Comparison

Cosmo vs gterm

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

Head to head
About

Cosmo

Features
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We've been there. You need to execute a postman collection asap, but you're away from your desktop. You try the mobile web browser, but it's just not cutting it! Meet Cosmo, Postman's best friend. Cosmo integrates with your Postman account, giving you access to your Postman content on the go. Features include: ** Integration via API key. The key is store securely on your own device, and never leaves. ** Access all of your collections, across all workspaces. ** Modify collection and environment variables locally. ** Configure full or partial collection runs with support for nested folders. ** Or, trigger individual endpoint requests. ** View responses, complete with pass / fail test results. ** Pre and post request scripts will run seamlessly, and update local variable state. There are some tricks Cosmo hasn't learned yet: ** Create, edit, or delete collections and/or requests. ** Save variable modifications to the Postman servers. Only the local instances are updated. ** Team management. No inviting new members, managing members, etc. If you would like to see a new feature, just ask!

About

gterm

Features
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gterm is a real terminal for iOS. It renders with Ghostty's GPU engine for true xterm/VT emulation, connects straight to your servers over SSH, keeps your keys on device, and ships an AI command assistant that writes the commands for you. It's the same renderer and VT parser as the Ghostty desktop app. iOS can't fork/exec a local shell, so gterm drives the terminal straight from the SSH stream through a custom passthru IO backend added to libghostty โ€” giving you a real terminal in a sandboxed iOS surface. GPU-RENDERED TERMINAL Real xterm/VT emulation via Ghostty's libghostty, drawn on Metal. Colors, ligatures, and reflow that feel native โ€” not a web shim. SSH-NATIVE Connects with swift-nio-ssh โ€” password and public-key auth, a PTY shell, live window resizing, and trust-on-first-use host-key verification. KEYS STAY ON DEVICE Import Ed25519 / ECDSA private keys into the iOS Keychain โ€” device-only, never synced. Pick one or more keys to try per host. SHELL-GRADE KEYBOARD A custom accessory keyboard with the keys iOS forgets โ€” Esc, Ctrl, Alt, Tab, arrows, and sticky modifiers for real TUI navigation. AI COMMAND ASSISTANT Describe what you want in plain English. The AI reads your recent commands and visible screen, proposes a command, and shows it to you for review before it runs. AI AUTO-COMPLETION As you type, suggestions surface above the keyboard โ€” from your history and from your provider. Bring your own key; it's stored masked in the Keychain. Open source: https://github.com/madeye/gterm

Screenshots

Cosmo4 screens
gterm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cosmo at Free against gterm's $1.99. Cosmo also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). gterm's advantage is chart position (#199 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Cosmo is free to download; gterm costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 4 level
Cosmo versus gterm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCosmogterm
PriceFree โ€” better$1.99
Update frequencyโ€”Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Best chart rankโ€”#199 โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size45 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFetch Cosmo, LLCShanghai Tangzixiang Information Technology Co., Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Cosmo

No in-app purchases

None

gterm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cosmo free?
Cosmo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is gterm free?
gterm costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cosmo or gterm have ads?
Neither Cosmo nor gterm shows ads.

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