Comparison

ShellHistory vs Console For Browsers

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

Console For Browsers

Features
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"Console For Browsers" is a web inspector designed for the Safari browser. It operates in a similar manner to the browser's integrated web inspector and empowers users to engage in a variety of actions involving the source code of web pages. Here's an overview of the primary functionalities supported by this extension: Features: 1. Console: Display JavaScript logs, including information, warnings, and errors. 2. Elements: Inspect the state of the Document Object Model (DOM), and easily retrieve the position and attributes of elements through simulated clicks. 3. Network: Monitor the status of requests made by the page. 4. Resources: View details of various resources, including localStorage, Session Storage, Cookies, Scripts, Stylesheets, iframes, and images. Save these elements effortlessly. 5. Sources: View the source code of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. 6. Info: Display URL and user agent information. 7. Plugins: Incorporates common tools like displaying element borders, refreshing the page, highlighting text content, and editing the page. 8. Code: Facilitate code injection for testing purposes. 9. Timing: Provide insights into the loading times of different page components. 10. Settings: Configure panel themes, height, transparency, the number of visible code lines, and other preferences.

Screenshots

ShellHistory4 screens
Console For Browsers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Console For Browsers at every 3 months against ShellHistory's every 8 months. Console For Browsers also leads on price ($12.99 vs $13.99) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.5). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ShellHistory costs $13.99 and Console For Browsers $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShellHistory ships an update every 8 months, Console For Browsers every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ShellHistory versus Console For Browsers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShellHistoryConsole For Browsers
Price$13.99$12.99 — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLoshadki, LLCShanghai Dazhuo Information Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

ShellHistory

No in-app purchases

None

Console For Browsers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShellHistory free?
ShellHistory costs $13.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Console For Browsers free?
Console For Browsers costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShellHistory or Console For Browsers have ads?
Neither ShellHistory nor Console For Browsers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShellHistory or Console For Browsers?
ShellHistory ships an update every 8 months, and Console For Browsers every 3 months. Most recently, ShellHistory was updated on November 7, 2026 and Console For Browsers on November 12, 2026.

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