Comparison

NomadCode vs TerraToys

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

Head to head
About

NomadCode

Access and manage your remote machines, including servers and NAS, directly from your phone. Utilize AI coding agents for development tasks, share access with trusted individuals, and perform real-time system monitoring and file transfers.

Highlights
  • AI coding agent integration (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, etc.)
  • Persistent SSH sessions
  • File transfer via SFTP and SMB
  • Remote desktop access (VNC)
  • Customizable SSH terminal with hardware keyboard support
  • Secure key management (iOS Keychain)
  • Agent sharing with access control
Features
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Your work lives on your own machines. Nomad lets you reach it from your phone — and keeps it running while you are away. Start something on your Mac, your Linux box, your NAS or a cloud server. Lock the screen, get on a train, change networks: the session stays alive on the machine, not on the phone. Open the app again and you are exactly where you left off. WORK WITH AI CODING AGENTS Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Cursor, OpenCode, Hermes and others run on your computer, signed in with your own accounts and keys. Nomad turns them into a chat you can follow from anywhere. • Send a photo, a screenshot or a video with your prompt • Tap a file path in a reply to open the file • Queue the next instruction, approve a permission request, pause or cancel a turn • Put several agents in one conversation and @mention whoever takes the next task SHARE YOUR AGENT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS Let the people you trust chat with your agent too. They scan a one-time QR code or open an invitation link, and they only join after you approve them. You choose whether they can chat and how much history they see, and you can pause or revoke access at any time. Creating a share requires signing in; recipients do not need an account. REACH THE WHOLE MACHINE, NOT JUST THE CHAT When an agent finishes a change you still have to restart the service, read the log, check the port, look at the screen and pull the file down. That is all here too. • A real SSH terminal, with a customisable key bar and hardware-keyboard support • Files over SFTP and SMB: browse, transfer, preview, edit • A remote desktop over VNC, with trackpad or direct pointer and Retina scaling • Port forwarding, ping, traceroute, LAN scan, and live CPU, memory and disk YOUR MACHINES, YOUR KEYS Passwords and private keys stay in the iOS Keychain and never leave the device. Nomad connects straight to your hosts over SSH — nothing in between, no server of ours in the path. Terminal output, chat content, commands and file contents are never collected. Signing in with Apple, Google, or GitHub is optional — it syncs only non-secret settings between your own devices, and is required only to share an agent. Nomad needs a computer to connect to: a Mac, a Linux server, a NAS or a cloud VM you can reach over SSH.

About

TerraToys

Features
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TerraToys is my personal collection of tools I have been using in the past for my own projects. I use the gamepad actions myself frequently in Shortcuts I use myself to run from my game launcher StarterSeeds, eg. to have a specific shortcut set up my device in a specific way wether any gamepad is connected or which exact one is connected. I've seen nobody else expose this to Shortcuts before so I figured I'll make it public! Also includes other tools I use myself of course. Unfinished things have been stripped out for now and will be added in the future. Have fun!

Screenshots

NomadCode4 screens
TerraToys2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: TerraToys at 3 against NomadCode's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
NomadCode versus TerraToys: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNomadCodeTerraToys
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYong GuoDennis Atkins

In-app purchases

None

NomadCode

No in-app purchases

None

TerraToys

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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