Comparison

Sutāto vs Shell Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

Sutāto

Play classic NES and Gameboy games on your iPhone and iPad with this high-speed emulator. Enjoy an authentic experience with customizable filters, auto-save, and controller support. Discover game history with the integrated wiki.

Highlights
  • NES & Gameboy emulation
  • High speed and precision
  • Customizable video/audio filters
  • Auto-save functionality
  • Controller support
  • In-game wiki
Features
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Sutāto is the only emulator crafted specifically for playing NES and Gameboy games on your iPhone and iPad. With unparalleled speed and precision, Sutāto faithfully replicates nearly every aspect of the original hardware, delivering an authentic gaming experience like no other. FEATURES: Seamless usability: With an intuitive interface, Sutāto makes it effortless to navigate and start playing your favorite Gameboy and NES titles. Customization options: Tailor your experience with a variety of video and audio filters. Save at any moment: Resume your game from where you left off with auto-save functionality. Relive your classics: Enjoy your beloved NES and Gameboy favorites on your iOS device, whether you're on the go or relaxing at home. Controller Support: Connect your preferred controller for play with your favorite NES titles. Wiki in Game: Discover the History Behind Your Favorite Games. No ads: Sutāto is ad-free, ensuring uninterrupted gaming sessions without any limitations. Note: Sutāto and its developer(s) are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the companies that created the gaming console.

About

Shell Keyboard

Features
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Shell Keyboard adds the keys a terminal actually needs — the ones iOS's default keyboard leaves out. Working over SSH or in a local shell needs Ctrl, Esc, Tab, arrow keys, and function keys, none of which exist on the standard iOS keyboard. Shell Keyboard is a custom keyboard built specifically for terminal apps like Blink, Termius, Prompt, a-Shell and iSH — it sends the exact ASCII control codes and ANSI/VT escape sequences your terminal expects, the same bytes a physical keyboard would send. NEW ON IPAD: A REAL KEYBOARD Choose a 60% or 75% layout, the compact keyboards terminal users already type on. The 75% layout puts Esc, F1–F12, a number row, Caps Lock, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down and inverted-T arrow keys on one screen, and Shift types the symbol printed on each key, just like a physical keyboard. The 60% layout keeps the function keys, navigation and arrows one fn press away. iPad opens in the 75% layout; the original ShellKey layout is one tap away in Settings. WHAT'S INCLUDED • A dedicated terminal layer: Ctrl, Alt, Esc, Tab, arrow keys, Home/End/PgUp/PgDn, and the punctuation a shell prompt uses constantly • Ctrl and Alt as proper modifiers — latch one for a single keypress, or double-tap to lock it on, like a hardware keyboard • A full function-key layer: tap fn and the top row becomes F1 through F12, while every other row stays exactly where it was • Arrow keys that match the app you're in — Normal for shells, Application for vim, tmux, less and htop, or Move the Cursor for ordinary text fields • Return or Enter: long-press the Return key to switch between a carriage return and a line feed • A plain QWERTY layer and a complete symbols layer, for ordinary text — hostnames, paths, commit messages — without leaving the keyboard • Seven themes — Shell, Ember, Glacier, Dusk, Moss, Void (pure black) and High Contrast — each in light and dark, and an Appearance option to keep the keyboard light or dark everywhere • On iPad, 60% and 75% layouts (75% by default), described above • A searchable reference inside the app, listing every key alongside the exact escape sequence and hex bytes it sends • Every key emits the exact byte sequence a real terminal expects SETTINGS LIVE IN THE KEYBOARD Touch and hold the key with the small gear (or tap the gear key on the iPad's 60% and 75% layouts) for Haptic feedback, Theme, Appearance and, on iPad, Layout. They live in the keyboard itself because, without Full Access, iOS keeps a keyboard and its app apart, and Shell Keyboard never asks for Full Access. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Shell Keyboard never asks for Full Access. It cannot reach the network. It never reads, stores, or transmits anything you type — every key it sends is decided from the key you tapped, and nothing else. No analytics, no crash reporting, no account. GOOD TO KNOW In a terminal or editor running inside a web browser — code-server, Jupyter and the like — the keys that send a multi-character escape sequence don't get through: the arrow keys, F1 through F12, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, Shift+Tab and Alt combinations. Everything that sends a single byte works there normally, including every Ctrl combination, Esc, Tab, Return and ordinary typing. Web pages listen for key press events and iOS only lets a keyboard extension insert text, so this is an iOS limitation that applies to every third-party keyboard, not something an app can work around. WHO IT'S FOR Anyone who SSHes from an iPhone or iPad — sysadmins, developers, and anyone tired of missing Ctrl+C.

Screenshots

Sutāto4 screens
Shell Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shell Keyboard at 5.0 against Sutāto's 4.1. Shell Keyboard also leads on chart position (#2 vs #163) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). Sutāto's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On update cadence, 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

Sutāto costs $1.99 and Shell Keyboard $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shell Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sutāto has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sutāto ships an update every 3 weeks, Shell Keyboard fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Sutāto versus Shell Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSutātoShell Keyboard
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.1 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#163#2 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperValentin DreyfusNguyen Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

Sutāto

No in-app purchases

None

Shell Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sutāto free?
Sutāto costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shell Keyboard free?
Shell Keyboard costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sutāto or Shell Keyboard?
Shell Keyboard is rated higher. Sutāto averages 4.1 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Shell Keyboard averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sutāto or Shell Keyboard have ads?
Neither Sutāto nor Shell Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sutāto or Shell Keyboard?
Sutāto ships an update every 3 weeks, and Shell Keyboard fortnightly. Most recently, Sutāto was updated on October 24, 2026 and Shell Keyboard on October 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, Sutāto or Shell Keyboard?
Sutāto currently peaks at #163 in the App Store charts, and Shell Keyboard at #2. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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