ESkateboard vs Simple Shell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ESkateboard
Monitor your electric scooter's real-time status, including battery, speed, and location. Adjust settings like speed limits and modes, control LED lights, and update the scooter's software.
- Real-time scooter status monitoring
- Parameter settings and mode switching
- LED light control
- Software view and update
- Mileage and speed tracking
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ESkateboard is a functional app developed for electric scooter enthusiasts. Through the APP, it can achieve the following functions: 1) Scooter status monitoring, positioning, mileage, speed, average speed, and battery level information are viewed in real time; 2) Scooter parameter settings, including mode switching, speed limit setting, automatic calibration and other functions; 3) Control LED light switch; 4) Scooter Software View and Update.
Simple Shell
This utility app offers a secure and efficient SSH client for iOS devices. It provides a cost-effective alternative for remote terminal access, based on an open-source project.
- SSH client functionality
- Mosh protocol support
- Remote terminal access
- Cost-effective alternative
- iOS compatibility
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This project is a clone of shell application for iOS by Nicolas Holzschuch, https://github.com/holzschu/blink It is created to provide lower cost version of the ssh client for iPhone and iPad with older iOS versions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ESkateboard at Free against Simple Shell's $1.99. ESkateboard also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 40 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Simple Shell's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0). On ratings volume, 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
ESkateboard is free to download; Simple Shell costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simple Shell holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
ESkateboard ships an update every 4 weeks, Simple Shell every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ESkateboard | Simple Shell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 海龙 李 | ASHER SYED |
Customer experience
ESkateboard
Simple Shell
In-app purchases
ESkateboard
No in-app purchases
Simple Shell
No in-app purchases
