A Conductor iOS app alternative that talks to your own Mac
If you steered your coding agents from the Conductor iPhone app, the date to plan around is November 20.
Short answer: The closest replacement for the Conductor iPhone app is a phone remote that talks to your own Mac instead of a cloud. MightyMouse turns your iPhone into your Mac: you see its live screen, reply to or stop your coding agents, approve a request from the lock screen, and merge a pull request.
Per Conductor's announcement on November 4, 2026, its iPhone app only talked to workspaces that ran on Conductor Cloud, and the Cloud shuts down on November 20. I have not tested the app myself, so I am relaying what Conductor said. If that is right, the phone app has nothing left to talk to after that date.
The fix is not another cloud. It is a phone that talks straight to the computer your agents already run on.
What you can do from your phone with MightyMouse
- See the list. Every coding agent on your Mac shows up as a row on your phone. Tap one to read what it is doing.
- Reply or stop. Type, or hold the mic and talk, to tell an agent what is next. A stop button shows while it is working.
- Approve from the lock screen. When an agent asks permission, the notification has an Approve button. It asks for Face ID or your passcode first, so a stranger holding your phone cannot say yes. Don't has no lock, because saying no is always safe.
- Open a pull request, then merge it. The details sheet for each agent has an Open PR button. Once a pull request is open it turns into Merge, and asks you to confirm ("Merge now") before anything happens.
- Still the whole Mac. The same app is a live view of your screen, a trackpad and a keyboard, and your voice types into any app.
It works with the agents you already use on your Mac: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode. The step-by-step version for Claude Code is in Claude Code on iPhone, and the lock screen part has its own guide: approve an agent from your lock screen.
Turn on Advanced first
Agents on your phone live under a setting called Advanced. If you installed MightyMouse a while ago it may already be on. A fresh install starts with it off, and then the phone shows only the trackpad and voice typing.
- Open MightyMouse settings on your Mac.
- Find "Advanced - show chat, building and agent tools" and switch it on.
- Open the remote on your phone. The chat and agents screen is now there.
With the lid closed, and away from home
Your agents keep working while you are out, as long as the Mac stays reachable. Turn on "Keep this Mac awake", then "Works with the lid closed". With that on, the Mac stays reachable after you shut it, and your agents keep working until they finish.
Away from home, the remote reaches your Mac over a private connection MightyMouse sets up for you, so you do not need to be on the same Wi-Fi. You need to be signed in to MightyMouse on the Mac for that.
Do I need an app on my phone?
No. Scan the code the Mac app shows and the remote opens in your phone's browser, on iPhone or Android. There is also an optional iPhone app if you want an icon on your home screen.
What this costs you
Your agents run on your Mac, so your Mac has to be on and reachable. That is the trade. Nothing runs in a cloud for you, so if the Mac is off, the agents are off.
- The lid-closed switch asks for your Mac password and changes a system setting until you turn it off. MightyMouse turns it back off when you are gone for a while and no agent is working. Leave the Mac plugged in, because a closed Mac gets warm.
- Open PR is greyed out ("Commit first") while the agent has uncommitted changes, and the merge buttons only appear for GitHub projects.
- If you liked having workspaces in a cloud, there is no equivalent here. Your work stays on your own machine.
If that trade works for you, you also get something a cloud app never gave you: no one else's servers between your phone and your code. For the wider list of tools, see the Conductor alternatives, or the MightyMouse and Conductor comparison.
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Common questions
What can I use instead of the Conductor iPhone app?
A phone remote that connects to your own Mac. MightyMouse lets you reply to, stop and approve Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode agents from your phone, open and merge a pull request, and see your Mac's live screen.
When does the Conductor cloud shut down?
Conductor said in its November 4, 2026 announcement that Conductor Cloud shuts down on November 20, 2026. Check conductor.build for the latest, since dates can change.
Can I control Claude Code from my iPhone?
Yes. With MightyMouse you can read what Claude Code is doing, reply by typing or talking, stop it, and approve its permission requests from the lock screen. Turn on Advanced in the Mac settings first.
Can I approve a coding agent from my lock screen?
Yes. The notification has an Approve button that asks for Face ID or your passcode before it goes through. There is also a Don't button that needs no unlock.
Does it work when my MacBook lid is closed?
Yes, if you turn on "Works with the lid closed" in settings. It asks for your Mac password once, and your agents keep working until they finish. Keep the Mac plugged in.
Can I merge a pull request from my phone?
Yes. Open the agent's details sheet, tap Merge, and confirm. It works for projects on GitHub, and Open PR waits until your changes are committed.
Want to keep steering your agents from your phone after November 20? MightyMouse puts your Mac on your phone, with live screen, trackpad, voice typing and your coding agents, and nothing runs in someone else's cloud.