ShellHistory vs BlueSim
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/
BlueSim
Simulate a Bluetooth Low Energy peripheral to test or debug other devices. Send custom data to a central device, facilitating development and troubleshooting.
- Bluetooth LE peripheral simulation
- Custom data transfer
- Device testing and debugging
- Supports central/host devices
- iPhone and iPad compatible
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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.
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Verdict
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
ShellHistory costs $13.99 and BlueSim $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
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.
| Parameter | ShellHistory | BlueSim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $13.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #156 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Loshadki, LLC | Brandon Fraune |
Customer experience
ShellHistory
BlueSim
In-app purchases
ShellHistory
No in-app purchases
BlueSim
No in-app purchases









