Sofa vs My RPI SSH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sofa
Control your Mac or Linux computer remotely from your iPhone or iPad. Launch apps, open files, navigate menus, and manage system functions like volume and power. It offers custom controls for popular applications and websites.
- Launch and quit applications
- Open files remotely
- Navigate menus and edit text
- Control system functions (volume, brightness)
- Custom controls for popular apps/websites
- Lock, sleep, restart, and shutdown computer
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Control your Mac from your iPhone or iPad with Sofa's simple and effective user interface. - Launch apps, quit, minimise, go fullscreen - Open files on your Mac or your Linux box with the default or another associated app - Navigate through lists, press buttons and edit text - Access menu commands - Hand-crafted controls for the most popular apps and websites - Adjust volume and display brightness - Lock the screen, put to sleep, restart and shutdown your computer All this while in couch-potato mode or doing a presentation. Sofa supports interaction with the most popular applications and websites: - Apple apps: Music, TV, Books, Photos, Preview, Photo Booth, Finder, ... - Chrome, Safari, Firefox, VLC, MPV, IINA, Skype, ... - YouTube, YouTube Music, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Spotify, SoundCloud, Vimeo and more! In order to connect, you need the free Sofa Server running on your Mac. Get it at http://tordini.org/sofa
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 review sentiment: Sofa at 67% against My RPI SSH's 0%. Sofa also leads on rating (3.5 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). My RPI SSH's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Sofa sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and My RPI SSH sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sofa holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Sofa's written reviews are positive against 0% of My RPI SSH's.
Sofa ships an update every 4 days, My RPI SSH every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sofa | My RPI SSH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better | 3.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flavio Tordini | Albert Parti |
Customer experience
Sofa
My RPI SSH
In-app purchases
Sofa
- 10-day TrialFree
- Sofa Pro$4.99
My RPI SSH
- Remove advertising$1.99
