Comparison

Termix vs Landline

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

Head to head
About

Termix

This app provides a powerful and secure SSH and SFTP client for remote server management. It features a robust terminal, advanced file manager with code editing, and customizable options for enhanced productivity. Designed with privacy and security in mind, it offers a desktop-grade experience on Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Ultimate SSH & SFTP client
  • Advanced file manager
  • Code editor with syntax highlighting
  • Native gestures and keyboard shortcuts
  • Multi-session and split-screen support
  • Serverless security with iCloud storage
  • Enhanced automation with startup snippets
Features
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Termix is a modern SSH client and terminal developed by a European team of cybersecurity experts. It offers an unrivaled SSH and SFTP experience that enhances your productivity without compromising your privacy. With zero ads and a strict no-data-collection policy, Termix uses the most secure open-source libraries to keep your connections safe. Key Features: Ultimate SSH & SFTP Client: Termix delivers a robust, desktop-grade terminal experience across all Apple devices. Advanced File Manager & Code Editor: Inspired by WinSCP, our fully featured file manager lets you download, upload, manage, and edit files, directories, and permissions effortlessly. It also includes a rich code editor with syntax highlighting that supports over 40 programming languages. Native Gestures & Keyboard Shortcuts: Navigate like a pro with native touch gestures and hardware keyboard shortcuts, enabling fast navigation, multiline command editing, and precise text selection. Termix feels just like a regular text editor with all the perks you need for efficient terminal work. Multi-Session & Customization: Work in parallel with seamless split-screen support, advanced key management (including generation and uploading), and a fully customizable interface with themes tailored for power users. Serverless Security: Termix works completely serverless. All your hosts, private keys, and passwords are stored in encrypted form on Apple iCloud and never leave your device. This design guarantees that your sensitive data remains exclusively under your control. Enhanced Automation: Boost your workflow with startup snippets, execute commands across multiple hosts simultaneously, and configure environment variables with ease. Modern Apple-Native Design: Experience a clean, smooth, and beautifully modern interface designed exclusively for Apple products. Developer & Sysadmin Focused: Built for developers and loved by system administrators, Termix includes features such as command history, regex search, and snippet support to save hours of time and increase productivity. With Termix Pro, you can also: - Upload and edit files using the File Manager. - Create startup snippets. - Execute snippets on multiple hosts simultaneously. - Import custom fonts. - Manage and configure environment variables. - Choose an alternative icon for Termix. Discover the most powerful, secure, and feature-rich SSH and SFTP client made for those who demand quality. Get Termix today and transform your remote management experience!

About

Landline

Features
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A terminal on your iPhone and iPad for the machines you already own, reached over your own Tailscale network. You run a small open source daemon on your Mac, Linux box or Windows machine. The app gives you a real shell on any of them. There is no VPN to configure, no port to open, no SSH key to manage, no account to create, and no server between you and your machine. WHAT IT IS NOT Terminal only, permanently. No file browser, no remote desktop, no cloud sync, no telemetry. One job. SESSIONS THAT SURVIVE A phone changes networks constantly. Your shell should not care. Sessions stay alive on the machine, so you can lock the phone, ride the metro through dead zones, and pick the session back up exactly where it was, scrollback intact. BUILT FOR TMUX Set your leader key per machine, C-a or C-b or anything else, and it becomes one key on the bar. Add one tap keys for new window, next, zoom, or jump straight to window 1 through 9. They follow whichever leader that machine uses, so one layout is correct everywhere. A KEY ROW YOU DECIDE Esc, Tab, sticky Ctrl and Alt, arrows, punctuation, control codes, and your own sequences. Reorder it, or define a key that sends exactly the bytes you want and see them in hex before you save. TERMINALS SHOULD LOOK RIGHT Nine schemes, matched to the published values: One Dark Pro, Catppuccin Mocha and Latte, Tokyo Night, Gruvbox, Dracula, Nord, Solarized, Rose Pine. True colour, 256 colour, and correct box drawing. Ships with a Nerd Font so prompt icons render instead of empty boxes, and can use any monospace font installed on your device with the bundled face filling in whatever glyphs yours is missing. YOURS, NOT OURS Traffic goes straight from your device to your machine: encrypted by WireGuard inside your tailnet, and again by TLS terminated on your own hardware. We run no relay and no backend. We cannot see your sessions, your commands, or your machines, because there is nowhere for them to reach us. The daemon is open source and MIT licensed. Read it, build it, run it: github.com/mhrsntrk/landline REQUIREMENTS Tailscale on your device and on each machine, and the landlined daemon installed there. One command with Homebrew, or one script otherwise. The daemon is free. TRIAL AND ONE-TIME UNLOCK Download free and try every terminal feature for seven days. The trial starts only when you choose to start it. After the trial, unlock Landline for $2.99 USD, paid once. Your local App Store price is shown before starting. No subscription. No automatic charge. After expiry, terminal connections require the unlock. Hosts, settings and snippets stay saved. Remote sessions detach without being killed by the app and follow your daemon's usual idle timeout. Existing App Store users keep full access. Restore purchases from Settings > Trial & purchase.

Screenshots

Termix4 screens
Landline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Termix at every 5 days against Landline's every 3 weeks. 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. Termix sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Landline sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Termix ships an update every 5 days, Landline every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Termix versus Landline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTermixLandline
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (183 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings183 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon ZvaraMahir Senturk

Bugs and requests

Termix

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when using jump host
  • Crashes after paying for jump host support

Requested features

3 requests
  • Support for mosh in addition to SSH
  • Full-screen mode when using an external keyboard
  • Copy/paste from keyboard

Landline

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Termix

One-time1
  • Termix Pro$9.99
2 purchases

Landline

One-time2
  • 7-day TrialFree
  • Unlock Landline$2.99

Questions

Is Termix free?
Termix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Landline free?
Landline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Termix or Landline have ads?
Neither Termix nor Landline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Termix or Landline?
Termix ships an update every 5 days, and Landline every 3 weeks. Most recently, Termix was updated on November 12, 2026 and Landline on November 10, 2026.

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