Agentic coding changed the shape of the workday
With Claude Code, Codex, and similar agents, long stretches of development are now supervision: the agent works, you check in, answer a permission prompt, read a diff, and let it continue. That supervision doesn't need you at the desk — it needs you to see one window.
Apperture mirrors that one window — your terminal, editor, or Xcode — to your iPhone or iPad at full legibility. Tap to respond to prompts, type follow-up instructions, scroll the transcript. It's your session, in your pocket.
Why not just a remote desktop app?
Full-desktop tools cram your entire display onto a 6-inch screen; reading agent output means constant pinching and panning. Apperture streams a single app's window sized to your phone, so terminal text is actually readable and the keyboard works like you expect.
A tight loop for iOS development
The Apperture agent skills close the loop: your agent builds and launches your app in the iOS Simulator on the Mac, and Apperture streams the Simulator to your real iPhone — with native touch and rotation. The agent codes; you feel each iteration on device, from the couch.
Private by design
Your code and your agent's output stream peer-to-peer over your own network, encrypted per session, with no cloud relay. Away from home, a private VPN like Tailscale extends the same private connection anywhere. See the security overview for how pairing and approval work.