Command Line Program vs Terminal Emulator Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Command Line Program
Access a variety of useful tools and information through a command-line interface on your iOS device. Perform tasks like checking weather, location, network status, converting formats, and retrieving data from various sources.
- Time and timezone checks
- Network and location information
- Weather forecasts
- ASCII code lookup
- RSS feed reader
- Proverb and quote collection
- Password generation
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Command Line Program is a command line program for iOS. It is not a shell, but a collection of various commands using the greatest UI of all time: the command-line interface. Use cases to use commands of Command Line Program come from the need that is right now. For example: - Check time and timezones of the world. - Ping a given host or IP address. - Get local weather. - Check latest tweets using "tweet" command and tweet latest Astronomy Picture of the Day. - What is my latitude and longitude right now: use "location" command and there it is. - Are there cafes nearby: use command "location nearby cafe". - What is my device's IP address: use "network" command. - What is the ASCII code of '+': use "ascii" command. - What was the Astronomy Picture of the Day of Christmas Eve 2012: use "apod" command. - View latest RSS items of your favourite feeds. - Get inspiration for the moment from proverbs all over the world. - And so on and so forth... Depending on new needs, user wishes or some other trigger, new commands will be implemented. Over a dozen commands are implemented, including: - apod, Astronomy Picture of the Day by NASA. - wttr weather info from wttr.in. - quakes, list latest earthquakes - ascii, ASCII and extended ASCII, chars 0 - 255. - copy, Copy output of command to clipboard. - cowsay, Cow says. - curl, Get URL content (text/plain & application/json). - httpheaders, Retrieve and list HTTP headers. - location, Current location. - network, Device network info. - quakes, Show latest earthquakes. - proverb, Collection of proverbs around the globe (over 40,000). - pwd, Generate random passwords. - quote, Collection of various quotes (over 150,000). - roman, Roman numeral converter and calculator. - rot13, cipher/decipher text using ROT-13. - rss, Read RSS feeds. - sun, Sunrise/sunset time in current location. - time, Info about time and timezones. - tweet, Send and search tweets. - uname, Generate random usernames. Some features require purchase of Premium features. Premium features are purchase using command "Premium purchase". Command "Premium info" gives more information about Premium features.
Terminal Emulator Plus
This utility app provides access to various shell types for simplified terminal-optimized tasks. It features a friendly web front-end for quick functions like conversions and calculations.
- Access different shell types
- Terminal-optimized tasks
- PTY connection
- Web front-end
- Quick conversions
- Quick math functions
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Terminal Emulator Plus an application that allows access to different types of Shell. Simple "terminal-optimized" tasks. In an abstract way, got a PTY (term.js) that connects to the shell (termprops.js) to the user's display. Friendly web front-end that can run quick functions that I normally used a Python shell for, such as common conversions and quick math.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Command Line Program at 2.1 against Terminal Emulator Plus's 1.0. Command Line Program also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). Terminal Emulator Plus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Command Line Program sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Terminal Emulator Plus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Command Line Program holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Command Line Program has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Command Line Program ships an update every 2 months, Terminal Emulator Plus every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Command Line Program | Terminal Emulator Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (8 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sami Salkosuo | Dioneibys Blanco Grudas |
Customer experience
Command Line Program
Terminal Emulator Plus
In-app purchases
Command Line Program
- Premium Features$1.99
Terminal Emulator Plus
No in-app purchases
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