Textastic Code Editor vs SSH Terminal Client

Textastic is a comprehensive and versatile text and code editor for iPad and iPhone. It supports syntax highlighting for more than 80 programming and markup languages. Connect to SFTP, FTP, and WebDAV servers or to your Dropbox account. Use the built-in SSH terminal to work directly on your server. Features: - Syntax highlighting for more than 80 languages, including HTML, JavaScript, CSS, C++, Swift, Objective-C, Rust, XML, Markdown, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua, YAML, JSON, SQL, shell scripts, and many more (full list available on the website) - Compatible with Sublime Text 3 and TextMate 1 syntax definitions and themes - Code completion for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C, Objective-C, and PHP - SFTP (SSH), FTP, FTPS (FTP over SSL), WebDAV, and Dropbox clients - SSH terminal connections - Code formatter for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JSON - Git repositories from the Git client app Working Copy can be opened as external folders in Textastic - Emmet support - JavaScript console - iCloud Drive file synchronization - WebDAV server for easy file transfer between Textastic and your Mac or PC over Wi-Fi - Symbol list for quick navigation within a file - Full support for external keyboards, trackpads, and mice - Configurable keyboard shortcuts - Additional keys above the virtual keyboard for frequently used programming characters - Cursor navigation wheel for easy text selection - Move the cursor using swipe gestures - Split View and Slide Over multitasking on iPad - Open multiple files in tabs - Multiple windows on iPadOS - Dark Mode support - Support for common text encodings such as UTF-8, UTF-16, and ISO-8859-1 - Support for different tab widths and soft tabs (spaces instead of tabs) - Custom fonts - Find and Replace, including regular expression search - Find in multiple files - File information such as character and word counts - Local and remote web preview for HTML and Markdown files Pricing: Textastic requires a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time purchase. Each subscription includes a 7-day free trial with full access to all features. Privacy Policy: https://www.textasticapp.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

SSH Terminal is a direct, self-hosted SSH client for iPhone and iPad. Connect to the servers you already own and use a real interactive terminal for shells, tmux, vim, htop, Codex CLI, Claude Code, and other command-line tools. No companion server, relay, or cloud terminal account is required. Features: - Interactive SSH terminal with ANSI/VT rendering and 256-color support - Password and OpenSSH private-key authentication - Explicit SHA-256 host-key verification before the first connection - Host-key change detection to block unexpected server identity changes - Multiple saved SSH hosts and in-app session switching - Detach from a session without closing the remote connection - Dynamic terminal sizing for iPhone and iPad, including rotation - Hardware-keyboard support and terminal accessory controls - SFTP directory browsing with upload and download - Safe file transfer using temporary files and atomic replacement where supported - Credentials stored locally in Apple Keychain SSH Terminal connects directly to the host and port you enter. Terminal input, output, credentials, and transferred files are not sent to an app-owned relay or analytics service. The app does not provide SSH port forwarding, agent forwarding, keyboard-interactive authentication, background transfers, or automatic tmux session recovery.