, so this is the first screen you see. • Safety on each statement. ProbeDeck classifies your SQL before it sends anything. DROP, TRUNCATE, ALTER UPDATE and ALTER DELETE, DETACH, DROP PARTITION, OPTIMIZE FINAL and KILL need a type-to-confirm step showing the exact target. Costly statements carry a warning. Set a connection read-only and unlock writes when you mean to. • Honest about what cannot be undone. KILL MUTATION stops a mutation but does not roll back what it already wrote. ProbeDeck says so instead of offering a fake Undo. • Built for mobile networks. Reconnect with backoff, path-aware monitoring of Wi-Fi and cellular handoffs, and specific errors in place of an endless spinner. A ClickHouse error in the response body reads as a query error, not as a dead network. • A production badge marks each risky action, so you know which cluster you are about to touch. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Connect over TLS, an SSH tunnel or a bastion host, with a Face ID app lock. • Inspect a self-signed or custom-CA certificate fingerprint and accept it per connection. • Read cluster health at a glance: replicas, disks, parts, merges, mutations and metrics. • List running queries with elapsed time, memory and the user behind each one. • KILL QUERY on the query burning the cluster, KILL MUTATION on the one that is stuck. • Browse databases, tables, columns and DDL. • Run SQL in the editor and read results laid out for a phone screen. • Ask the AI assistant why a replica is lagging, through your own Ollama or your own API key. PRIVACY • Local-first. Your hosts, passwords, SSH keys and certificates stay on your device, in the iOS Keychain. • No secrets in logs. ProbeDeck keeps passwords, hostnames, database, table and column names and values out of its logs. • The AI assistant talks to your Ollama or your key. Nothing reaches us, because we run no server. Schema context is filtered by an allow-list before it goes to a model, and the assistant never executes anything by itself. • Crash and error reporting is on by default and can be turned off in Settings. Reports are scrubbed and never include hostnames, table names, values or credentials. • No tracking, no IDFA and no advertising identifiers. ProbeDeck is foreground-first. It fits on-call inspection and operations rather than always-on background alerting. FREE VS PRO ProbeDeck is free to try, with a real, usable free tier, not a locked demo. • Free: connect over TLS, SSH tunnel or bastion; the whole monitoring surface, including replicas, disks, parts, merges, mutations and metrics; browse schema and data; run read SQL; one saved connection. • Pro unlocks operating: KILL QUERY and KILL MUTATION, write and DDL SQL, the AI assistant, and multiple saved connections. "ProbeDeck Pro" is a one-time unlock. No subscription, no ads, no account required. ProbeDeck works with self-hosted ClickHouse, ClickHouse Cloud and clusters behind an SSH bastion, over the HTTP interface on ports 8123 and 8443. ClickHouse is a registered trademark of ClickHouse, Inc. ProbeDeck is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ClickHouse, Inc.

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DevRemote

Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a local control center for compatible devices. DevRemote connects directly to phones, tablets, TVs and streaming devices over your local Wi‑Fi network. No account is required. Pair once, reconnect quickly and manage your device without reaching for a USB cable. CONNECT • Discover compatible devices on your local network • Pair with Wireless Debugging using a code or QR code • Connect directly by IP address and port • Keep recent devices ready for fast reconnection REMOTE CONTROL • Navigate with a D-pad or touchpad • Control playback, volume and power • Send text and use Menu, Home and Back controls SCREEN, APPS AND FILES • View and control the device screen in real time • Capture screenshots or recordings when supported • Browse installed apps, install APK files and manage app actions • Browse folders and transfer, rename, move or delete files DEVICE TOOLS • Review system version, hardware, battery, memory and storage • Run Shell commands from a focused terminal • Inspect and filter Logcat output while troubleshooting DevRemote is designed for local, direct control. Device traffic stays on your local network, and you do not need to create an account. Some advanced actions require Pro. COMPATIBILITY AND REQUIREMENTS The target device must support and have ADB or Wireless Debugging enabled. Both devices must be on a reachable local network, and you must complete any pairing or debugging authorization on the target device. Code and QR pairing are available only on devices that provide those options. App installation, file management and Shell commands operate on the connected device, not on your iPhone or iPad. Features vary by device, system version and permissions. DevRemote is not a universal remote for all TVs or operating systems. Protected or DRM video may not appear in screen mirroring. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://softfinch.com/devremote/privacy

Screenshots

ProbeDeck4 screens
DevRemote4 screens

Verdict

The call

ProbeDeck and DevRemote 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ProbeDeck versus DevRemote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProbeDeckDevRemote
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladimir Chemeris文武 马

In-app purchases

None

ProbeDeck

No in-app purchases

None

DevRemote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ProbeDeck free?
ProbeDeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DevRemote free?
DevRemote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ProbeDeck or DevRemote have ads?
Neither ProbeDeck nor DevRemote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ProbeDeck or DevRemote?
ProbeDeck ships an update every 2 days, and DevRemote every 2 days. Most recently, ProbeDeck was updated on October 7, 2026 and DevRemote on October 5, 2026.

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