Comparison

ProxMate vs Shellter

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

Head to head
About

ProxMate

This application provides a streamlined interface for managing Proxmox virtual environments. It offers comprehensive control over servers, guests, and cluster resources, including remote console access and detailed monitoring. Users can perform various actions like starting, stopping, and restarting virtual machines and containers, as well as managing backups and viewing system details.

Highlights
  • Proxmox cluster overview
  • VM/LXC start, stop, restart
  • noVNC console access
  • Node Terminal and actions
  • Resource utilization monitoring
  • Backup management
  • TOTP support
Features
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With ProxMate you get a quick and easy overview of your Proxmox cluster, servers and guests. • TOTP Support • Start, stop, restart, and reset VMs/LXCs • Connect to guests through the noVNC-console • Node Terminal • Node Actions: start/stop all guests, reboot, shutdown • Monitor the utilization and details of the Proxmox cluster or server, as well as the VMs/LXCs • View disks, LVM, directories, and ZFS • List tasks and task-details • Show backup-details, start backups • Connect to Cluster/Node via reverse proxy • iCloud/Keychain Sync • Connect with custom HTTP headers Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://herres.solutions/legal/apps/privacy-policy.html

About

Shellter

Features
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Shellter is an SSH, SFTP and FTP client that keeps everything on your phone. There is no account to create, nothing syncs, and the app sends no telemetry. It opens connections to the servers you type in, and makes no other network request. That is the whole product. A REAL TERMINAL — An interactive shell rendered with xterm, not a toy console. It follows the keyboard, resizes the remote PTY when you rotate the phone, and keeps 10,000 lines of scrollback FILES WITHOUT A SECOND LOGIN — Browse, upload, download, rename, delete and create folders over SFTP or FTP. Open the file browser from inside a live SSH session and it reuses that connection instead of opening another one. A download never silently overwrites a file you already have. HOST KEYS, PINNED AND CHECKED — The server's host key is pinned the first time you connect and compared on every reconnect. If it does not match, the connection stops BEFORE authentication — your password is never sent to a server that failed the check. WHERE YOUR SECRETS LIVE — Passwords and private keys go into the iOS Keychain, hardware-backed where supported, stored "this device only" so they cannot be restored onto another phone. HONEST ABOUT PROTOCOLS — SSH and SFTP are verified by host-key pinning. FTPS is encrypted but does not verify the certificate. FTP is cleartext. Prefer SFTP.

Screenshots

ProxMate4 screens
Shellter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shellter at none against ProxMate's 6. Shellter also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). ProxMate's advantage is chart position (#62 vs unranked). 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. ProxMate sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Shellter asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
ProxMate versus Shellter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProxMateShellter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#62 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLars HerresBlocify LLC

Bugs and requests

ProxMate

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Terminal view could be optimized
  • Console navigation is not ideal
  • App freezes when adding new servers
  • SSL validation issues
  • App crashes
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  • Wake-on-LAN not accessible when cluster is down
  • Login fields not fully filled by password manager
  • Wiping gesture from the left edge gets stuck on 'loading…'
  • Cannot add new servers on iOS 17.4
  • App freezes when adding servers

Requested features

19 requests
  • Desktop support
  • Terminal view optimization
  • Extra keyboard for terminals
  • Manual VLAN setup via console
  • Docker/Portainer monitoring/management
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  • Backup notification settings
  • FaceID/Autologin for login process
  • Ceph state monitoring
  • Ceph pool and cluster status
  • Snapshot creation
  • Widget for server overview
  • Separate LXC containers and VMs in Guest tab
  • Edit settings and fields (e.g., backup notification email, notes)
  • Display temperature from lm-sensors
  • Rearrange servers in the Servers list
  • KSM sharing info on main view
  • Search function for guests
  • Temperature display for CPU or NVMe
  • Test week or trial days for premium version

Shellter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

ProxMate

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$8.991 Year
One-time4
  • Espresso$2.99
  • Delicious Pasta$8.99
  • Pro Lifetime$12.99
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  • Pizza with extra Cheese$17.99
None

Shellter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ProxMate free?
ProxMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shellter free?
Shellter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ProxMate or Shellter have ads?
Neither ProxMate nor Shellter shows ads.

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