Cursor Now Runs on iPad — Build, Review, and

Cursor launched its iPad app on July 29, 2026. It is available on all paid plans — Pro, Pro+, Ultra, Teams, and Enterprise. This is not a stripped-down mobile companion. The iPad version ships with full cloud agent management, a complete PR review surface, inbox notifications, and Apple Pencil annotations for visual feedback. If you already pay for Cursor, you can start directing agents from your tablet right now.

If you have ever wished you could check on a long-running agent task without being glued to your desk, or review a pull request on the train, this is the release that makes it possible.

What the iPad app actually does

The Cursor iPad app focuses on three things: running agents, reviewing code, and shipping pull requests. It is not a full IDE — you will not get a terminal, file browser, or code editor. Instead, it is a control surface for the cloud agents that do the real work on remote machines.

Here is what you can do from the iPad:

Start and manage cloud agents. Pick a model, assign a cloud machine (or a self-hosted pool), and kick off an agent task. The agent runs in a full development environment — it installs dependencies, runs tests, and produces merge-ready pull requests. You can lock your phone, walk away, and check back later. The agent keeps working whether or not your device stays connected.

Follow the work live. Watch the agent’s chat stream in real time. Send follow-up messages to a running agent. Tap a subagent card to read its transcript. You get the same visibility you would have at your desk.

Review and merge pull requests. Read full diffs, inspect commits, check deployment status, and review approvals and comments. Add or change reviewers. Ask the agent to resolve review comments or fix a failing check. Merge with squash, mark ready, update the branch, toggle auto-merge, publish, or close — all from the diff view.

Get organized with Inbox. A new Inbox shows what is in progress, what needs your attention, and which PRs are in review. It gives you a bird’s-eye view of all your agents across repos without hunting through chat history.

The iPad layout takes advantage of the screen

The iPad version is not a blown-up iPhone app. The layout is redesigned for the larger screen:

Pinned sidebar chats let you watch several agents run at once without switching contexts.
Split-screen review keeps a PR diff open next to an agent chat so you can cross-reference while directing changes.
Full-width file diffs render properly instead of getting squished into a phone-sized column.
Apple Pencil support lets you attach a screenshot, tap a specific point to leave a comment, or draw directly on the image to show the agent exactly what you mean.

That last point is worth highlighting. Visual annotation — pointing at a pixel and saying “fix this” — is one of the most natural ways to give feedback on UI work. The agent receives your annotations as context and uses them to make targeted changes. It shrinks the gap between what you see and what the agent understands.

Voice mode and design mode

The iPad app supports voice input. Dictate instructions to your agent for hands-free edits with live transcription. Useful when you are cooking dinner and realize you need to file a bug fix, or when you want to brainstorm a feature out loud without typing.

Design Mode works with photos, camera shots, and files. Attach a visual, annotate it, and the agent treats your markup as directional context for its next round of changes.

Remote Control bridges iPad and desktop

One of the more interesting features is Remote Control. If you have an agent session running on your desktop computer, you can hand it off to the cloud and keep directing it from your iPad. The agent loop moves to Cursor’s cloud while its tools — terminal commands, file edits, tests, git operations — keep running on your machine. Your computer needs to stay awake and online, but you do not need to be sitting in front of it.

This means you can start a task on your desktop, leave for lunch, and continue steering from your iPad at a coffee shop. The agent reads your local files and runs your local tests the entire time.

To use Remote Control, you need Cursor version 3.9.8 or later on your computer, and the feature enabled under Settings > Agents.

What you cannot do on the iPad

Being honest about the limits matters. The iPad app is a control surface, not an IDE:

No editor, terminal, or file browser. You see changed files in diff view, not a full workspace.
No secrets or environment management. Set those up on cursor.com first.
No MCP server management. You can pick servers per run, but adding them happens on the web.
No source control setup. Connect GitHub or GitLab from the dashboard.
No automations, rules, or skills configuration. Agents pick up whatever the repo already contains.
No admin, billing, or usage views. Web only.

The app is also cache-first — it reads from local data so conversations open fast, then syncs when your connection returns. Good for spotty Wi-Fi on the move.

Who should use the iPad app

Solo developers who run agents while away from their desk. If you kick off a refactoring task and want to check progress over lunch without opening a laptop, this is built for that.

Team leads who want to review PRs on the go. Instead of blocking on code review until you are back at your computer, review diffs, approve changes, and merge from your couch.

Anyone using Cursor’s cloud agents who wants a second screen. Keep the iPad open alongside your desktop to watch agents work while you code elsewhere.

How to get started

Update Cursor on your iPad to version 1.5.0 or later. Requires iPadOS 26.0.
Sign in with your Cursor account. Any paid plan works — Pro, Pro+, Ultra, Teams, or Enterprise.
You need Cloud Agents access enabled for your plan.
Pick an agent, choose a model and machine, and start a task.

That is it. The agents you start on iPad show up on desktop, in the web dashboard, and in the CLI. Everything stays in sync across devices.

Why this matters for the coding agent landscape

Cursor is the first major coding agent platform to ship a full-featured iPad app. Claude Code and Codex are terminal-only. Copilot CLI lives in the terminal. Kiro has an IDE but no tablet experience. Goose runs in a desktop TUI.

Cursor going mobile is not just a convenience play. It is a bet that the future of coding agents is asynchronous — you do the thinking, the agent does the typing, and you manage the process from wherever you happen to be. The iPad app makes that workflow real for the first time.

If you have been evaluating which coding agent to adopt, mobile access is now a legitimate differentiator. Cursor’s competitors will need to respond, and that is good for everyone who uses these tools.

Cursor Now Runs on iPad — Build, Review, and Merge Code From Your Couch