Comparison

La Terminal vs BBCBasic

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

Head to head
About

La Terminal

This app provides a mobile command center for AI coding agents and server management. It offers full SSH and Mosh support for resilient sessions, along with powerful resource monitoring and an AI-powered assistant for command generation.

Highlights
  • SSH and Mosh support
  • AI-powered command assistant
  • Command Search and workflow gallery
  • Resource monitoring and process explorer
  • Secure private key storage
  • iCloud sync for settings and keys
Features
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Welcome to La Terminal, your mobile command center for AI coding agents. Connect to OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, or OpenClaw from anywhere, with full SSH and Mosh support for resilient, always-on sessions. More than just a simple command-line shell, La Terminal provides a fully-native, first-class touch experience for command-line hackers on iPhone and iPad. Built on Open Source: From the original developer of Midnight Commander, the open source visual file manager for Linux, La Terminal provides a comprehensive Xterm/DEC VT terminal emulator experience based on the popular open source SwiftTerm library with powerful client amenities for serious command-line aficionados. Command Search: Use Command Search to quickly find the command you are looking for. Search your own command history and our comprehensive workflow gallery to find and execute commands. Create and edit your own workflows for a variety of tasks, including running frequently used commands, automating a series of commands, or just tracking down a complex command that might be difficult to recall. AI-powered assistant: Get help writing Linux, Mac, or Windows terminal commands using plain English, such as “extract the name property inside the article element from a json file” or “list the most CPU consuming Kubernetes pods”. Eye candy: La Terminal sports a fully themeable experience accented with beautifully captivating live-effect backgrounds powered by Metal Performance Shaders. Secure Enclave: Your private keys are stored in the secure enclave so your private key can never be found in plain text. Powerful status visualizations: La Terminal’s resource monitoring tools put powerful CPU and memory use visualizations, as well as a native process explorer, right at your fingertips. Resource monitoring visualizations are accessible from the top of any connected terminal, and process explorer tools provide multiple views into CPU, memory, and disk utilization. Thumbnail snapshots show previews of connected hosts along with system load over time in the active Terminals view. Network monitoring plots data traffic on a world map to help you understand the sources and targets of connections to and from your connected hosts. iCloud for everyone: La Terminal makes it easy to switch between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac by syncing your settings and keys over iCloud - like magic! Host platform aware: Whether you’re managing a dozen Linux VMs on AWS or Azure, logging into zsh on your Mac desktop, or configuring your latest IoT Raspberry Pi project via bash, La Terminal provides the most productive experience possible on a mobile device. La Terminal is even Windows-aware to ensure PowerShell power users can enjoy a delightful ssh experience, too. International support: La Terminal delivers extensive support for international terminals, including rendering internationalized output as well as support for internationalized input methods from native iOS dictation and international keyboards. La Terminal Pro features - Complete SFTP File Manager - Upload, download and navigate remote filesystems with our native SFTP client. - Files can be uploaded or downloaded to the local device via the iOS Files app, or copied between remote hosts. - Files app support - Access files on any configured La Terminal host using Apple’s Files app and other File Provider-enabled apps. - SSH Agent Forwarding - Use locally configured keys to authorize connections when SSHing between remote hosts. - All Live Backgrounds - Choose from our full library of GPU-accelerated Live Backgrounds to customize your terminal experience. Terms of Service: https://la-terminal.net/la-terminal/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://la-terminal.net/privacy-policy

About

BBCBasic

This app implements the classic BBC BASIC programming language with modern enhancements. It supports advanced graphics, physics, multimedia, and networking, while maintaining compatibility with the original BBC Microcomputer.

Highlights
  • 2D and 3D graphics
  • Shader programming
  • 2D physics engine
  • Stereo music and sound effects
  • Video playback
  • Networking support
  • Accelerometer support
Features
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BBC BASIC is the programming language originally specified and adopted by the British Broadcasting Corporation for its groundbreaking Computer Literacy Project of the early 1980s. This is an advanced, cross-platform, implementation with many enhancements over early versions. As well as extensions to the language it supports anti-aliased 2D graphics, 3D graphics, shader programming and includes a 2D physics engine. Its multimedia capabilities include stereo music, sound effects and video. It supports networking and the accelerometer. Nevertheless it maintains a high degree of compatibility with the BBC Microcomputer, including SOUND, ENVELOPE and MODE 7.

Screenshots

La Terminal4 screens
BBCBasic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BBCBasic at none against La Terminal's 3. BBCBasic also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 66%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). La Terminal's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. La Terminal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. BBCBasic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

La Terminal holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: La Terminal has 103 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of La Terminal's written reviews are positive against 75% of BBCBasic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

La Terminal ships an update every 3 weeks, BBCBasic every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
La Terminal versus BBCBasic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLa TerminalBBCBasic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (103 ratings) — better4.4 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews66.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings103 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXibbon, IncRichard Russell

Customer experience

La Terminal

All ratings103 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral14.0%
Negative20.0%

BBCBasic

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

La Terminal

Subscriptions2
  • La Terminal Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • La Terminal Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • La Terminal Pro Lifetime$99.99
None

BBCBasic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is La Terminal free?
La Terminal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BBCBasic free?
BBCBasic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, La Terminal or BBCBasic?
La Terminal is rated higher. La Terminal averages 4.7 out of 5 from 103 ratings, while BBCBasic averages 4.4 from 8 ratings.
Do La Terminal or BBCBasic have ads?
Neither La Terminal nor BBCBasic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, La Terminal or BBCBasic?
La Terminal ships an update every 3 weeks, and BBCBasic every 3 months. Most recently, La Terminal was updated on September 22, 2026 and BBCBasic on September 6, 2026.

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