Termius vs Waycar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Termius
This app provides a modern, productive, and collaborative SSH client experience for remote access. It offers one-tap connections, a desktop-grade terminal, multi-tab support, and advanced security features. Enhance your command-line workflow with smart autocompletion and AI-powered command generation.
- One-tap SSH, SFTP, Mosh, Telnet connections
- Desktop-grade terminal with virtual keyboard
- Multi-tab interface and split-view support
- Customizable themes and fonts
- AI-powered command generation
- Hardware FIDO2 key authentication
- Encrypted cloud vault for credentials
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Termius is a modern SSH client designed for productivity and collaboration. Connect with one tap from desktop and mobile. No re-entering IP addresses, ports, and passwords. With a free Termius Starter plan, you can: · Connect from your mobile and desktop devices with SSH, SFTP, Mosh, Telnet, Port Forwarding, Serial and through Proxy and jump servers. · Get a desktop-grade terminal experience with a virtual keyboard covering all the special keys required, or connect your Bluetooth keyboard. · Use gestures or shake the device while in the terminal to emulate stroking of Tab, arrows, PgUp/Down, Home, and End, etc. · Work in several sessions simultaneously with a multi-tab interface and split-view support. · Customize your terminal themes and fonts for each connection. · Set custom environment variables. · Save your frequently used commands and shell scripts to execute them with one tap. · Execute your saved commands on multiple sessions or servers at once, or instantly get them autocompleted in the terminal. · Get smart autocomplete for commands, paths, and history, and turn plain-language descriptions into shell commands with AI. · Quickly access the global history of your terminal commands. · Authenticate using hardware FIDO2 keys. · Generate SSH keys in the Secure Enclave, confirm each connection with Face ID or Touch ID, and protect your account with two-factor authentication. · Ad-free. With the Termius Pro plan, you can also: · Access your connection settings and credentials from any device at any time with an encrypted cloud vault. · Sync your data across all your desktop and mobile devices. · Bookmark session logs with notes to your vault. · Integrate with AWS, DigitalOcean, and Azure. Termius reinvents the command-line experience. We strive to make remote access for admins and engineers more productive and enjoyable. Please review our privacy policy https://termius.com/privacy_policy.html and terms of use https://termius.com/terms_of_use.html
Waycar
Control coding agents and shells on your Mac or Linux from your iPhone or iPad. Connect via Mosh or SSH to manage sessions, reply to prompts, and start new tasks remotely. Supports AI agents and integrates with tmux.
- Remote SSH/Mosh connection
- Manage coding agents and shells
- Live terminal session viewing
- Dictation for replies
- AI agent chat mode
- tmux integration
- iCloud sync for settings
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Waycar is an iPhone and iPad app for the coding agents and shells running on your own Mac or Linux computer. It connects over Mosh or SSH, lists every session with the ones waiting for you on top, and lets you read, reply to and start them from wherever you are. WHAT YOU NEED A Mac or Linux computer you own or rent and can reach over SSH, running herdr (a free, open-source terminal workspace, herdr.dev) or tmux 3.2 or later. Your commands, agents and code run on that computer. Waycar shows its terminal text, replies and files on your device, like any SSH app. HOW IT WORKS - Add a computer by address, user and password or an on-device key, or scan a Pairing Code. - The Console lists every agent and shell on every computer. The ones that need you come first. - Open one to follow its terminal live. Reply by typing or by dictating. - Start a new agent or shell in any workspace, on a fresh git worktree if you like. CHAT MODE Turn on Chat Mode when you start Claude Code, Codex, omp, pi or OpenCode, and the agent opens as a simple chat: your messages, its replies and a line saying what it's doing. Tap Allow or Cancel when it asks. Images and videos it shows you appear above its reply. Touch and hold the Waycar icon and tap New Chat to start one right away. HERDR OR TMUX Already use tmux? Keep it. Your tmux sessions show up as workspaces, and you can start, open, message, rename and close agents from your phone. Run both? Everything appears in one list. ALSO IN WAYCAR - Mosh with automatic SSH fallback, so sessions survive network changes and sleep. - Closed Sessions: agents that ended in the last 30 days stay listed, and you can resume them. - Dictation in the Composer, on device, with a live waveform. - AI Usage: if CodexBar is installed on your computer, Waycar shows how much of each AI account's session and weekly limit is left. - iCloud sync of your hosts, keys and settings through end-to-end encrypted iCloud Keychain. - Notifications and Live Activities when an agent is blocked or done (needs Waycar's free tools on your computer). - Jump hosts, photo and file attachments over SFTP, Ghostty terminal rendering and iPad keyboard shortcuts. FREE AND WAYCAR PRO Waycar is free to download with 10 Launches in any rolling 30 days. A Launch is starting a new agent or shell from Waycar, resuming a closed agent, or starting an agent by typing its command in a Waycar shell. Opening and reading sessions that are already running never counts. Every feature works on the free tier. Waycar Pro removes the Launch limit. It costs $5/month or $40/year in the US, and prices in other countries are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price and period unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. PRIVACY No sign-up and no Waycar account. Terminal content goes straight between your device and your computer. Usage analytics are sent only if you agree. AI Summaries stay off until you turn them on. herdr is an independent open-source project. Claude and Claude Code are trademarks of Anthropic, PBC. Codex and OpenAI are trademarks of OpenAI. Waycar is not affiliated with or endorsed by herdr, tmux, Ghostty, CodexBar, Anthropic or OpenAI. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://waycar.dev/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Termius at 20K against Waycar's 5. Termius also leads on chart position (#4 vs unranked). Waycar's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Termius sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $15.00 per month and Waycar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Waycar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Termius has 20K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Termius | Waycar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (20K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #4 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 229 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Termius Corporation | Otreva, LLC |
Customer experience
Termius
Waycar
Bugs and requests
Termius
Reported bugs
3 issues- Syncing issues causing data loss
- Keyboard and cursor issues on iPad
- Freezing and unresponsiveness after background use
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for ProxyCommand
- Improve keyboard handling and arrow key functionality
- Implement iCloud sync instead of proprietary cloud
- Provide a one-time purchase option for individual users
Waycar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Termius
- Termius Pro Monthly3 Days trial$15.001 Month
- Termius Pro Monthly$15.001 Month
- Termius Pro Annual14 Days trial$119.001 Year
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- Termius Pro Annual$119.001 Year
Waycar
- Waycar Pro Monthly$5.001 Month
- Waycar Pro Yearly$40.001 Year









