Comparison

Easy SSH vs Helmrig Shell

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

Head to head
About

Easy SSH

Connect to remote SSH servers with a powerful and intuitive terminal. Streamline your workflow with a clean interface, host management, and customizable options. Enjoy a distraction-free, secure, and fast experience.

Highlights
  • Host management for quick server access
  • Intuitive and easy-to-use interface
  • Fast performance with minimal resource usage
  • Industry-standard encryption for secure connections
  • Customizable fonts and themes
Features
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Easy SSH: Pure SSH Terminal Experience Easy SSH provides a powerful yet intuitive terminal experience that lets you connect to remote SSH servers with just a few taps. Whether you're a system administrator, developer, or IT professional, our app streamlines your workflow with a clean, distraction-free interface. Why Choose Easy SSH? • Host Management - Save connection details for quick access to your favorite servers • Zero Learning Curve - Intuitive design that feels natural from your first connection • Lightning-Fast Performance - Optimized for speed with minimal resource usage • Complete Security - Industry-standard encryption protocols keep your connections safe • Customizable Interface - Adjust fonts and themes to match your preferences Unlike other SSH clients that hide essential features behind paywalls, Easy SSH gives you the complete experience without charging a cent. No ads, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions—just pure SSH functionality. Download Easy SSH today and experience what an SSH client should be—powerful, intuitive, and completely free.

About

Helmrig Shell

Features
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The terminal from your desk, now on iPhone and iPad. Helmrig Shell is a native terminal — btop, tmux, vim, true color, ligatures, full escape-sequence support, rendered natively. Not a web view, not a cut-down mobile shell. A real desktop terminal that feels like the one you already use. Your sessions run on your own Mac or server. The iPad or iPhone is just the window — so they never drop. Lock the screen, lose signal, switch to another app, come back hours later: every tab, every running process, your full scrollback, exactly where you left it. No reconnect dance, no lost output. Drop a file onto the terminal and it uploads to your machine, with the full path dropped straight into your command line. Hand a screenshot to a CLI tool, attach a file to a running command — it just works, as if the file were already there. Built on libghostty for the rendering you'd expect from a desktop terminal. Hardware keyboard shortcuts, split panes, tabs that name themselves after what's running. Designed for iPad first, not ported from somewhere else. Works anywhere over an end-to-end encrypted connection — at your desk, on the couch, or across the world. Not limited to your local network. Helmrig Shell requires a subscription to use. A free trial is available, after which continued access requires Helmrig Shell Pro at $8.99/month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. WHAT IT IS A window into your own machine. Your shell, your tools, your environment — running where they always have, now reachable from your iPad. WHAT IT NEEDS A Mac or Linux machine you control, running the Helmrig server. Setup takes one command. PRIVACY No third-party SDKs. No analytics. No crash reporting. Helmrig Shell servers never see terminal output. Full policy at helmrig.app/shell-privacy.html CONTACT hi@helmrig.app Support Link: https://helmrig.app/support Privacy Policy: https://helmrig.app/shell-privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://helmrig.app/shell-terms.html

Screenshots

Easy SSH4 screens
Helmrig Shell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Easy SSH at #63 against Helmrig Shell's unranked. Easy SSH also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Easy SSH ships an update fortnightly, Helmrig Shell every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Easy SSH versus Helmrig Shell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasy SSHHelmrig Shell
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (85 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings85 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#63 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArgsment LimitedNikita Kislitsin

In-app purchases

None

Easy SSH

No in-app purchases

None

Helmrig Shell

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Easy SSH free?
Easy SSH is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Helmrig Shell free?
Helmrig Shell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Easy SSH or Helmrig Shell have ads?
Neither Easy SSH nor Helmrig Shell shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Easy SSH or Helmrig Shell?
Easy SSH ships an update fortnightly, and Helmrig Shell every 2 weeks. Most recently, Easy SSH was updated on October 12, 2026 and Helmrig Shell on September 30, 2026.

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