Pi vs My RPI SSH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pi
Control your Raspberry Pi-connected devices remotely. Open gates, garage doors, or capture images from connected cameras. Requires a compatible backend installation on your Raspberry Pi.
- Connect to Raspberry Pi
- Control gate doors
- Control garage doors
- Capture images from cameras
- Customizable backend API
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Pi-Home is a home automation app for tinkerers. Connect directly to your Raspberry Pi and open gate doors, garage doors, or take a picture with a camera board connected to your raspberry pi. To get started, install the phpCake backend to your Raspberry Pi, or implement your own backend that exposes the same API.
My RPI SSH
Manage and control your Raspberry Pi or other Linux systems remotely from your iPhone or iPad. Create and edit scripts, access a shell terminal, and view command results. Sync settings and commands via iCloud.
- Remote Raspberry Pi management
- Linux/Debian system control
- Script creation and editing
- Shell terminal access
- iCloud sync for settings
- Command result viewing
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My RPI SSH is a utility for managing, controlling and managing your Raspberry Pi using your iPhone and iPad. Also suitable for handling other linux and debian based systems Home Add and edit scripts from the sample library. Edit scripts result on and off and set runtime confirmation message. iCloud Sync Sync Commands, Keys, Hosts, Setting over iCloud Terminal Access your Raspberry Pi from a shell terminal, provide quick access to your own and sample libraries on the on-screen keyboard View results View the result of the command in a new view. You can turn off viewing the result in Quick Access Settings Automatic login can be turned on and off.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pi at 5.0 against My RPI SSH's 3.0. Pi also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). My RPI SSH's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. My RPI SSH sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pi asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pi holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My RPI SSH has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Pi | My RPI SSH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 13.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Axel Esselmann | Albert Parti |
Customer experience
Pi
My RPI SSH
In-app purchases
Pi
No in-app purchases
My RPI SSH
- Remove advertising$1.99
