ShellHistory vs PocketUNIX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShellHistory
This app syncs your Mac's shell history to your iPhone and iPad via iCloud. It allows for detailed searching, analysis of work habits, and secure management of sensitive information within your command history.
- Sync shell history via iCloud
- Search and filter history by various criteria
- Analyze command usage statistics
- Organize commands in notebooks
- Securely find and delete sensitive data
- Integrate with Shortcuts, Spotlight, and Siri
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ShellHistory for iPhone and iPad shows the shell history your Macs record with ShellHistory for Mac, synced through your private iCloud. It doesn't record commands itself. With ShellHistory you can: • Search your shell history, and filter it by shell, machine, session, directory, exit status or date. • See a command's details: when and where it ran, how it ended, how long it took, and every other run of it. • Explore how you work on the Statistics page: activity over time, success rate, exit codes and what they mean, your busiest hours and days, the slowest and most used commands, and your streak. • Keep the commands you need in notebooks, with placeholders like {{version}} filled in before you copy. • Have Apple Intelligence explain a command, on your device. • Find passwords, tokens and keys in your history and delete them on all your devices. • Search your history from Shortcuts, Spotlight and Siri. On iPad and the iPhone Duo, the history, a command's details and your notebooks fit side by side. Privacy Your history stays on your devices and in your private iCloud database, in encrypted fields. ShellHistory has no account and no servers of its own, and collects no data. ShellHistory is made by an independent developer. Questions, suggestions and bug reports: support@loshadki.app. Help: https://loshadki.app/shellhistory/
PocketUNIX
Learn essential Linux commands on your mobile device. This app guides you through basic and intermediate terminal commands, making it accessible for beginners and useful for advanced users.
- Learn fundamental Linux commands
- Terminal command prompt simulation
- Covers basic and intermediate commands
- Suitable for beginners and advanced users
- Mobile learning experience
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PocketUNIX is a mobile application designed to instruct users on fundamental commands applicable in a Linux operating system through the terminal command prompt. The app provides guidance on both basic and intermediate commands, catering to a wide audience ranging from beginners to advanced users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PocketUNIX at Free against ShellHistory's $13.99. PocketUNIX also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). ShellHistory's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On rating, ads, 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
PocketUNIX is free to download; ShellHistory costs $13.99 up front. PocketUNIX sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ShellHistory asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ShellHistory against 5.0 for PocketUNIX. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
ShellHistory ships an update every 8 months, PocketUNIX every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShellHistory | PocketUNIX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $13.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Loshadki, LLC | Rogelio Amezquita |
Customer experience
ShellHistory
PocketUNIX
In-app purchases
ShellHistory
No in-app purchases
PocketUNIX
- PocketUNIX Lifetime Unlock$1.99
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