Core Shell vs Bash IDE Fresh Edition
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Core Shell
This app provides a powerful terminal emulator and SSH client for efficient host management. It offers robust features like OpenSSH compatibility, automatic reconnection, and customizable themes. Premium features include unlimited connections and cross-device profile syncing.
- Full-featured terminal emulator
- OpenSSH compatible
- Keychain integration
- Advanced options editor
- Automatic reconnection
- Theming and color schemes
- Unlimited connections (premium)
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A full featured terminal with built-in OpenSSH support, it’s focused on managing and login to hosts efficiently. Don't waste your time; be productive. ## Features Full-featured Terminal • Compatible with Terminal.app, iTerm and xterm. • Supports ANSI 16 and 256 color palettes, as well as 24bit true color. • Passed cases of *vttest* – a strict VT100/VT220/VT420 terminal functionality test suite. OpenSSH Compatible • Everything in OpenSSH, certificates, proxy jump, etc. Keychain Integration • Tightly integrated with Keychain, don't have to enter passwords or passphrases repeatedly. • It's totally optionally, you can opt-in or opt-out at any time. Advanced Options Editor • A handy way to tune per-host advanced options. • For every ssh directives, there is a contextual help provides immediate information, no more googling. Automatic Reconnect • Always tries to restore your connections after network failure or waking up from background. Theming • Eight built-in color schemes: Basic, Dracula, Grass, Homebrew, Man Page, Novel, Ocean, Red Sands • Our color optimization ensure that colorful text always clearly visible. Premium Features (free for a limited time) • Unlimited number of connections • Sync profiles between all of your Mac computers and iOS devices • Prioritized customer support ------- We'd love to answer your questions or just hear what you think about Core Shell. Our Community: https://community.codinn.com/c/core-shell Use the community to request support or report bug. Discuss and explore Core Shell’s future with us by joining the community.
Bash IDE Fresh Edition
Learn and practice Bash scripting with this application. It offers code highlighting, direct execution of examples, and practical functions for efficient learning and testing.
- Grammar highlighting
- Direct code execution
- Code compilation
- Code sharing
- Practical functions
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* * * * * Grammar highlights the learning materials to make learning easier. * * * * * Directly run code examples make it easier for you to test. * * * * * Rich and practical functions make it easier for you to use. This is our Bash learning application. Set learning, coding, compiling, sharing code in one. Efficient learning, happy test, easy operation. Everything is in the mastery... Come and try it!!!!!!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bash IDE Fresh Edition at 100% against Core Shell's 38%. Bash IDE Fresh Edition also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Core Shell sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Bash IDE Fresh Edition sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bash IDE Fresh Edition holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bash IDE Fresh Edition has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Core Shell's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bash IDE Fresh Edition's.
| Parameter | Core Shell | Bash IDE Fresh Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Codinn Technologies | 小文 黄 |
Customer experience
Core Shell
Bash IDE Fresh Edition
In-app purchases
Core Shell
- Premium (1-Year)3 variants$14.99
- Premium (4-Year)$44.99
Bash IDE Fresh Edition
- Convenient functions$2.99









