Comparison

Kubriko Showcase vs Clayshell

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

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About

Kubriko Showcase

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Kubriko is a Compose Multiplatform game engine, an open-source Kotlin library that you can use to create your own 2D games. This app is a collection of small demos that show what can be achieved using Kubriko. As the feature set of the engine grows, more games and playground screens will get added here as well! Kubriko Showcase currently contains the following examples: Games - Wallbreaker - Break bricks with a bouncing ball and a paddle - Space Squadron - Use your space ship to defend from alien invaders - Annoyed Penguins - Slingshot your penguins to a chaotic victory - Blocky's Journey - A tiny isometric RPG world for you to explore Demos - Content Shaders - Playground for testing various shader effects - Particles - Demo for editing and testing particle effects - Isometric Graphics - Programmatically drawn isometric shapes - Performance - Stress test using a large number of dynamic actors - Physics - Rigid body collisions, chains, explosions - Shader Animations - Examples for dynamic SGSL shader overlays The engine together with this Showcase app is currently under active development. Expect new features and improvements on a regular basis. To learn more and start creating your own games using Kubriko, check out the linked repository and join our community!

About

Clayshell

Features
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Clayshell is an SSH client and server manager for people who run their own servers. Add a server once, then do the daily work without leaving the app. NEW IN 1.1 • Test connection: check the address, user and key before you save a server. If it fails, Clayshell says why: the name was not found, nothing is listening on that port, no answer, not an SSH server, or the key needs its passphrase. • On the Mac, Clayshell is now a desktop: Terminal, Files, Monitor and PM2 open as windows inside it, with a dock and a top bar that shows the server you are working on. Press Command-K to switch servers. Liquid Glass on macOS 26. • Files: choose several files and folders at once, download several in one go, and delete a folder with everything inside it. Clayshell refuses to delete the root, top-level system folders and your home folder. TERMINAL A real terminal with full colour, in tabs. Your own shell, as many sessions as you need. FILES Browse the server over SFTP. Upload, download, rename, delete, make files and folders, and preview text files. EDITOR WITH A BACKUP Open a file on the server, edit it and save. Before every save the previous version is kept next to it as a .bak file, and one tap puts it back. If the file changed on the server while you were editing, Clayshell tells you instead of overwriting it. MONITOR CPU, memory, disk, load, uptime and the busiest processes, live, for Linux servers. PM2 See your PM2 processes, start, stop and restart them, and follow their logs. ALERTS Be told when a disk fills up, when CPU or memory stays high, when a PM2 process goes down, or when a server cannot be reached. On the Mac, Clayshell can watch your servers from the menu bar. A small script can also be installed on the server itself, so alerts reach Telegram, ntfy or a webhook even when your devices are asleep. MORE SSH Jump hosts. Import from your SSH config. Local port forwarding. Ed25519 and RSA keys, or a password. YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU • No account, no analytics, no tracking. Nothing is sent to us. • Passwords and keys are kept in the Keychain on your device. • Clayshell only talks to the servers you add. • It asks before trusting a new server, and stops if a server's key changes. • An optional lock with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode. Clayshell has a day and a night look, and works on Mac and iPhone. Monitoring needs a Linux server. The PM2 screen needs PM2 on the server. Server alerts need curl and cron on the server. An RSA key protected by a passphrase is not supported yet.

Screenshots

Kubriko Showcase4 screens
Clayshell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Clayshell at every 5 days against Kubriko Showcase's every 3 weeks. Kubriko Showcase's advantage is iOS requirement (15.3 vs 18.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kubriko Showcase ships an update every 3 weeks, Clayshell every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Kubriko Showcase versus Clayshell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKubriko ShowcaseClayshell
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Mac
Requires iOS15.3 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB12 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPETER PANDULAArvind Kumar

In-app purchases

None

Kubriko Showcase

No in-app purchases

None

Clayshell

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kubriko Showcase free?
Kubriko Showcase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clayshell free?
Clayshell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kubriko Showcase or Clayshell have ads?
Neither Kubriko Showcase nor Clayshell shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kubriko Showcase or Clayshell?
Kubriko Showcase ships an update every 3 weeks, and Clayshell every 5 days. Most recently, Kubriko Showcase was updated on October 28, 2026 and Clayshell on October 29, 2026.

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