Commands for Linux Terminal vs La Terminal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Commands for Linux Terminal
Access a comprehensive offline manual of Linux commands directly on your device. Quickly search and learn how to use various commands with detailed explanations in Markdown format. Ideal for developers and system administrators needing on-the-go reference.
- Offline Linux command database
- Detailed command explanations
- Markdown formatted content
- Easy search functionality
- Quick command querying
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A Complete Set of Linux commands in your pocket, with Markdown-formatted command references for quick lookup and offline use. Easily search commands and learn how to use them — anytime, anywhere. Bonus: monitor your servers in real time, track CPU, memory, disk, load and Docker containers over SSH, all from one app.
La Terminal
This app provides a mobile command center for AI coding agents and server management. It offers full SSH and Mosh support for resilient sessions, along with powerful resource monitoring and an AI-powered assistant for command generation.
- SSH and Mosh support
- AI-powered command assistant
- Command Search and workflow gallery
- Resource monitoring and process explorer
- Secure private key storage
- iCloud sync for settings and keys
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Welcome to La Terminal, your mobile command center for AI coding agents. Connect to OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, or OpenClaw from anywhere, with full SSH and Mosh support for resilient, always-on sessions. More than just a simple command-line shell, La Terminal provides a fully-native, first-class touch experience for command-line hackers on iPhone and iPad. Built on Open Source: From the original developer of Midnight Commander, the open source visual file manager for Linux, La Terminal provides a comprehensive Xterm/DEC VT terminal emulator experience based on the popular open source SwiftTerm library with powerful client amenities for serious command-line aficionados. Command Search: Use Command Search to quickly find the command you are looking for. Search your own command history and our comprehensive workflow gallery to find and execute commands. Create and edit your own workflows for a variety of tasks, including running frequently used commands, automating a series of commands, or just tracking down a complex command that might be difficult to recall. AI-powered assistant: Get help writing Linux, Mac, or Windows terminal commands using plain English, such as “extract the name property inside the article element from a json file” or “list the most CPU consuming Kubernetes pods”. Eye candy: La Terminal sports a fully themeable experience accented with beautifully captivating live-effect backgrounds powered by Metal Performance Shaders. Secure Enclave: Your private keys are stored in the secure enclave so your private key can never be found in plain text. Powerful status visualizations: La Terminal’s resource monitoring tools put powerful CPU and memory use visualizations, as well as a native process explorer, right at your fingertips. Resource monitoring visualizations are accessible from the top of any connected terminal, and process explorer tools provide multiple views into CPU, memory, and disk utilization. Thumbnail snapshots show previews of connected hosts along with system load over time in the active Terminals view. Network monitoring plots data traffic on a world map to help you understand the sources and targets of connections to and from your connected hosts. iCloud for everyone: La Terminal makes it easy to switch between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac by syncing your settings and keys over iCloud - like magic! Host platform aware: Whether you’re managing a dozen Linux VMs on AWS or Azure, logging into zsh on your Mac desktop, or configuring your latest IoT Raspberry Pi project via bash, La Terminal provides the most productive experience possible on a mobile device. La Terminal is even Windows-aware to ensure PowerShell power users can enjoy a delightful ssh experience, too. International support: La Terminal delivers extensive support for international terminals, including rendering internationalized output as well as support for internationalized input methods from native iOS dictation and international keyboards. La Terminal Pro features - Complete SFTP File Manager - Upload, download and navigate remote filesystems with our native SFTP client. - Files can be uploaded or downloaded to the local device via the iOS Files app, or copied between remote hosts. - Files app support - Access files on any configured La Terminal host using Apple’s Files app and other File Provider-enabled apps. - SSH Agent Forwarding - Use locally configured keys to authorize connections when SSHing between remote hosts. - All Live Backgrounds - Choose from our full library of GPU-accelerated Live Backgrounds to customize your terminal experience. Terms of Service: https://la-terminal.net/la-terminal/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://la-terminal.net/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: La Terminal at none against Commands for Linux Terminal's shown. La Terminal also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). Commands for Linux Terminal's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 66%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Commands for Linux Terminal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and La Terminal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
La Terminal holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 212 and 103 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Commands for Linux Terminal's written reviews are positive against 66% of La Terminal's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Commands for Linux Terminal ships an update every 9 days, La Terminal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Commands for Linux Terminal | La Terminal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (212 ratings) | 4.7 (103 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.4% of reviews — better | 66.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 212 — better | 103 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 雷 戴 | Xibbon, Inc |
Customer experience
Commands for Linux Terminal
La Terminal
In-app purchases
Commands for Linux Terminal
- Get Pro Version$0.99
La Terminal
- La Terminal Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- La Terminal Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- La Terminal Pro Lifetime$99.99
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