Cursor is now available as a native iOS app in public beta, so you can build from anywhere. Until now, developers have worked around the limits of their local machines, keeping laptops half-open and caffeinated everywhere they go. With Cursor for iOS, you can launch always-on agents in the cloud, or control agents running on your computer from your phone. Kick them off when ideas strike, get notified when work is ready for review, and merge PRs on the go.
I switched to Kilo after being burned by Cursor's predatory billing practices. Cursor charged me $313 in "Premium model overage" fees on top of my $200/month Ultra plan — charges they never disclosed upfront. Even their own AI Support Agent admitted the marketing was misleading. They refused to refund. I had to dispute the charges with my bank.
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I brought my own DeepSeek API key — and it just worked. No vendor lock-in. No hidden fees. No "oh by the way, that model costs extra" surprises. I can use DeepSeek V4 Pro alongside other models at the actual provider rates, without any markup.
What I love about Kilo:
Honest pricing — you pay for what you use, and you see exactly what it costs
Model freedom — switch between models mid-session without rebuilding your workflow
DeepSeek support — finally able to use it at its full potential without restrictions
Open source — you can audit everything that runs on your machine
Cursor turned a loyal, paying customer into an activist.
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If you care about transparency, control, and not being nickel-and-dimed by your AI tools, Kilo is the answer.
Not sure why but I only see cloud session, I see zero local mac sessions and I do not get any updates about local sessions via push notification as well. Is the app meant only for cloud sessions? and if not, what I am doing wrong, I am on the latests version of the mobile and desktop apps on my mac
I am curious to use this mobile app. Could you tell me it is free or paid for first time?
Downloaded it immediately! Really enjoyed the smoothness and familiarity of the app when compared with the desktop application.
When will it connect to the X accounts as well plz.. I hope I am writing to the right cursor..
the part i want to try is approving agent permissions from the phone. usually a Claude Code session blocks on a prompt while i'm away from the desk and i don't notice for an hour. does iOS push a notification when an agent needs approval or do you have to open the app to check
If you were starting Cursor from scratch today, would you build the desktop app first again, or go in a different direction?
@cbrauchli A theme across the reviews seems to be that people want more visibility into which files and symbols the agent actually pulls into context on big codebases, but also a way to steer it. Any plans to expose and let users control context selection more directly ?
Artifacts as the review surface instead of the raw diff matches what we landed on too. The thing that decides whether they actually gate: are the screenshots and logs from an independent run, or the agent narrating its own work? We had demo clips that looked green because the agent captured the happy path it just wrote, and the regression sat one screen over. Tying review to CI output like you mentioned to Prashant is the version I'd trust from a phone.
This is an interesting shift . Mobile won’t replace the desktop IDE , but being able to review code, manage agents , and keep projects moving on the go could be real productivity boost .
The idea of running coding agents from a phone is pretty interesting. How much of a project can you realistically manage from the iOS app before you need to switch back to a desktop?
Exciting, congrats on the launch! Did y'all discover any use cases for the mobile app during testing that you didn't envision before building?
This is a really helpful update! I used Cursor on my computer, and I really like how efficient it is; it saved a lot of time for me. The ios version can definitely help me to continue working when I step away from the computer. I can manually review it on my phone, but when I go back to desk, will it automatically pick up what I did on my phone, and synchronous message history?
Background agents are the interesting part. When iOS backgrounds Cursor, do cloud agents keep running independently and push a notification when done? Or does the conection drop and you lose the session?
one suggestion from me would be to add a quick activity timeline showing everything an agent has done while I was away. I think that would make it even easier to catch up before approving changes.
Can I switch seamlessly between an agent running in the cloud and one running on my local machine, or do they have separate workflows?
Great launch 👏 I’m curious how many developers will end up using the phone for quick reviews versus actually starting new coding tasks.
About Cursor for iOS on Product Hunt
“Build with coding agents from anywhere”
Cursor for iOS launched on Product Hunt on June 30th, 2026 and earned 565 upvotes and 62 comments, earning #1 Product of the Day. Cursor is now available as a native iOS app in public beta, so you can build from anywhere. Until now, developers have worked around the limits of their local machines, keeping laptops half-open and caffeinated everywhere they go. With Cursor for iOS, you can launch always-on agents in the cloud, or control agents running on your computer from your phone. Kick them off when ideas strike, get notified when work is ready for review, and merge PRs on the go.
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Ben Lang
Hey all! I'm Chris, Mobile Lead at Cursor, excited to hear what you think of our new app. We'll be around to answer questions throughout the day!