Short answer: Ghost Farm and Farmero both automate iPhones you own from a Mac, with no jailbreak. Ghost Farm sells one flat price with unlimited devices and lets you build your own routines from recorded swipes and taps. Farmero sells tiers by phones and accounts, and ships TikTok, Instagram and YouTube posting that it maintains itself — then checks the profile before it calls a post live. Ghost Farm's own page says its completed runs do not verify that.
Everything about Ghost Farm below is from ghostfarm.io as it read on 17 September 2026.
Side by side
| Ghost Farm | Farmero | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on | Mac; "keep your computer awake and the console open" | Mac on macOS 14+ |
| Phones | Stock iPhones on iOS 16.1.1 or later | iPhones on iOS 17 or later |
| Jailbreak | No | No |
| How it posts | Routines of recorded gestures, with pre-made templates | Built-in posting flows that find each control on screen |
| Platforms | TikTok (incl. Shop), plus Instagram, YouTube Shorts "and more" via routines | TikTok, Instagram, YouTube |
| Post confirmation | "A completed run records execution; it does not independently verify that a post is publicly visible" | Checks the profile; unconfirmed posts are marked uncertain, never posted |
| Warm-up | Yes, via routines | Yes, built in |
| Photo slideshows | Yes | Yes (TikTok) |
| API | REST API and agent docs | Local MCP server and farmeroctl |
| Price | $99/mo or $599/yr (launch price; list $199 / $1,199) | $49–$349/mo by plan |
| Devices | Unlimited | 3 to 60 by plan |
| Free trial | Not stated | 7 days, no card |
The real difference: who maintains the flows
Ghost Farm is a general automation platform. You record swipes and taps, chain them into routines and randomise them, and its templates cover common posting jobs. That is flexible — you can automate things no posting tool supports.
The trade is maintenance. When TikTok or Instagram moves a button, a routine built from recorded gestures keeps tapping where the button used to be until someone re-records it.
Farmero takes the opposite approach for the three platforms it supports. Each tap is resolved from what is on the screen at that moment — the Share button, the handle, the caption field — and when Farmero cannot identify the screen, it stops and saves evidence instead of tapping blind. Before publishing it checks the right account is signed in; after publishing it waits to see the post on the profile. See What Farmero never does.
When Ghost Farm is the better fit
- You run a large rack and want one flat price regardless of phone count.
- You want to automate custom tasks beyond posting and warm-up.
- Your phones are on iOS 16.
When Farmero is the better fit
- You want Instagram and YouTube posting that is built and maintained for you, not assembled from routines.
- You need to know which posts went live without checking every account.
- You want to try it free first — seven days, no card.
- You want to drive it from Claude or another AI agent over MCP, locally.
FAQ
Is Ghost Farm really unlimited?
Its page says both plans include unlimited devices with no per-phone fee. The practical limit on any iPhone farm is USB power and bandwidth — see USB hubs.
Does Ghost Farm confirm posts went live?
Its page says a completed run "does not independently verify that a post is publicly visible." It records confirmation signals and lets you set rechecks.
Can I switch phones from Ghost Farm to Farmero?
Yes. Your iPhones and signed-in accounts stay as they are. Farmero needs iOS 17 or newer, and installs its own runner on each phone with Xcode.