Workbench by Astropad — Product Research | aVenture Research
Workbench is Astropad's remote desktop app built for the AI era. It lets users monitor, inspect, and intervene in long-running AI-agent workflows on a headless Mac mini or dedicated Mac from an iPhone, iPad, or another Mac. The app uses Astropad's proprietary LIQUID streaming engine for perceptually lossless, Retina-resolution visuals with ultra-low latency, and supports voice dictation, Apple Pencil, trackpad, keyboard, and gesture input.
A free tier offers 20 minutes of daily access, while unlimited use costs $10 per month or $79.99 per year. Workbench requires macOS 15 or later on the Mac and iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 on mobile devices. It competes with general remote desktop tools such as Jump Desktop, Parsec, AnyDesk, RustDesk, and VNC-based solutions, but is positioned specifically for remote supervision of AI agents rather than traditional IT support.