Comparison

Prompt 3 vs TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro

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

Head to head
About

Prompt 3

A fully-native terminal emulator for Apple devices, offering robust connectivity for SSH, Mosh, and more. It features fast emulation, customizable clips, secure authentication, and cross-device syncing for a seamless experience.

Highlights
  • Native terminal emulator
  • SSH, Mosh, Eternal Terminal, Telnet support
  • Panic Sync for cross-device server syncing
  • Superfast emulation with GPU acceleration
  • Customizable clips for commands
  • FaceID/TouchID authentication
  • Jump Hosts and Agent Forwarding
Features
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Prompt 3 is our #1 fully-native terminal emulator for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and now, Apple Vision Pro! Yes, with one purchase, you get four platforms.  Supporting SSH, Mosh, Eternal Terminal, Telnet, and Local Shells (on Mac), you can stay connected even on the most unstable networks. And with Panic Sync, your servers sync everywhere. For terminals, this is the only app you need. NOW EVEN BETTER: • SSH, Telnet, and Local (for Mac) Rock-solid and reliable connectivity to your hosts. • Mosh and Eternal Terminal Keep your terminal open even when you get disconnected. Mosh is optimized for high-latency, low-throughput networks. Eternal Terminal is great for when you need to keep your full terminal history on a flaky connection. • Lower Price Everything is so expensive right now. So we made Prompt cheaper. Take that, capitalism. • Superfast Emulation We retooled the text engine in Prompt 3 to be up to 10x faster, including GPU acceleration, and with improved terminal emulation, you can run nvim inside tmux without breaking a sweat. • Clips Put your most-used commands and text bits into clips and access them with a single tap via Prompt’s keyboard bar. Clips can be stored globally or per-server. • Secure Enclave Authenticate with FaceID and TouchID. The keys will stay secure on your device. • Panic Sync Sync your favorite servers, passwords, private keys, and clips, between Prompt on all of your devices. • Customizable Make Prompt perfect with new themes, fonts, and a very configurable iOS keyboard. • Jump Hosts and Agent Forwarding Access corporate servers, even at the beach. • Mouse Support Use your mouse to interact with TUI-based apps that run through the terminal. AND YES, A DARK ICON. What more can we say? TAKE CONTROL FROM ANYWHERE, INCLUDING YOUR MAC AND APPLE VISION PRO. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY PROMPT 3. © Panic EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro

Control and observe any terminal on your Mac from your phone, anywhere. Dictate commands, attach files, and sync clipboards. Securely manage your development workflow remotely.

