AppContext - Give your AI eyes.

AppContext gives your AI coding agent instant visual insight into your iOS apps and web applications, so it can fix issues, refine UI, and accelerate your development workflow in real time. Reduce wasted tokens with fewer back-and-forth prompts.

Platform Support

Full support for iOS simulators and web browsers today. Android and much more coming soon.

Available Now

• iOS Simulators (Real-time visual feedback)

• React Native / Expo (Metro bundler log streaming)

• Web Applications (Screenshots & console logs via Chrome DevTools)

Coming Soon

• Android Emulators (Visual and log context for Android)

• Desktop Apps (Electron application monitoring)

• Physical Devices (Test on real hardware)

Works seamlessly with your favorite tools

AppContext integrates automatically with AI coding editors and development frameworks via the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

• Cursor
• Claude Code
• Windsurf
• Expo

How it works

Runs in your menu bar. Captures visuals and logs. Serves them to your AI.

Capture

Streams live views from iOS simulators and web browsers, plus runtime logs from Metro and browser consoles.

Serve

Publishes context locally via MCP. Works with Cursor, Claude Code, and Windsurf. Runs 100% offline on your machine.

Fix

Your AI sees your app's actual state. Fixes errors and refines UI in real time. No explaining, no guesswork.

Runs quietly in your menu bar. Auto-updates. Always ready. Download once, login once, done.

Simple pricing

Choose the plan that works for you.

Monthly

Pay monthly, cancel anytime

$9.99/month

• Continuous Context Stream (real-time)
• Live Metro Bundler logs
• Offline license token (30-day)
• Cancel anytime

Yearly

Annual billing, save 17%

$99/year

• Continuous Context Stream (real-time)
• Live Metro Bundler logs
• Offline license token (30-day)
• 17% savings vs monthly

AppContext Installation

Follow these steps to get AppContext running with your dev environment

1. Download & install (macOS 13+)

   Simple installation process:
   Download for Mac
   1. Click "Download for Mac" → Open the .dmg file
   2. Drag AppContext into your Applications folder
   3. Launch AppContext - it appears as an icon in your menu bar

2. Subscribe to AppContext Pro

   AppContext requires a Pro subscription to capture live views and logs.
   • This website: Scroll to pricing below so you're already authenticated when you login to the desktop app
   • Desktop app: Click the menu bar icon → "Subscribe to Pro" → Choose your plan
     Instant activation—no license keys needed. Works offline once activated for local LLM integration with zero code exposure.

3. Login with your email

   Click the menu bar icon and login:
   1. Select "Login" → Enter your email
   2. Check your email and click the magic link to authenticate
      If you subscribed via the website first, you're already authenticated and ready to go!

4. Connect to your AI editor

   Once connected, your AI will see live views of your iOS simulators and web browsers, read Metro bundler and console logs, and stop asking you to paste screenshots or error messages.

For Claude Code users:

claude mcp add --transport sse appcontext http://localhost:7777/sse

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code to activate.

For Cursor users: One-click install

Add to Cursor

For other platforms (Windsurf, Continue, etc.)

1. Open your AI editor's MCP settings
2. Add a new MCP server
3. Use this config:

{
  "appcontext": {
    "url": "http://localhost:7777/sse",
    "type": "sse"
  }
}