# iSSH 2 — user reviews

> 18 indexed App Store user reviews of iSSH 2 by ShenZhen Yuyue Technology Co., Ltd., rated 2.60/5 from 9 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/issh-2/id1254742822/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/issh-2/id1254742822.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 2 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 4

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Well ...

*2021-04-28, version 2.1.60*

... I hoped to have found a successor for my beloved original iSSH, which is not longer available. Unfortunately  - not.

This app apparently does not support prompting for a password as the [save] button at the ssh target host profile remains greyed until one has either entered a visible clear text (!) password or a private key from clipboard. Both is considered insecure.

Ok, there is an option to create a new key pair locally, but then one needs to distribute the public key on all targets, which are dozens in my case. This is considered annoying. Especially when not all targets support public key.

The terminal works well, supports ansi colors, but does not support text copy. There is a store for command snippets.

But there is no option to send SSH-keep-alive packets, and hence the session gets stuck when traversing most firewalls.

Dear developer, please consider implementing prompt for password and SSH-keep-alive.

### 1/5 — Absolute rubbish

*2021-04-16, version 2.1.60*

Simply fails to connect where Termius has no problem. Impossible to escape from failing connection. I want my money back.

### 1/5 — Vorsicht bei Umstieg von iSSH auf iSSH2

*2021-02-17, version 2.1.50*

Da die alte Version nicht mehr funktioniert wurde ich gezwungen auf die neue Version 2 umzusteigen. Der Preis von 1,09€ finde ich fair und bin auch gerne bereit das zu bezahlen. 
Wofür ich aber gar kein Verständnis habe, ist das ich all meine Einstellungen der alten Version verloren habe. 
Wenn man schon gezwungen wird auf eine neue Version zu wechseln, sollte es selbverständlich sein, das man die Daten der alten Version übernehmen kann.

### 1/5 — Гауно

*2020-11-12, version 2.1.21*

Не тратьте время на это г на палочке!

### 1/5 — Ужасно

*2020-08-19, version 2.0.10*

Полная какашка: с разрешением экрана не дружит, функциональных клавиш нет... Ничего нет, что нужно для работы.

### 1/5 — Horrible customer service

*2019-09-10*

Don’t buy. Horrible customer service. I purchased it as i need ssh with X forwarding capability like the previous issh. This software seems only share the name (quite cunning), no X forwarding support. I asked the author about this and he never answers. Just a cash grab scam.

### 1/5 — Fails on iPhone X

*2018-06-19*

Immediately fails on server connection.

### 1/5 — Useless until add session manager feature

*2017-10-21*

Useless until add session manager feature

### 2/5 — good I guess

*2021-12-20*

It’s good but not that good it’s all right

### 2/5 — iSSH 2 is not 64bit fork of iSSH

*2018-01-07, version 1.0.3*

Я разочарован - после перехода на iOS 11 пропало мое любимое и очень нужное приложение iSSH. В надежде найти его в новой реинкарнации купил эту недоделку.
Нет и трети возможностей 
Rdp
Vnc
Mosh
ssh-tunel
Профили

## Most praised reviews (8 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — easy to use

*2020-10-23*

very googd

### 5/5 — 환불요청 ㅡ telnet 되는줄 알고 구매했어요 ㅠ

*2018-04-07*

환불요청 ㅡ telnet 되는줄 알고 구매했어요 ㅠ

### 4/5 — I like a lot

*2020-08-14, version 2.0.3*

I like this app a lot because it is lean and straightforward and free of ads. 
The 5th star is missing because the app lacks the ability to send shell escape commands (CTRL-X for example).
Guess I have to buy the other app now. 

Great work mate ☺️

### 4/5 — Good Basic SSH Client

*2020-08-10, version 2.0.3*

Perfect for establishing a quick ssh session to my linux media server to force a rescan etc. Only issue is that you don’t appear to be able to edit or delete previously created connections.

### 4/5 — я понял будет хорошая

*2020-07-13, version 2.0.3*

ещё xming в неё и vmgl что-бы шарила, я вот покупал issh где она?

### 3/5 — Keyboard switches

*2025-07-05, version 2.14.12*

The app is generally good, but there’s a critical issue on the iPhone version. If you launch the app with the Russian keyboard layout active, it becomes impossible to switch to the English layout during an SSH session. This makes it unusable for most SSH tasks, since commands are typically typed in English. Please fix this limitation.

### 3/5 — It’s ok

*2020-10-13*

Supports dark mode, and it seemed like it would work but it doesn’t support SSH setup with 2 factor authentication.

### 3/5 — This is not a replacement for iSSH

*2017-10-11, version 1.0.2*

Sadly this isn't an iOS 11 compatible update of iSSH, missing loads of the features that made that venerable app so great. It doesn't appear to have the ability to save frequently used connections. It doesn't have VNC tunnelled connections. The search continues…

It does give you a command level console you can run ssh manually from.

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