# OpenTerm — user reviews > 45 indexed App Store user reviews of OpenTerm by CHENGDU MIAOZHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., rated 4.20/5 from 188 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/openterm/id1481149807/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/openterm/id1481149807.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 135 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 22 ## Newest reviews (12 of 45) ### 2/5 — Bug *2025-09-18* Can no longer ssh to raspberry pi. Handshake error. Never had problem before. **Developer response:** Thank you for bringing this to our attention. It had fixed at latest version. ### 2/5 — Not the same app anymore. *2025-08-30* This app used to allow you to scan local networks via the scan command. **Developer response:** Hi Mark, thank you for your feedback! We understand the importance of the scan command for local networks. We’re working on improving this functionality, and an optimized version will be available in the next update. 🚀 ### 2/5 — Screen printing bad *2022-05-12* No matter what command I try to use, if they have to print output on the terminal (ls, cat...) I can only see the very first line. If there is more info but it's longer than one line, it just doesn't show up. Could you please fix this or at least give money back. I thought if it was a paid app the minimum would be working. I have an iphoneSE second generation (iOS 15.4.1) ### 2/5 — ssh is really bad *2021-09-17* Not worth it I tried to use ssh, is get connected but i cant run the command for example when i type pwd it print pwd instead of the path and it stopped responding ! ### 2/5 — Add pls *2021-03-15* Добавьте apt,apk,pkg,add,git,git clone и другие команды как в Termux или в iSH Shell ### 3/5 — App confused by iPad floating keyboard on startup *2020-12-07* I am using an iPad Air 4 2020 running iPadOS 14.2, and strongly prefer the floating keyboard to the full size one. Started app with floating keyboard in landscape, and app buttons were at the top of the screen and no text was visible, but still received input from keyboard. **Developer response:** We will check this on iPad. Thanks for your feedback. ### 3/5 — How to connect to iCloud? *2020-09-25* Seems there’s no way I can see my iCloud folder? **Developer response:** iCloud is provided. ### 5/5 — топп круто вообще *2020-09-10* хазаза ### 5/5 — fantastic beginnings *2020-07-17* as this isn't real just very simulated almost fake maybe it's time to give it real world use. id like to be able to easily use local files & interact with my stuff vs your implementation. i bet you can build that very easily. ### 5/5 — Question... *2020-07-01* Can this app hack other devices? **Developer response:** Sorry, it only work on iOS devices. ### 3/5 — Doesn’t show enough lines when using SSH *2020-06-11* Doesn’t out put enough lines when you SSH into a remote device. Makes it really hard to see the result of commands that you’ve ran. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback. We will improve this. ### 5/5 — Мнение *2020-06-08* В целом программа годная, но с небольшими ограничениями... ввиду урезонности функционала. Но это нормально - работает на допотопном айфоне... разработчикам благодарность)! **Developer response:** Thank you! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 根本就什么功能都没有啊 *2024-05-20* 根本不能算是正常的终端，最多算支持了两三个命令的简易文本框。。。 **Developer response:** 谢谢反馈，您可以通过命令来进行很多有趣的操作，比如GPS命令来获取设备的位置信息等。 ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2024-02-02* I ssh’ed into my server and nothing formatted correctly. I was expecting more, especially after reading some of the more recent five-star comments. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback. We keep on working to make it better. ### 1/5 — No uptime command and is not working *2021-12-20* The command prompts for the uptime do not work for me. It uses coding of home>tmp>uptime and does nothing but say please give us your feedback. ### 1/5 — Missing DIG *2021-07-07* I purchased this app to use the DIG command on mobile to check DNS configuration but that command was missing, despite it being listed on the app description. ### 1/5 — It was a mistake to pay $5 for this. *2021-05-20* First thing I tried to do with this was ssh to a local server I have in the house and the password prompt didn’t even obscure my password as I typed it. Once I was logged into my server I then tried to use sudo and it kept sending an enter key while I was trying to type my password. This app is a useless rip off. ### 1/5 — Terrible and waste of money *2020-12-21* What they don’t tell you is that this isn’t a real terminal it doesn’t do anything it’s just for show to pretend your a hacker or something, complete crap and a scam **Developer response:** It can work on as we described. it's useful. ### 1/5 — Don’t spend your money on this *2020-11-15* You can’t do much with this and I can’t believe I spent money on this crap ### 1/5 — Nothing works *2020-11-05* Most of the commands are not installed and developer website doesn’t seem real don’t think it’s the real developer probably coded with hidden malicious scripts etc. Like I said more then half of the commands, modules etc don’t work I didn’t know I was paying for just the shell, no repos etc. every other app comes full with the basics I also did a search on line for open term and the links were dead because open term was removed. I imagine that’s why your website is http only. Scam. Otherwise refund my purchase please. **Developer response:** Please, you comments are totally wrong, and misleading the users. Please check the previous reviews from others, we believe average reviews are right. Do you want to destroy good product in order to sale yours? BTW, we have other apps, users who want to consider this app can check other apps reviews. We believe all apps are great and get tons of good reviews. ### 1/5 — Eigentlich nicht zu gebrauchen *2020-05-29* Bei einem ssh wird das Passwort in Klartext auf dem Display angezeigt. Geht doch gar nicht! **Developer response:** Thanks! we will improve SSH command working experience. ### 1/5 — Don’t download this app *2020-04-21* Waste of time **Developer response:** Is there any problem when use OpenTerm? use 'help' to get more. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 4i1369i *2026-05-15* Awesome! Keep up the good work! **Developer response:** 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️ ### 5/5 — Confused after upgrading to premium *2025-04-21* I just ugraded to premium and now when I select options from the settings menu it opens the wrong one, e.g. I wasn't planning on leaving this review, I wanted to change the size of the font and when I clicked the option to change the font size it brought me here...-____- UPDATE: After relaunching the app everything seems normal **Developer response:** We're glad to hear that restarting the app resolved it! Let me know if you need any further assistance! ### 5/5 — Good for Linux users-Initial review *2025-02-21* Honestly pretty good for its price, I like the customizations and the shortcuts with typing and the file shortcut I personally use Linux so this app is really good and easy to use imo than most terminal apps **Developer response:** 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️ ### 5/5 — 不错 *2024-04-26* 软件用起来不错哦。期待新功能 **Developer response:** 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️ ### 5/5 — OpenTerm *2023-09-05* Thanks ! let it be open **Developer response:** 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️ ### 5/5 — So far so good *2022-06-03* It’s amusing to see reviews from users who have very little or no idea on how to use this app. For users who have extensive experience with Linux shells and CLI, it becomes readily clear what this app is for. There are limitations on what this app can do, but the capabilities it already has can come in handy in certain situations. For a more powerful app, try LibTerm or a-Shell, both of which were open source and available for free on the App Store as of this writing. For users who have never used CLI on Linux, I suggest that you first learn it and use it on Linux for real-world useful stuff for maybe a couple weeks or months until you are really comfortable with it, before tackling this or other similar apps. ### 5/5 — Не понял *2020-11-15* Для чего вообще нужно это приложение, и как им пользоваться? ### 5/5 — Топ *2020-11-09* Топ11 ### 5/5 — 以前からWindowsのコマンドプロンプトと同じような事が出来ぬかと探していたが *2020-10-17* やっと見つけた。マニュアルがないのが残念。 ### 5/5 — Круто *2020-09-28* Круто вообще класс --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-30.*