Orca Mobile is the companion app for Orca, the open-source agentic coding workspace for macOS, Linux, and Windows. Pair your iPhone to your desktop in seconds and pick up a terminal session from the couch, the kitchen, or across the office.
WHAT IT DOES
• Live mirror of your desktop terminal, including running AI agent sessions (Claude Code, Codex, custom CLIs).
• Full keyboard input — type, tab-complete, Ctrl-C, scroll back, all from the phone.
• Multi-worktree, multi-terminal: jump between projects with a tap.
• Phone-fit zoom and a smart on-screen keyboard with quick Ctrl/Alt accessory keys and shortcuts.
• Background long-running commands and get a notification when a TUI goes idle (e.g. when Claude finishes thinking).
HOW IT WORKS
Orca Mobile is a thin client. Nothing runs on your phone except the viewer. Your code, your shells, your AI agents — all of that stays on your desktop. The phone shows you what's happening and forwards your keystrokes back over an encrypted local-network connection.
Pairing is end-to-end encrypted. Your desktop generates a one-time keypair and shows a QR code; you scan it from the app. After that, all traffic between phone and desktop is sealed with that pair's keys.
PRIVACY
• No analytics SDK, no crash reporter, no third-party SDKs of any kind in the iOS app.
• Pairing tokens and your preference list live in the app's own sandbox. The app's traffic to your desktop is end-to-end encrypted on your local network only.
• The Orca desktop app collects anonymized usage metrics per the policy at https://www.onorca.dev/privacy. The mobile app itself does not.
• Open source: every line is auditable at https://github.com/stablyai/orca.
REQUIREMENTS
• An iPhone (iOS 16+) on the same Wi-Fi as your desktop.
• The Orca desktop app, free, from https://www.onorca.dev/ or https://github.com/stablyai/orca/releases.
Ratings & Reviews
5.0
out of 5
1 Ratings
Clearer chat while agents work
• A proposed plan now appears as a plan you can read, not a generic approval prompt.
• Approval requests show what the agent actually asked for instead of raw tool data.
• The working timer counts from the message that started the turn.
Steadier workspace setup
• Creating a workspace no longer risks starting two if the reply is lost on the way back.
• A worktree that launches an agent on creation opens straight into its chat.
• A newly created tab stays put when the host list refreshes.
Fixes
• Pairing no longer reports a declined permission as a missing feature.
• The notification opt-in screen is clearer about what you are turning on.
• Sign-in now accepts enterprise-managed GitHub accounts.
Version 0.0.51
The developer, Lovecast LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Accessibility
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Information
Provider
Lovecast LLC
Size
41.5 MB
Category
Developer Tools
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
