Comparison

ShellHistory vs BlueSim

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

BlueSim

Simulate a Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral to test or debug other devices. Send custom data to a central device, facilitating development and troubleshooting.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth LE peripheral simulation
  • Custom data transfer
  • Device testing and debugging
  • Supports central/host devices
  • iPhone and iPad compatible
Features
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BlueSim turns your phone into a customizable Bluetooth LE (BLE) peripheral. This enables you to test or debug a separate "central" or "host" device with the data of your choice. Using this app, you can transfer data between the device running this app and another device operating in the Bluetooth central role.

Screenshots

ShellHistory4 screens
BlueSim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BlueSim at $4.99 against ShellHistory's $13.99. BlueSim also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 8 months) and chart position (#156 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ShellHistory costs $13.99 and BlueSim $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ShellHistory against 5.0 for BlueSim. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShellHistory ships an update every 8 months, BlueSim every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
ShellHistory versus BlueSim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShellHistoryBlueSim
Price$13.99$4.99 — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#156 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.516.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLoshadki, LLCBrandon Fraune

Customer experience

ShellHistory

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

BlueSim

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ShellHistory

No in-app purchases

None

BlueSim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShellHistory free?
ShellHistory costs $13.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BlueSim free?
BlueSim costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ShellHistory or BlueSim?
ShellHistory and BlueSim are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do ShellHistory or BlueSim have ads?
Neither ShellHistory nor BlueSim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShellHistory or BlueSim?
ShellHistory ships an update every 8 months, and BlueSim every 5 days. Most recently, ShellHistory was updated on November 7, 2026 and BlueSim on November 12, 2026.

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