Comparison

Termius vs Issues

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Issues

Features
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Issues is a fast, native app for GitHub Issues and GitHub Projects, on the Mac, iPhone and iPad. It is built like Mail and Notes, quick to drive from the keyboard, and everything stays in GitHub: teammates who don't use the app see the same issues and boards on github.com. PLAN AHEAD • Milestones: a board's next ones in the sidebar, each with its issues, how much is done and the day it's due • Epics: issues whose sub-issues are their work. On the board an epic's issues stand together under its name; drag the name to move them all • A roadmap: your epics as bars over the milestones, by month or quarter. Drag a bar to move an epic and its issues to another milestone • Your project's views from GitHub, such as "This week" or open bugs, as a board or a list, with filters you change in a click • Grouped by milestone or parent, a view shows how far each group is; a view of the current iteration shows its days left; a roadmap view is a timeline THE INBOX • What changed for you, from GitHub's notifications: who assigned you, mentioned you, commented, asked for your review or closed an issue you follow • Open one and the issue is right there, with what's new on top • Read, archive and snooze with a key or a swipe; github.com and all your devices agree ON THE MAC • Every project as a board or a list, My Issues with everything assigned to you, and every issue of your repositories, also those on no board • Drag issues to a new place, and shape the columns: add, rename, recolour and reorder them • Keyboard first: J and K move between issues, S, P, A and L change status, priority, assignee and labels, D sets the due date, and ⌘K opens a command palette for everything else • Select several issues and change them at once, or peek at one with Space • Sub-issues and blockers: put any issue under another, and mark what blocks what • Descriptions drawn as on GitHub, with tables, checklists that tick and Mermaid diagrams ON IPHONE AND IPAD • On iPhone, the Inbox, My Issues, your projects and search as tabs; on iPad, a sidebar and the board with drag and drop • Swipe right to mark an issue done, swipe left to assign it to yourself or delete it • Touch and hold an issue to change its status, priority, assignee, labels, milestone, parent or blockers, or drag it to a new place • Milestones and the roadmap, which is a timeline on iPad • On iPad with a keyboard, the Mac's keyboard shortcuts DUE DATES THAT REMIND YOU • Give an issue the day it is due: tomorrow, Friday, a day in the calendar, or typed as "in 3 days" • On the day, your Mac, iPhone and iPad remind you, with buttons to start the issue, mark it done or move it to tomorrow • The date is the project's Due date field on GitHub, so your team sees it too FAST AND RELIABLE • Every change shows at once and goes to GitHub in the background • Works offline: changes wait and are sent when you're back online • Careful with other people's work: when someone else changed the same text, nothing is overwritten PRIVATE • No account, no server, no tracking. Your login stays in your keychain and is only ever sent to GitHub. • Signed in on one of your devices? The others sign in by themselves through iCloud Keychain. In English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese, following your device's language. Try it without an account: "Explore with Sample Data" opens two sample projects. Issues is open source: github.com/lukaskaibel/issues-for-github Issues is not affiliated with or endorsed by GitHub.

Screenshots

Termius4 screens
Issues4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Issues at none against Termius's 4. Issues also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Termius's advantage is chart position (#4 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). 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. Termius sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $15.00 per month. Issues asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Termius ships an update fortnightly, Issues weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Termius versus Issues: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTermiusIssues
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (20K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings20K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#4 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size229 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTermius CorporationLukas Kaibel

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

Issues

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Termius

Subscriptions4
  • 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
None

Issues

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Termius free?
Termius is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Issues free?
Issues is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Termius or Issues have ads?
Neither Termius nor Issues shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Termius or Issues?
Termius ships an update fortnightly, and Issues weekly. Most recently, Termius was updated on November 11, 2026 and Issues on October 31, 2026.

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