Comparison

AirTerminal vs Developer Laboratory

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AirTerminal

This app provides a Bluetooth terminal for embedded devices, allowing console access without internet or SSH. It supports hardware keyboards and includes special buttons for common commands.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth (BLE) terminal
  • Console/shell access for embedded devices
  • Hardware keyboard support
  • Special input buttons (ESC, TAB, CTL, cursor)
  • Automatic terminal size adjustment
  • Central and peripheral mode support
  • XMODEM file transfer
Features
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AirTerminal is a Bluetooth (BLE) terminal for embedded devices such as Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, Arduino Yún and more. With AirTerminal, you can easily access the console / shell of your embedded devices without a Internet / SSH connection. (To use AirTerminal, an additional BLE serial adapter is required.) Features: - Full feature terminal works with bash, vim, top, tmux and more. - Hardware keyboard support. - Addition buttons to input ESC, TAB, CTL or cursor keys easily. - A "Fit" button uses "stty" command to adjust terminal size automatically. - Support central and peripheral mode. - Send or receive files with XMODEM protocol

About

Developer Laboratory

This app provides a collection of example code and UI components for iOS developers. It demonstrates various functionalities like app icon creation, image viewing, web page loading, and custom controls. Access the source code to learn implementation details.

Highlights
  • APP icon creation
  • Imitation of WeChat Moments
  • Web page loading
  • Custom UI components
  • QR code scanning
  • Facial tracking
  • Database operations
Features
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iOS Technical Sharing (APP icon creation, imitation of WeChat Moments, imitation of WeChat image viewer, preventing @mentions on Sina Weibo, imitation of Alipay password prompt, imitation of Post Circle, tags, JS interaction + WK, loading web pages, adaptive cell height, embedding video player in TableView to prevent lag, custom beautiful popups, address selection, time selection, color selection, custom navigation control, carousel, QR code scanning, facial tracking, custom camera, ID card photo capture, iOS media player, AVPlayer encapsulation, dropdown selection popup, Snake game, marquee, adaptive height for TableView, native image download caching, folder operations, database operations, third-party login, sharing, payment, Apple installation agreement, data transfer between apps, acknowledgments for support) https://github.com/HansenCCC/YPLaboratory YPLaboratory is the source code for this project. If you want to see how it's implemented, you can click to view the source code. https://github.com/HansenCCC/YPUIKit-ObjC YPUIKit-ObjC is the framework for this project, providing many out-of-the-box functionalities. It includes in-app purchases, subscriptions, prompt dialogs, app info, user agent retrieval, device info, unique identifiers (persistent even after deletion), badges, useful buttons, common categories, MD5, hooks, regular expressions, hashed colors, image matrices, black-and-white images, base64 images, navigation settings, handy input fields, file management, floating draggable buttons, single-line input, multi-line input, loading dialogs, custom dialogs, local logs, marquee, waterfall flow, carousel, image preview, and more.

Screenshots

AirTerminal4 screens
Developer Laboratory3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Developer Laboratory at $0.99 against AirTerminal's $9.99. Developer Laboratory also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). AirTerminal's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and review sentiment (74% vs 60%). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

AirTerminal costs $9.99 and Developer Laboratory $0.99 up front. Developer Laboratory sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. AirTerminal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for AirTerminal against 4.7 for Developer Laboratory. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of AirTerminal's written reviews are positive against 60% of Developer Laboratory's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AirTerminal ships an update every 4 months, Developer Laboratory monthly. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
AirTerminal versus Developer Laboratory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirTerminalDeveloper Laboratory
Price$9.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.6 (5 ratings)4.7 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings56 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#113 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB9 MB
Age rating+44+
Developer晓忠 马恒盛 程

Customer experience

AirTerminal

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral5.3%
Negative21.1%

Developer Laboratory

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AirTerminal

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Developer Laboratory

One-time8
  • 0 ice cola$0.99
  • 1 ice cola$0.99
  • A sip of iced cola$0.99
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  • 一元商品$0.99
  • 2 ice cola$1.99
  • 3 ice cola$2.99
  • 4.16 ice cola$3.99
  • 16.5 ice cola$14.99

Questions

Is AirTerminal free?
AirTerminal costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Developer Laboratory free?
Developer Laboratory costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AirTerminal or Developer Laboratory?
Developer Laboratory is rated higher. AirTerminal averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Developer Laboratory averages 4.7 from 6 ratings.
Do AirTerminal or Developer Laboratory have ads?
Neither AirTerminal nor Developer Laboratory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AirTerminal or Developer Laboratory?
AirTerminal ships an update every 4 months, and Developer Laboratory monthly. Most recently, AirTerminal was updated on November 11, 2026 and Developer Laboratory on November 11, 2026.

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