Comparison

LibTerm vs IoTMeter

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

IoTMeter

This application provides a user interface for managing smart devices that measure electrical quantities and control EVSE charging. It optimizes the use of photovoltaic power for heating appliances and hot water storage, enabling wireless communication with various energy systems.

Highlights
  • Device setup and user interface
  • Electrical quantity measurement
  • EVSE charging current control
  • PV power utilization optimization
  • Wireless communication with PV inverters
  • Standalone function capability
Features
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The IoTMeter application offers complete setup and user interface for IoTMeter, Smartmodule, and PV-router devices. The IoTMeter device is used to measure basic electrical quantities (voltage, power, current, etc.). Additionally, IoTMeter allows control of the EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) charging current, which is influenced either by the current household consumption or by the production of a photovoltaic power plant. The PV-router is a smart Wi-Fi control system with a wattmeter for optimizing the utilization of overflows from a photovoltaic power plant into heating appliances and hot water storage such as boilers, storage tanks, pools, etc. It enables direct wireless communication with PV inverters, heat pumps, or operates as a standalone function.

Screenshots

LibTerm2 screens
IoTMeter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LibTerm at 4.5 against IoTMeter's 1.0. LibTerm also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 33%) and ratings volume (804 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LibTerm holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LibTerm has 804 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of LibTerm's written reviews are positive against 33% of IoTMeter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LibTerm ships an update every 8 days, IoTMeter every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
LibTerm versus IoTMeter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLibTermIoTMeter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (804 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews70.4% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings804 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size428 MB35 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDevelobile S.p.A.Pavel Lpa

Customer experience

LibTerm

All ratings804 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral5.5%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews186 reviews
Positive70.4%
Neutral11.8%
Negative17.7%

IoTMeter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

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

IoTMeter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

LibTerm

No in-app purchases

None

IoTMeter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LibTerm free?
LibTerm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IoTMeter free?
IoTMeter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LibTerm or IoTMeter?
LibTerm is rated higher. LibTerm averages 4.5 out of 5 from 804 ratings, while IoTMeter averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do LibTerm or IoTMeter have ads?
Neither LibTerm nor IoTMeter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LibTerm or IoTMeter?
LibTerm ships an update every 8 days, and IoTMeter every 3 weeks. Most recently, LibTerm was updated on September 24, 2026 and IoTMeter on September 15, 2026.

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