Comparison

PortX vs DockerHub

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

Head to head
About

PortX

Access and manage remote systems on your mobile device with this powerful SSH client. It offers multi-session support, intuitive session management, and an advanced keyboard for efficient command input. Customize appearance and enjoy an ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Multi-session support
  • Intuitive session management
  • Multi-line compose bar
  • Advanced keyboard with special characters
  • Multiple authentication types
  • Customizable appearance
Features
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****** Please switch to our new app, Xcasca. This app will be deprecated soon. ****** Xcasca, the new version of PortX, is now available! This current app will soon be deprecated, so please install Xcasca to continue. You can install Xcasca from the link below. https://apps.apple.com/app/xcasca-ssh-sftp-client/id6749602189 --------------------------------------------------------------- PortX Mobile brings the power of our desktop SSH Client to your mobile device (SFTP is currently available on the Desktop version only, but will be supported on Mobile soon). With a wide variety of features in a lightweight package, PortX Mobile allows you to access and manage remotes systems on-the-go through an intuitive user interface. PortX Mobile Features: ◦ Multi-Session Support. Have multiple connections open at once. Access to any of your sessions a just a finger-swipe or click away. ◦ Intuitive Session Management. Organize and edit your sessions with PortX’s session management. ◦ Compose Bar. The multi-line Compose Bar allows you to type out, edit, and review your string before sending. ◦ Advance Keyboard. Quick access to all special characters for whatever the situation calls for. ◦ Multiple Authentication Types. Password, Public Key, and Keyboard Interactive authentication support. ◦ Customizations. Modify appearance, font, and colors. ◦ Ad-Free ◦ More features coming soon. ◦ Desktop version also available for Mac, Windows, and Linux. PortX redefines how you interact with a mobile SSH Client. On-the-go session management has never been easier.

About

DockerHub

Monitor and manage your Docker containers remotely over SSH. Gain insights into container health, performance, and activity with live instruments and a comprehensive health scorecard. Access terminals, browse filesystems, and customize the interface.

Highlights
  • Live performance instruments
  • Container health scorecard
  • Activity and burst detection
  • Fleet-wide server comparison
  • Real-time terminal access
  • Customizable themes
Features
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DockerHub manages the Docker containers on servers you already own. It speaks the real Docker Engine API over an ordinary SSH connection — the same mechanism the official docker CLI uses for `docker -H ssh://`. That means there is nothing to install on your servers, no port to open, and no daemon listening on TCP. WHAT YOU GET • Live instruments — radial gauges, segmented meters and sparklines driven by real readings from the daemon. Where a value cannot be measured it is shown as unknown, never as a zero that looks like a reading. • A health scorecard — eleven checks across availability, observability, security and hygiene: containers with no restart policy, ports published to the whole network, the Docker socket mounted into a container, running as root, floating image tags. The grade is explainable line by line. • Activity with the pattern visible — a density chart across 24 hours, repeated events collapsed into one row with their rhythm, and burst detection when several containers fail on one host inside the same minute. • Your whole fleet at once — every server connects on launch. A matrix compares servers against metrics and services against servers, so a database missing from one host is obvious. • Real terminal access — follow logs as they stream, open an interactive shell inside a container, browse its filesystem, read a full inspect. • Themes that are actually yours — every colour, radius, font scale and density is a token you can change. PRIVACY No account, no sign-in, no server of ours in the middle. Credentials are held in your device keychain and sent only to the server you are connecting to. Analytics is off unless you turn it on, and never records hostnames, credentials, container names or log contents. DockerHub is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Docker, Inc. Docker and Docker Hub are trademarks of Docker, Inc. The closing disclaimer is not optional. It is the standard way to make referential use explicit, and it costs nothing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://dockerhub-web.vercel.app/privacy

Screenshots

PortX4 screens
DockerHub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DockerHub at 5.0 against PortX's 3.7. PortX's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (19 vs 2). On price, ads and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. DockerHub sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. PortX asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DockerHub holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PortX has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PortX versus DockerHub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPortXDockerHub
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (19 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better2
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNetSarang Computer, Inc.Elite Performance Exclusive LLC

Customer experience

PortX

All ratings19 ratings
Positive63.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative31.6%
Written reviews120 reviews
Positive72.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative15.0%

DockerHub

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PortX

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

DockerHub

Subscriptions2
  • DockerHub Pro Weekly$3.997 Days
  • DockerHub Pro Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is PortX free?
PortX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DockerHub free?
DockerHub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PortX or DockerHub?
DockerHub is rated higher. PortX averages 3.7 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while DockerHub averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PortX or DockerHub have ads?
Neither PortX nor DockerHub shows ads.

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