App Store Feature Brief

CodexPocket is a companion app for continuing the Codex already running on a user's own Mac from an iPhone. The point is not to turn the phone into another development machine. The point is to make it easy to push the same work a little further while you are away from the desk.

In one sentence

• Keep the real execution on the Mac, while using the iPhone to check progress and send follow-ups
• Pair with a QR code and connect to your own Mac on the same LAN for first setup
• Open projects and threads, send short instructions, switch branches, fork conversations, and review results from the phone

What this launch is trying to show

• long-running Codex work can stay useful even when you step away from the desk
• the real workspace, Git state, and thread source of truth remain on the Mac
• even when Managed Relay is used, the runtime and thread source of truth remain on the user's own Mac
• the UI ships in Japanese and English

The fastest way to understand the experience

1. Launch CodexPocketMac on the Mac and show the QR code in Pairing
2. Open Add from QR on iPhone and scan it
3. After import finishes, open a project that already exists on the Mac
4. Resume an active thread or create a new one
5. Send a short follow-up and read the result on the iPhone

Mac side	iPhone side

What makes it different

• It does not try to turn the iPhone into a second IDE. It carries only the control surface away from the desk.
• It connects to the user's own Mac on the same LAN for first setup, then can continue from another network after Managed Relay is saved.
• It focuses on a touch-first path built around pairing, projects, threads, and short follow-ups.
• A large share of the app itself has already been built while using CodexPocket in day-to-day development.

Current launch scope

Item	Current scope
Client	iOS (iPhone)
Companion	CodexPocketMac
Network	same local network for first setup; another Wi-Fi network or mobile data after Managed Relay is saved
Languages	Japanese, English
Mac distribution	public stable 0.1.3
iPhone distribution	App Store launch preparation in progress

Privacy and permissions

• the iPhone app does not send user data to developer-operated servers for storage
• it does not include analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs
• Local Network is used to discover the user's own Mac bridge during first setup and local connections, Camera only to scan the QR code, Photos only for user-chosen image attachments, and Notifications only for local on-device completion alerts

Related pages

• Why the Mac Is Required
• Pairing and Bridge Basics
• Privacy Policy