The problem with waiting at your desk
Some Xcode work is just waiting: clean builds, UI test suites, archive and notarize cycles. Traditional remote desktop tools let you check in, but they hand you a whole 27-inch desktop pinched onto a phone screen. Apperture streams the one window you actually care about — Xcode — sized to your iPhone like a native app.
What you can do from your phone
- Watch build progress and read compiler errors in a legible, full-screen view.
- Kick off another build or test run — taps and keystrokes go back to the Mac.
- Read a failing test's log, then get back to dinner.
- Keep an eye on an archive/upload before submitting to App Store Connect.
- Use the Mac app's menus remotely through Apperture's menu access.
On your network or away from it
At home or the office, Apperture connects over local Wi-Fi. Away from your Mac, run a private VPN — Tailscale is free and is the recommended path. There is deliberately no cloud relay: your screen never touches anyone else's servers.
Pairs well with AI coding agents
If Claude Code or another agent is driving your Xcode project, Apperture is the window into what it's doing. See watching AI coding sessions from your phone — and the Apperture agent skills that let an agent build and run your app while you watch the Simulator live from anywhere in the house.