iSH Shell vs IoTMeter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iSH Shell
Experience a Linux-like command-line environment directly on your iOS device. This application allows you to perform common Linux operations such as editing, moving, and manipulating files using familiar commands.
- Linux-like shell environment
- File editing with sed and cat
- File manipulation
- Command-line operations
- Pocket Linux experience
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A Linux-like shell on iOS. You can edit files with sed and cat, move them around, and more! https://github.com/ish-app/ish/
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.
- Device setup and user interface
- Electrical quantity measurement
- EVSE charging current control
- PV power utilization optimization
- Wireless communication with PV inverters
- Standalone function capability
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iSH Shell at 80% against IoTMeter's 33%. iSH Shell also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iSH Shell holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iSH Shell has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of iSH Shell's written reviews are positive against 33% of IoTMeter's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iSH Shell | IoTMeter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #19 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Theodore Dubois | Pavel Lpa |
Customer experience
iSH Shell
IoTMeter
Bugs and requests
iSH Shell
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cursor focus issues
- Incompatibility with certain commands and packages
- Mounting issues with iOS file system
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more Linux distributions
- Improve performance and stability
- Implement GUI support
- Add shortcuts and automation features
IoTMeter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iSH Shell
No in-app purchases
IoTMeter
No in-app purchases
