Pongu AI

Key facts: Pongu AI lets you text or call the coding agent on your Mac from iMessage. Send a task from your phone, or text "call me" and your agent rings your iPhone so you can talk it through hands-free; replies and files come back to iMessage. It works with the Codex, Claude Code or Pi you already have installed, on an Apple-silicon Mac running macOS 14 or newer, with a separate Apple Account for the agent.

Plans: $20 buy once, covering two Macs, with a 7-day free trial, no credit card and no automatic renewal. Phone calls are a preview feature, free for a limited time.

Best for: Developers who want to steer their coding agent from their phone. Who should skip it: Windows users, and anyone without a Mac to leave running.

Pros

• Steer your coding agent from iMessage, anywhere, with no companion app on your phone
• Phone calls let you talk an agent through a task hands-free
• Works with the Codex, Claude Code or Pi you already have installed and signed in
• $20 buy once, with a 7-day free trial and no card

Watch out for

• Needs an Apple-silicon Mac on macOS 14+, ideally a spare left powered on
• Needs a separate Apple Account for the agent's Messages identity
• AI subscriptions, API usage and connected services are paid separately

Best for

Developers who want to steer their coding agent from their phone. Who should skip it: Windows users, anyone without a Mac to leave running, and anyone who does not already use Codex, Claude Code or Pi.

Pricing

$20 buy once (covers 2 Macs). 7-day free trial, no credit card, no automatic renewal.

FAQs

What is Pongu AI? A Mac app that lets you text or call your Claude Code, Codex or Pi agent from iMessage.

How do phone calls work? Text "call me" and your agent rings your iPhone so you can talk it through hands-free; calls are a preview feature, free for a limited time.

What do I need to run it? An Apple-silicon Mac on macOS 14 or newer, a separate Apple Account for the agent, and Codex, Claude Code or Pi installed and signed in.

How much does it cost? $20 buy once for two Macs, with a 7-day free trial and no credit card.