iKeyFreePro vs Simple Shell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iKeyFreePro
This app allows you to lock and unlock your car doors using your smartphone, eliminating the need for a physical key fob. It offers features like automatic unlocking when you approach your vehicle and automatic locking when you move away. You can also use a PIN code as a backup.
- Smartphone control for car doors
- Automatic door unlocking on approach
- Automatic door locking at a distance
- One-touch lock and unlock
- PIN code backup access
- Supports up to five smartphones per vehicle
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The iKeyFree Pro which gives you the convenience to be lock or unlock the door without needing to push your key fob buttons. The main features of iKeyFree Pro are as follows A smart phone can register Five devices (vehicles) and a device can register Five Smart phones. - Five smart phones to Five vehicles. - Smart phone Application can select the Five vehicles. Smart welcome: Approaching the vehicle with registered smartphone, the door unlock automatically. Smart lock: Exceed the 10-20m, the door lock automatically Smart card: Bring the smartphone close to the device to lock or unlock the door One touch lock: Lock the door with just one touch. One touch unlock: Touch the Enter button long in connected with smartphone. If you don't have registered smartphone, then enter PIN code to unlock the door (such for jogging, swimming, camping and car sharing) With iKeyFree Pro you can hassle free with car keys. * Cautions Please be assured that do not register the iKeyFree Pro Application to iKeyFree device. It is not working correctly.
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: iKeyFreePro at Free against Simple Shell's $1.99. iKeyFreePro also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 40 months). Simple Shell's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.0). 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
iKeyFreePro 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 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of iKeyFreePro's written reviews are positive against 0% of Simple Shell's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iKeyFreePro ships an update every 7 months, Simple Shell every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iKeyFreePro | Simple Shell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAESUNG RO | ASHER SYED |
Customer experience
iKeyFreePro
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In-app purchases
iKeyFreePro
No in-app purchases
Simple Shell
No in-app purchases
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