Comparison

LibTerm vs DayTecChat

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

Head to head
About

LibTerm

This app provides a powerful command-line interface for iOS devices, enabling users to run various shell commands. It includes tools for coding in C, Python, and Lua, and allows for text file editing with syntax highlighting.

Highlights
  • Command line interface
  • Coding in C, Python, Lua
  • Text file editor
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Install third-party commands
  • Run C code
Features
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LibTerm is a command line interface for iPhone and iPad. Includes what you need for coding C programs! Commands: ls, lli, ifconfig, ping, readlink, id, chmod, clang, telnet, host, du, link, dig, egrep, bc, date, gzip, nslookup, python2, fgrep, mv, python3, md5, say, luac, ssh-keygen, xargs, diff, cd, tee, chksum, lua, touch, dc, tar, chflags, rm, sort, uniq, awk, printenv, chgrp, find, mkdir, tail, df, pwd, opt, chown, gunzip, compress, llvm-link, nc, uptime, sed, setenv, stat, uname, sum, head, wc, cat, echo, unsetenv, unlink, pbpaste, rmdir, uncompress, curl, ln, cp, whoami, rlogin, tr, env, whois, pbcopy, python, grep, nm, jsc, clear, sh, help, exit, open, package, edit Edit text files and code with a graphical editor and syntax highlighting with the 'edit' command. Not enough commands? You can code your own scripts with Python 2.7, Python 3.7, Lua 5.3, install third party commands or even compile and run C code with the 'clang' and 'lli' commands!

About

DayTecChat

Features
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This app has the purpose improving comunication with our clients and technicians,  The app offers the following: 1. Notification of Updates  2. New Products  3. Technical Assistance  4. Training and questionares 5. Contact Details  6. Appointment bookings And more........

Screenshots

LibTerm2 screens
DayTecChat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LibTerm at every 8 days against DayTecChat's every 37 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LibTerm ships an update every 8 days, DayTecChat every 37 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and May 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
LibTerm versus DayTecChat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLibTermDayTecChat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (804 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings804 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 37 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size428 MB51 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDevelobile S.p.A.Bradley Cramond

Bugs and requests

LibTerm

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • SSH complains about keys when the remote machine does not require key auth
  • Can't even do simple ssh on iOS 16
  • Can't ssh, port option doesn't work, and if only it were possible to cd into private/mobile/Applications
  • When attempting to append a file (cat test.txt >> sort.txt) it reads the second > as the file name and creates a file called > instead of appending the second file in the command
  • Bus Error after ~10 DNS DIG queries

Requested features

10 requests
  • Странно. Можно добавить?
  • Add git clone
  • Please add nano
  • Please add pip
  • Please add bash
Show 5 more
  • Please add traceroute
  • Please add GCC/Clang support
  • Please add more commands like natmask, natstat
  • Please add dark theme
  • Please add ability to install PyPi modules and pip

DayTecChat

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

LibTerm

No in-app purchases

None

DayTecChat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LibTerm free?
LibTerm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DayTecChat free?
DayTecChat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LibTerm or DayTecChat have ads?
Neither LibTerm nor DayTecChat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LibTerm or DayTecChat?
LibTerm ships an update every 8 days, and DayTecChat every 37 months. Most recently, LibTerm was updated on September 24, 2026 and DayTecChat on May 15, 2026.

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