Comparison

LibTerm vs ID Assistant

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

ID Assistant

This free utility helps developers generate, validate, and manage UUID and CBUUID values. It also includes a searchable database of over 5,000 Bluetooth assigned numbers. All features are free and do not involve tracking.

Highlights
  • Generate UUID and CBUUID values
  • Validate UUID and CBUUID values
  • Adjust capitalization for IDs
  • Copy and share generated IDs
  • Search Bluetooth assigned numbers database
  • 100% free and no tracking
Features
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ID Assistant is a 100% free utility for working with UUID and CBUUID, helping developers get more done faster. [UUID] - Generate valid UUID values - Adjust the capitalization for your generated UUID values - Easily copy them for use outside of the app - Quickly validate UUID values that you wish to enter or paste into the app - Adjust the capitalization for your validated UUID values - Share your generated and validated UUID values [CBUUID] - Generate valid CBUUID values for 16, 32 and 128 bit values - Adjust the capitalization for your generated CBUUID values - Easily copy them for use outside of the app - Quickly validate 16, 32 and 128 bit CBUUID values that you wish to enter or paste into the app - Adjust the capitalization for your validated UUID values - Share your generated and validated CBUUID values [SEARCH] - Search through over 5,000 records in the Bluetooth database of assigned numbers for companies, services, characteristics and other related values All of this is 100%: - Free for you - Free of tracking

Screenshots

LibTerm2 screens
ID Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LibTerm at none against ID Assistant's 1. LibTerm also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (804 vs 7). ID Assistant's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). On price, ads, monetization model 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. ID Assistant sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LibTerm asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ID Assistant holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LibTerm has 804 ratings behind it against 7, 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 100% of ID Assistant's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LibTerm ships an update every 8 days, ID Assistant every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
LibTerm versus ID Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLibTermID Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (804 ratings)4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings804 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size428 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDevelobile S.p.A.Sean McNeil

Customer experience

LibTerm

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

ID Assistant

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

ID Assistant

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

LibTerm

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ID Assistant

One-time1
  • Tip the developer$0.99

Questions

Is LibTerm free?
LibTerm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ID Assistant free?
ID Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LibTerm or ID Assistant?
ID Assistant is rated higher. LibTerm averages 4.5 out of 5 from 804 ratings, while ID Assistant averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do LibTerm or ID Assistant have ads?
Neither LibTerm nor ID Assistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LibTerm or ID Assistant?
LibTerm ships an update every 8 days, and ID Assistant every 2 months. Most recently, LibTerm was updated on September 22, 2026 and ID Assistant on September 12, 2026.

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