Which costs less to start, Android cluster control or Apple cluster control?

Android is much lower. The Android edition is 199 yuan a year, with no cap on device count and no cap on the number of packaged apps, so going from ten devices to a hundred does not change that fee. A second-hand Android phone can be usable at two or three hundred yuan. On the Apple side, software licenses are charged per device, split into a device license and a mirroring license. A second-hand iPhone runs eight or nine hundred to fifteen hundred yuan. The same budget covers several times as many devices on Android.

Is Android cluster-control software really unlimited on device count?

That is how the Android edition is priced: 199 yuan a year, no cap on devices, and no cap on the number of packaged apps. This wording applies to the Android edition only. If you also manage iOS or HarmonyOS devices, those two platforms are licensed separately and charged per device, so the cross-platform books have to be kept apart.

Why is the Apple side licensed per device?

Because iPhone automation depends on the console dispatching operations to each device, and the license is bound to a specific phone, so it is priced per device. The license is also split by function. The USB device license covers debugging, running scripts, and recording. The USB mirroring license covers the phone picture inside the cluster-control UI. The two are charged separately, and both have to be licensed in advance before you can use them.

What is the biggest problem with running both platforms together?

The books will not close. The two sides differ in cost structure, risk-control profile, and the kind of work they can take, so one shared pool quickly makes per-device output and cost impossible to calculate. Operations also get clearly heavier. Troubleshooting starts with deciding which platform the problem belongs to, and that layer is a heavy load for a small team.

Which should a small team start with?

Look at the work in hand. If the client does not specify the device and the flow is fairly complex, start with Android. The spend is smaller and a wrong try is cheaper. If the client specifically requires iPhone, or the platform you work on has strict risk control, go straight to iPhone. Switching halfway costs more.

Which platform keeps accounts alive longer?

At the same operating pace, iPhone uses external HID injection, so the device sees input from an external keyboard and mouse, which is closer to a person. Android goes through ADB calls, and the fingerprint is comparatively more visible. Survival still depends on operating rhythm and the content itself. The tool is only one part of it.

About how much do second-hand Android phones cost?

A second-hand Android phone that can run automation runs from two or three hundred to seven or eight hundred yuan, depending on model and OS version. When you buy, look at OS version and memory first. Price alone is a weak guide. Hardware that is too weak stutters when scripts run.

Can the two platforms share one script?

The logic layer can. The action layer cannot. Business flow, loops, retries, and data handling are the same on both sides, and taps and targeting are different. Android can read the control tree and find an element by name. iPhone relies on image matching or coordinates. So you maintain a script for each, and that is part of the hidden cost.

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Android cluster control is one computer managing many Android phones together, no root and no system changes, operating through the debug channel the system exposes. Apple cluster control is one computer managing many iPhones, no jailbreak, with input injected from outside. Software pricing and how scripts are written differ on the two sides, and mixed into one set of books you cannot see the cost per device. This piece only lists pricing and capability differences that are already public. It does not compare which side makes more money.

How software licenses are charged

The EasyClick Android edition is 199 yuan a year, with no cap on device count and no cap on the number of packaged apps. From ten devices to a hundred, that software fee stays the same. iOS charges a license per phone, split into a USB device license and a USB mirroring license. Buy the one you use. Both have to be licensed in advance before the matching feature works. A license covering one thousand devices runs between two and three thousand a month. It is not charged per person, not charged per session, and it does not keep adding price by feature module. On hardware, a second-hand Android phone that can run automation is two or three hundred to seven or eight hundred yuan, and a second-hand iPhone is eight or nine hundred to fifteen hundred.

The no-root ADB channel on Android can obtain the control tree, so a script can locate by control. When an iPhone uses external HID injection, the device sees input from an external keyboard and mouse. USB HID has been available since EC iOS USB 10.7.0 (2026-09-08). It does not use a Bluetooth or OTG board. The phone needs iOS 17 or later, and it is mutually exclusive with “start automation”. When you need to install a program, iOS 15 and later can use the offline main program v7.2.0 or later as the USB automation program, and you do not have to install a separate USB proxy IPA. The official download page has a pre-signed IPA for testing. The offline edition supports iOS 15 and later only. From 7.0.0, a single-app setup installs only the main program, and a dual-app setup also installs the proxy IPA.

Script time and people time have to be counted apart

Business flow, loops, and retries on the two platforms can be written as the same logic. Taps and targeting cannot be shared. Android can find a control by name. iPhone uses image matching or coordinates. The same job means maintaining a script for each side. When something breaks, you also have to separate connection, license, and UI on each side first. If a small team lays out both at once, troubleshooting has this extra layer. Get one side’s flow running first, then decide whether to add the other platform.

For the license wording you use when you quote a price, see what one cluster-control system costs.

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