MightyMouse vs Claude Dispatch
Both put your Mac in your pocket. The difference is who is doing the clicking.
Anthropic shipped Dispatch with Computer Use in March 2026, and it is genuinely the thing people had been asking for: give Claude a task from your phone, and it points, clicks and types on your actual Mac while you are somewhere else. It is a research preview for Pro and Max subscribers.
MightyMouse answers a nearby question differently. It does not send an agent to use your Mac - it gives you the Mac. Your live screen on the phone, a trackpad that moves the real cursor, a keyboard, and a microphone. You are the one operating it, just not from the desk.
Side by side
| MightyMouse | Claude Dispatch | |
|---|---|---|
| See your live Mac screen on the phone | Yes | No - you get the agent's report |
| You move the cursor yourself | Yes, a real trackpad | No - Claude does the clicking |
| An AI drives the Mac for you | No | Yes, that is the point |
| Works in any Mac app | Yes - it is your desktop | Yes, via Computer Use |
| Dictate into any Mac app | Yes, local Whisper | Not a dictation tool |
| Runs on Ray-Ban Display glasses | Yes | No |
| Needs an AI subscription | No - use your own account or the built in option | Claude Pro or Max |
| Release status | Shipping | Research preview |
| Price | Free with your own AI account, or use the built in option. No card needed. | Included with Claude Pro or Max |
Claude Dispatch details checked 15 August 2026 from claude.com, macrumors.com. Prices change - check theirs before deciding.
Where Claude Dispatch is the better pick
If what you want is for the work to happen without you, Dispatch is the right tool and MightyMouse is not trying to be it. Hand Claude a task, walk away, come back to it done. MightyMouse has no equivalent - it will happily show you the Mac, but something still has to do the clicking, and that something is you.
It is also the better answer when you do not want to watch. Steering a Mac through a phone screen is fine for a few minutes of nudging; it is not how you want to spend an hour.
Where MightyMouse is the better pick
Pick MightyMouse when you need to see what is actually happening and act on it yourself. A build that stopped on a prompt, a dialog nobody expected, a terminal you want to read before deciding - these are the moments where an agent summary is not what you want and the real screen is.
It also covers the cases that are not agent work at all: dictating a reply into Slack with transcription that never leaves your Mac, scrubbing a video, clicking through something on the sofa. And it runs on Meta Ray-Ban Display, so the screen can be in your field of view with nothing in your hands.
The two are not really rivals. Dispatch is an agent that uses your Mac; this is your Mac, at a distance.
A note on what "remote control" has come to mean
The phrase now covers two genuinely different products, which is why comparisons like this get confusing. One kind sends instructions to an AI that operates the machine. The other kind sends your finger to the machine. Anthropic's Dispatch is the first. MightyMouse, and tools like Happy Coder, are closer to the second - though Happy controls a coding session rather than the desktop itself.
Worth knowing before you pick: Computer Use is a research preview, and Anthropic is direct about the caveats - it "can make mistakes," and their own advice is to "start with the apps you trust and not work with sensitive data." That is a reasonable position for an agent clicking around your machine unsupervised, and it is a risk profile that simply does not apply when you are the one clicking.
Your Mac, on your phone, driven by you.
macOS, Apple Silicon and Intel. No card to try it.
Common questions
Do I need an AI subscription?
No. Connect a Claude, Codex, Gemini or OpenCode account you already pay for and MightyMouse costs nothing. Have none? Sign up and use the built in option, no card needed. Voice transcription is free either way because it runs on your Mac.
Can I use both?
Yes, and they fit together well. Let Claude run a long task through Dispatch, and use MightyMouse when you want to look at the screen yourself and take over.
Does MightyMouse let an AI click around my Mac on its own?
No. It runs AI actions on text and files you point it at, but nothing moves the cursor except you. If you want an agent operating the machine unattended, that is Computer Use, not this.
If you want to see the screen and drive it yourself: MightyMouse puts your Mac on your iPhone as a screen, trackpad and mic, with free local transcription.