How Persistence Works vs Icemoon — control a real iPhone with AI
A side-by-side look at the How Persistence Works and Icemoon — control a real iPhone with AI MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose How Persistence Works for os automation work; choose Icemoon — control a real iPhone with AI for os automation as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose How Persistence Works when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the OS Automation domain.
Choose Icemoon — control a real iPhone with AI when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the OS Automation domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | OS Automation | OS Automation |
| Quality signal | 23/100 · Emerging | 40/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 6 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View How Persistence Works | View Icemoon — control a real iPhone with AI |
Tools & capabilities
How Persistence Works tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Icemoon — control a real iPhone with AI tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
How Persistence Works
No confirmed install command for How Persistence Works yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Icemoon — control a real iPhone with AI
{
"mcpServers": {
"icemoon-control-a-real-iphone-with-ai": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"icemoon-mcp"
]
}
}
}