# SharkTerm — Retro terminal that bites

> Retro terminal that bites (iPhone/iPad app by Moshe Gottlieb.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sharkterm/id6792110666 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Moshe Gottlieb](https://appshunter.io/developer/370882884)
- Category: Developer Tools, Productivity
- Price: $1.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-22
- Data updated: 2026-08-15
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sharkterm/id6792110666/reviews.md

## What is SharkTerm?

SharkTerm is the terminal you always wanted: a real SSH client wrapped in a real CRT experience.

Some of us remember when a terminal was a physical thing: curved glass, humming phosphor, a cursor you could hear blink. SharkTerm brings that back and connects it to your servers.
(Genzees may turn the CRT effect OFF in the settings, but only if they are not cool (how do you say cool in genzee))

SSH, ANYWHERE
Fast, modern SSH for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Password or private key login, saved connections, tunnels (macOS only), and full terminal emulation.

TABS, LIKE A PROPER TERMINAL
On iPad and Mac, keep every server one tab away. Sessions stay connected while you hop between them, and ⌘T opens a new one before your coffee cools.

FULL RETRO MODE
This is the part we're most proud of. Scanlines. Phosphor glow. A slow, confident block cursor. An authentic period-correct VGA (ok, a decade later) font, and accent colors from cool amber to the green mono your first computer had (only the cool kids had orange monitors — now you can have both). Flip one switch and it's a modern minimal terminal; flip it back because you'll miss it.

LOADS OF GOODIES
Clickable links that ask before they open. A text-mode interface down to the last button. A boot splash worth watching twice.

PRIVACY, THE OLD-SCHOOL WAY
Your commands, credentials, and connections stay on your device. We don't receive, store, or even see your data. The only servers SharkTerm talks to are yours.

SharkTerm. It works like it's 1985, and connects like it's tomorrow.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.5 — 2026-08-11

Terminal compatibility improvements, bug fixes and (really) performance improvements

### 1.0.4 — 2026-07-26

Visual adjustments & Bug fixes

### 1.0.3 — 2026-07-24

• Esc closes every popup (iPad, macOS)
• ⌘T clones the current window's session correctly (iPad, macOS)
• Fixed the ghost-window bug (macOS)
• Six seeded profiles on first launch — Default, Dusk, Fire, Goblin, Bluesky, Crimson
• Blink defaults to 0.5s (but change it to 1.5 for a real retro feeling!)

### 1.0.2 — 2026-07-23

- New icon
- New profile color
- Bug fixes

### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-23

No release notes.

## More apps by Moshe Gottlieb

- [FinFitness](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/finfitness/id6759727732)

All apps by Moshe Gottlieb: https://appshunter.io/developer/370882884

---

*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 2026-08-15.*