Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to SideRefresh
Keep agent-built iOS apps alive on your iPhone
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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An open source approach to locally record everything you view on your Apple Silicon computer. Note: Relies on Apple Silicon, and configured to only produce Apple Silicon builds. I think the idea of recording everything you see has the potential to change how we interact with our computers, and believe it should be open source. Also, from a privacy / security perspective, this is like... pretty scary stuff, and I want the code open so we know for certain that nothing is leaving your laptop. Even logging to Sentry has the potential to leak private info.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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SideNotes▲311A beautiful note taking app with superpowers. It shows and hides on the side of your monitor to manage your notes distraction-free. Keep your notes organised, personalised and always at your fingertips. Markdown, tasks, pictures, colors, folders included.
2025 · apptorium.com · its alternatives →
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Secure password manager and digital wallet.
2017 · 1password.com · its alternatives →
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I'm working on a coding agent for building iOS apps. It's built on openspec and xcodebuildmcp. It's free and open source.
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Tuckyfree tier, from $4/mo▲273Notes docked to your screen edge, with an AI agent inside
Sep 2026 · tucky.io · its alternatives →
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Rubber Duck▲354Hi everyone! I'm the maker of Rubber Duck. After shipping iOS apps, I realized how unpredictable App Store review can be. Even great apps get rejected for: missing metadata, small UI issues, broken flows on certain iPhone models, forgotten privacy entries, one-off crashes Apple found and many more. Each rejection set the launch back days. So I built Rubber Duck to be the “review before the review.” It combines automated checks with human testers using real iPhones like an App Store reviewer, but faster and kinder.
Nov 2025 · tryrubberduck.com · its alternatives →
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NoMac.app▲136The publishing pipeline built for AI agents: build signed iOS releases, push to TestFlight, and submit to the App Store — no Mac, no Xcode.
Jul 2026 · nomac.app · its alternatives →
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CodeMote▲144Claude Code, Codex, any CLI agent. Driven from your iPhone
Jul 2026 · codemote.caste.work · its alternatives →
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A native iOS client for remote tmux workspaces, designed to feel natural on iPhone. - h3nock/remux
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Proxee▲106Build on your Mac. See it live on your iPhone. View and test your page as you build and never miss mobile UI bugs again.
Jun 2026 · proxee.dev · its alternatives →
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AppDesk▲90Every morning I'd open App Store Connect in Safari, enter my password for the millionth time, then wait 8 seconds for the dashboard to load and continue fumbling around for what I needed. Everything took too many clicks and way too long to load. I did this for years and got tired of it. Good thing Apple provided API access for all this data. So I finally built the app I wanted, just the way I liked. Fast, keyboard-friendly navigation, data syncs and gets stored only on the local device. Meet AppDesk — a native macOS client built with SwiftUI for App Store Connect. Everything runs locally —…
Mar 2026 · appdesk.dev · its alternatives →
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Glint▲107Claude Code activity, right where you want it.
Jun 2026 · glint.binarybeam.net · its alternatives →
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You are ready for iPhone X, but is your app ready?
2017 · its alternatives →
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