Comparison

OnlyRemote vs Kernelhub

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

Head to head
About

OnlyRemote

Control and monitor your Mac from your iPhone or iPad. Access favorite switches, trigger actions, and check system performance remotely. Seamlessly pair with your Mac for quick access to essential controls and system information.

Highlights
  • Remote Mac control
  • System performance monitoring
  • Trigger actions and buttons
  • Control OnlySwitch switches
  • Quick pairing with Mac
  • Simple interface
Features
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Control and monitor your Mac from your iPhone or iPad. OnlyRemote is the perfect companion for your Mac and OnlySwitch. Connect your device to your Mac to access your favorite switches, trigger actions, and monitor system performance — right from your iPhone or iPad. Control Your Mac Turn OnlySwitch switches on or off and trigger your favorite buttons and actions remotely. Your essential Mac controls are always within reach. Monitor Your Mac Keep an eye on your Mac's system status directly from your iPhone or iPad. Check system information and monitor performance without switching back to your Mac. What you can do with OnlyRemote • Control OnlySwitch switches remotely • Trigger buttons and actions from iPhone and iPad • Monitor your Mac's system status • Keep track of system performance • Quickly pair with your Mac • Access your Mac controls from one simple interface Made for Mac & OnlySwitch OnlyRemote brings Mac control and system monitoring together. Pair your Mac, set up OnlySwitch, and your controls and system information are always just a tap away.

About

Kernelhub

Features
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KernelHub connects the CLI coding agents already running on your own machine — Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity CLI — to the phone in your pocket. Getting started is one command. In your project folder, run icloser pair. It prints a code. Scan it. That's the setup. WHAT IT IS FOR You leave your desk mid-task. Later, on your phone, you want to know what your agent decided, approve the thing it's waiting on, or say one more sentence — without re-explaining the whole project from scratch. KernelHub keeps tasks, agents, memory and files together, so the next device picks up where the last one stopped. HOW IT WORKS • Say it in plain language. Your sentence is queued verbatim and handed to the CLI runtime on your own machine. • Watch it happen. A single timeline shows what needs you, what is running, and what finished. • Decide from anywhere. Approvals, questions and conflicts are actionable from the phone. • Seven permission levels — read, change code, run commands, search the web, push, system ops, delete or migrate data — each confirmed per device. Permission granted on one device is never inherited by another. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO KernelHub never holds your model API keys, and the backend never calls a model. Every conclusion comes from the runtime signed in on your own machine. The workspace token lives in this device's Keychain and never syncs via iCloud. When it cannot read your workspace, it says so. It will not draw an empty screen and let you conclude there is nothing to do — that misreading is exactly what this app exists to prevent. REQUIREMENTS A machine running icloser, reachable from your phone, with at least one CLI coding agent installed and signed in.

Screenshots

OnlyRemote4 screens
Kernelhub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Kernelhub at Free against OnlyRemote's $2.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Kernelhub is free to download; OnlyRemote costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
OnlyRemote versus Kernelhub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnlyRemoteKernelhub
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer博 刘iCloser Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

OnlyRemote

No in-app purchases

None

Kernelhub

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OnlyRemote free?
OnlyRemote costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kernelhub free?
Kernelhub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OnlyRemote or Kernelhub have ads?
Neither OnlyRemote nor Kernelhub shows ads.

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