Comparison

HTC vs MonkeySSH

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

Head to head
About

HTC

Features
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Sentinel setup and monitoring tool

About

MonkeySSH

This app provides a mobile SSH workspace for agentic coding, allowing users to connect to servers, manage remote windows, and resume coding sessions. It features a robust terminal, file browsing, port forwarding, and secure SSH key management for modern remote development.

Highlights
  • Mobile terminal with advanced features
  • MonkeyMux and tmux remote window management
  • Agent workflows for coding assistants
  • SFTP workspace for file management
  • SSH key management
  • Port forwarding with in-app browser
  • Local-first security with biometrics
Features
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Run coding agents on your own servers from iPhone or iPad. MonkeySSH puts native agent conversations, a full SSH terminal, MonkeyMux or tmux windows, and SFTP in one remote workspace. Choose the right view for each task: - Chat with supported agents in native windows with streaming replies, tool progress, plans, diffs, permission prompts, images, audio, attachments, slash commands, and session history. Sign in, answer agent forms, view tool output, and choose MCP servers and extra working directories when supported. Model and mode controls depend on the agent. Search and export chats, catch up with a summary of what changed while you were away, keep unsent drafts after the app closes, and take over a chat from another device in one tap. Add your own ACP agents. - Get notified when an agent finishes a turn or needs you, even while the app is closed. Choose notifications per host. Connections shows what is waiting on you first. - Switch to the full terminal whenever you need direct CLI control, xterm-256color, inline images, gestures, modifier keys, function keys, macros, or IME-friendly typing. Swipe up on toolbar keys for shortcuts and symbols. Find text in the scrollback and export it. - Keep agent and shell work running in persistent MonkeyMux windows. Reconnect, switch windows, and share the same session with your desktop. - Launch Claude Code, Copilot CLI, Codex, OpenCode, Antigravity, Cursor Agent, Pi, Hermes, OpenClaw, Grok Build, and Muse Code, find recent project-scoped sessions, and save launch presets per host. A preset can start the agent in a new git worktree with an initial prompt. - Review a host's working tree changes and diffs, and ask the agent about any hunk. - Manage agent CLIs and ACP adapters on a host with Agent Management. Check versions, install or repair supported packages, and update supported installations together. See account usage, remaining allowances, and reset times when available. A dot on the terminal menu flags available updates. - Browse, sort, filter, upload, download, create, and edit remote files over SFTP, act on many files at once, and extract zip and tar archives on the host. - Generate or import Ed25519 and RSA keys, install a key on a host and confirm key-only login, and share a public key as a QR code. Import hosts from an ssh_config, verify host keys, use jump hosts, forward your SSH agent, and cancel slow connection attempts. - Forward remote ports and SOCKS proxies, manage live tunnels, and browse through them in the in-app browser. - Save snippets that type text and press keys, macros, home-screen shortcuts, and per-host startup settings for repeat work. Open hosts, windows, and chats from monkeyssh:// and ssh:// links, and use keyboard shortcuts with a hardware keyboard. Your hosts, keys, snippets, and settings stay on your device. PIN and biometric lock are available, and MonkeySSH does not require cloud sync. Optional analytics and crash reports are off by default and exclude commands, terminal output, paths, hostnames, usernames, clipboard contents, and credentials. Push notifications are also off by default, and their details are encrypted so only your device can read them. SSH, terminal, SFTP, one connected native chat, and the choice between native and terminal agent windows are free. MonkeySSH Pro adds parallel native chats with instant switching and session forks, agent launch presets and recent-session discovery, Agent Management and supported-agent usage rings in MonkeyMux, SSH agent forwarding, auto-connect automation, encrypted transfers and migration packages, and host-specific themes. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://github.com/depollsoft/MonkeySSH/blob/main/docs/privacy-policy.md

Screenshots

HTC4 screens
MonkeySSH4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HTC at none against MonkeySSH's 2. MonkeySSH's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. MonkeySSH sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. HTC asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HTC ships an update every 2 months, MonkeySSH every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
HTC versus MonkeySSH: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHTCMonkeySSH
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHansen Technologies LLCDepollsoft

In-app purchases

None

HTC

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MonkeySSH

Subscriptions2
  • MonkeySSH Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • MonkeySSH Pro (Annual)$49.991 Year

Questions

Is HTC free?
HTC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MonkeySSH free?
MonkeySSH is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HTC or MonkeySSH have ads?
Neither HTC nor MonkeySSH shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HTC or MonkeySSH?
HTC ships an update every 2 months, and MonkeySSH every 3 days. Most recently, HTC was updated on October 25, 2026 and MonkeySSH on October 25, 2026.

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