Highlights
  • Remote terminal control
  • Live agent monitoring
  • Push notifications for agent prompts
  • Voice command dictation
  • File and image attachment
  • Two-way clipboard sync
  • End-to-end encryption
Features
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Control and observe any terminal on your Mac from your phone — from anywhere. TermBridge attaches at the shell layer, so it works across every terminal you already use: iTerm2, Terminal.app, the integrated terminals in VS Code, Zed, and Cursor, plus tmux. There's no new terminal app to live in and nothing to reconfigure. The exact shell you're already typing in simply shows up on your phone, live. VIBE CODING, UNTETHERED Start a long Claude Code or Codex run on your Mac, then walk away. TermBridge keeps you in the loop from wherever you are. • Answer the agent from your phone: Allow, Always allow, Deny, or Deny with a note. Answer Claude's questions too, including ones with several picks. • Get a push the moment an agent needs you. Approve right from the notification, or tap to land on the request. • See every agent across all of your Macs in one place: needs you, running, finished. • Watch any agent run live, character by character, exactly as it appears on your Mac. DO REAL WORK FROM YOUR PHONE TermBridge is built to get things done, not just watch. • Dictate commands and prompts by voice, with a live waveform so you know it's listening. • Attach a file or image from your phone. It uploads to your Mac and the path drops into the terminal, ready to run or hand to your agent. • Browse your Mac's files, and preview what the agent touched — Markdown and READMEs rendered, and the local servers running on your Mac, open right on your phone. • Two-way clipboard sync: copy on your Mac, paste on your phone, and back. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Most remote-terminal apps only see sessions they created, on a server you SSH into. TermBridge is the opposite. • Attach to the terminals you're ALREADY in — not just sessions this app spawned. • See your editor's integrated terminals (VS Code, Zed, Cursor) on your phone. • Open a new shell or Claude Code session on your Mac from your phone, in one tap. • Pair multiple devices (iPhone + iPad) to one Mac, and switch between Macs instantly — each keeps its own live connection, so an offline Mac never drops the one you're using. MADE YOURS • Themes and fonts to match your setup. • A custom on-screen key row and macros for the keys you actually use. • A full-color terminal with deep scrollback on iPhone, and a 3-panel layout on iPad. • A touch keyboard bar with Tab, Esc, Ctrl-C, arrows, and the modifiers a terminal needs. SECURE BY DESIGN Your terminal is sensitive. TermBridge treats it that way. • End-to-end encrypted with X25519 + AES-256-GCM — the relay only ever sees ciphertext. • Forward secrecy: fresh keys every session, so a future compromise can't unlock past ones. • Zero-knowledge relay — your secrets never touch a server, and no inbound port is opened on your Mac. • QR-code pairing, approved right on your Mac, with a fingerprint you can verify. RELIABLE • Reconnects the instant your network changes or your phone comes back online. • Sessions keep running when you step away — pick up exactly where you left off. • Missed output replays on attach, so you never lose what happened while you were gone. PERMISSIONS — ONLY WHEN YOU USE THE FEATURE • Notifications — to alert you when an agent on your Mac is waiting; tap to jump into that terminal. • Camera — to scan the QR code that pairs your phone with your Mac. • Microphone & Speech Recognition — only when you dictate by voice; transcription runs on-device. • Photos — only if you choose to attach an image to send to your Mac. GETTING STARTED Install the free TermBridge menu-bar app on your Mac, scan the QR code once, approve on the Mac, and your terminals are with you everywhere. No SSH keys, no ports to forward, no servers to rent. Learn more at https://termbridge.clovinyx.io Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Prompt 34 screens
TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro at 100% against Prompt 3's 22%. TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks). Prompt 3's advantage is ratings volume (376 vs 1) and chart position (#13 vs unranked). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Prompt 3 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prompt 3 has 376 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Prompt 3's written reviews are positive against 100% of TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prompt 3 ships an update every 6 weeks, TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Prompt 3 versus TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrompt 3TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (376 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings376 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#13 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPanic, Inc.Clovinyx

Customer experience

Prompt 3

All ratings372 ratings
Positive82.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative14.2%
Written reviews152 reviews
Positive21.7%
Neutral19.1%
Negative59.2%

TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Prompt 3

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Server list randomly disappears with Panic Sync
  • Crashes when connected to external monitor
  • Black screen issues with custom font configurations
  • Sync issues causing data loss
  • Vertical display sync issues

Requested features

8 requests
  • Shortcuts support on macOS
  • Ability to click and select within commands
  • Local shell option
  • Run clips on server connection
  • Export/backup clips
Show 3 more
  • Alt/Meta key support for Emacs
  • iCloud sync option
  • Sign in with Apple for Panic Sync

TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Prompt 3

Subscriptions1
  • Prompt 3 iOS + Mac (Annual)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Prompt 3 One Time$49.99
3 purchases

TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro

Subscriptions2
  • TermBridge Pro$3.991 Month
  • TermBridge Pro$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • TermBridge Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Prompt 3 free?
Prompt 3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro free?
TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Prompt 3 or TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro?
TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro is rated higher. Prompt 3 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 376 ratings, while TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Prompt 3 or TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro have ads?
Neither Prompt 3 nor TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prompt 3 or TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro?
Prompt 3 ships an update every 6 weeks, and TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro every 10 days. Most recently, Prompt 3 was updated on October 30, 2026 and TermBridge Remote Terminal Pro on October 31, 2026.

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