Comparison

URL Scissors vs Terminal W

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

Head to head
About

URL Scissors

Easily edit URL parameters across multiple platforms. This tool allows for quick modification of web addresses for developers and power users. Available on macOS, iOS, and other devices.

Highlights
  • Edit URL parameters
  • Cross-platform compatibility
  • Supports macOS
  • Supports iOS
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
Features
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URL Scissors is a Safari extension for iPhone and iPad that helps you edit URL parameters without leaving the current page. Open the extension in Safari, adjust the query parameters, and apply the updated URL back to the active tab. It is useful for developers, testers, marketers, and anyone who often works with long links. Features: • View URL query parameters as editable rows • Add, edit, delete, and reorder parameters • Reuse recent parameters saved per website • Mark frequently used parameters as favorites • Works directly in Safari with a lightweight popup • No account required URL Scissors helps keep messy URLs manageable, whether you are testing links, removing tracking parameters, or preparing clean URLs to share.

About

Terminal W

Features
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Weiming Terminal is a native SSH client built for people who live in remote shells. No cloud vault, no embedded editor, no analytics — just the fastest path from your iPhone or iPad to a trustworthy remote machine. WHAT YOU GET • Saved hosts with one-tap connect, search, duplicate, favorite • Host groups to organize connections into folders • Password, imported Ed25519 key, and device-bound Secure Enclave P-256 authentication using real CryptoKit signing • Trust-on-first-use host key verification with stable SHA-256 fingerprints that match ssh-keygen -lf exactly • A real terminal surface powered by SwiftTerm: PTY resize, full UTF-8, ANSI colors, copy and paste, scrollback • Customizable special key bar for Esc, Tab, Ctrl, Alt, arrows, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down — modifier-aware so Ctrl+C and Alt+. work the way you expect • Terminal search to find text in scrollback • Command history across sessions • Two-finger pan cursor gestures with speed-aware movement • Hardware keyboard shortcuts for tabs, reconnect, snippets, and search • Multiple concurrent sessions in tabs, sharing a single app-wide event loop for snappy switching • Saved snippets with {{variable}} placeholders for the commands you run a hundred times a day • Live Activity on Dynamic Island and Lock Screen for active SSH sessions • iPad-optimized sidebar and split view layout • Themes: Default Dark, Solarized Dark, Monokai, Light • Face ID, Touch ID, or Optic ID lock on launch • Built on Apple's SwiftNIO SSH and CryptoKit — no proprietary cryptography WHAT IT DOES NOT DO By design, Weiming Terminal does not run a local shell, embed a code editor, host a cloud credential vault, sync to third-party services, or include any analytics or tracking. Your hosts and credentials live only on your device, in the iOS Keychain and Secure Enclave. REQUIREMENTS iOS 26 or later. iPhone and iPad supported.

Screenshots

URL Scissors4 screens
Terminal W4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Terminal W at every 4 days against URL Scissors's every 3 months. URL Scissors's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

URL Scissors ships an update every 3 months, Terminal W every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
URL Scissors versus Terminal W: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterURL ScissorsTerminal W
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZijia WangWeiming Chen

In-app purchases

None

URL Scissors

No in-app purchases

None

Terminal W

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is URL Scissors free?
URL Scissors is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Terminal W free?
Terminal W is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do URL Scissors or Terminal W have ads?
Neither URL Scissors nor Terminal W shows ads.
Which is updated more often, URL Scissors or Terminal W?
URL Scissors ships an update every 3 months, and Terminal W every 4 days. Most recently, URL Scissors was updated on October 7, 2026 and Terminal W on October 9, 2026.

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