ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal vs tunlr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal
A powerful SSH and Mosh terminal for mobile devices, offering robust connection management that survives network changes and backgrounding. It provides a desktop-quality terminal with customizable keyboards, file management, and AI integration for enhanced productivity.
- SSH and Mosh connections that survive network drops
- Desktop-quality terminal with 256-color support
- Customizable keyboards with 15 layouts
- SFTP file management with bulk operations
- AI integration for code assistance and security
- Multi-window support on iPad
- Handoff and Live Activities support
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ShadowTerm is a full-featured SSH and Mosh terminal for iPhone and iPad. Keep tmux and herdr alive across networks, with a desktop-quality terminal and keyboards built for the job. KEY FEATURES Connections that survive - SSH with passwords and keys. Secure Enclave keys sign with Face ID and never leave the device - Jump hosts (Connect Via), one hop. Mosh does not run through a jump - Mosh survives network drops, backgrounding, and sleep - Local and remote port forwarding. SSH agent forwarding (SSH only), confirmed each use - Auto-connect and geofence auto-connect. Background monitoring, notifications, and Live Activities - Handoff a saved host to another Apple device - Picture in Picture. Stopping it does not disconnect Terminal - 256-color support - tmux, GNU screen, and herdr, detected automatically - Mouse mode: tap to left-click, long-press to right-click, scroll to navigate. Mouse off: long-press or double-tap to paste - Tap a path to open that file. A wrapped link opens as one URL - Multi-window on iPad: Terminal, Files, Monitor, Markdown, or Text Editor - App themes include Sci-Fi, Glass, Midnight, Matrix, and more. Glass chrome is transparent. The terminal stays solid - Terminal colors include Dracula, Nord, Gruvbox, Solarized, Monokai, and others - Pinch-to-zoom. Disconnect All from Control Center Keyboards - 15 layouts: Tmux, Herdr, Screen, Files, OpenCode, Productivity, DevOps, Git, Kubernetes, Python, Node.js, macOS, Database, Security, Terminal Classic - Editable keys, snippets, and sticky modifiers. Auto-switch per process. Mic voice entry Files - SFTP with multi-select and bulk copy, move, and delete. Paste a screenshot or file to upload it - Dual-pane copy between hosts, and Files app access (Premium) - Editor with syntax highlighting. Markdown preview, including Mermaid. Startup snippets per host AI, on your keys - OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Grok, Ollama, OpenRouter, or any OpenAI-compatible server - Blocks fork bombs, rm -rf /, and similar patterns on the device - Inline assistant in the editor Hermes, T3, and agents - Hermes for your own hermes-webui: sessions, chat, Tasks, Kanban, and skills. Console layout, voice listen, and read-aloud. Scheduled tasks notify you when you are away - T3 for a self-hosted T3 Code server: chat, plan, implement, a branch picker, and photo attachments - AI Agents for herdr and tmux. A pane is a full terminal. Claude Code, questions, and Hermes actions share one approval card. Face ID can be required to approve - Your own ntfy server. Many channels. Link a host to a channel - Approve or deny Claude Code from the phone, including always-allow and accept-edits. Session templates for repeatable workflows - MCP server (Premium): open sessions, run commands, read output, and check hosts. Risky commands stay approval-gated, with per-host always-allow. Siri and Shortcuts. Agents can edit your keyboards over MCP Monitor - CPU, memory, network, filesystem, disk I/O, and Nvidia GPU when present - Ping, port scan, DNS, TLS probe, Wake-on-LAN, Bonjour, and SSH preflight Also - Snippets with variables, including secrets. Widgets for hosts and AI Agents: Lock Screen, StandBy, CarPlay, and Control Center - Searchable Settings. Universal clipboard sync. Demo Privacy Mode scrambles the terminal while you record. Face ID to turn it off - iCloud sync for machines, identities, snippets, port forwards, keyboards, and settings. Credentials in the Keychain - Your API keys, or fully local with Ollama. No telemetry, no analytics, no data collection ShadowTerm is built by a developer who lives in tmux on iPad. If mobile SSH apps disconnect, lose your prompt, or feel cramped, this one will feel different. mosh ;) Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://shadowterm.app/privacy
tunlr
This app provides a full SSH terminal experience on your mobile device. It offers advanced features like biometric-protected keys, tmux session management, and on-device voice dictation for commands. Designed for developers and sysadmins, it prioritizes privacy with no accounts or tracking.
- Full PTY terminal emulation
- xterm-256color support
- Biometric-protected keys
- Tmux session attach
- On-device voice dictation
- Customizable keyboard toolbar
- 24 color themes
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SSH terminal in your pocket. Full xterm-256color emulation, biometric-protected keys, tmux session attach, and on-device voice dictation. No accounts, no tracking — everything stays on your device. tunlr is built for developers, sysadmins, and DevOps engineers who need real terminal access on iPhone and iPad. — TERMINAL — Full PTY terminal emulation powered by SwiftTerm. xterm-256color support. Configurable scrollback buffer up to 50,000 lines. Optional Metal GPU-accelerated rendering. Works in portrait and landscape on both iPhone and iPad. — TMUX SESSIONS — Pick up right where you left off. After connecting, tunlr lists the tmux sessions running on the server: attach to one, start a new one, or set a connection to always open the same session. When you return to the app, tunlr reconnects and re-attaches to the same session. Experimental support for zmx and agterm sessions. — AUTHENTICATION — Three ways to authenticate, all protected by Face ID or Touch ID: Secure Enclave keys — generate a P-256 ECDSA key that never leaves your device's Secure Enclave. The private key is inaccessible even to the app itself. Imported keys — bring your own Ed25519, ECDSA, or RSA keys. Stored in the iOS Keychain with biometric protection. Passwords — stored in the Keychain, never in plain text. — HOST VERIFICATION — Trust-on-first-use (TOFU) host key verification. tunlr saves the server fingerprint on first connection and warns you if it ever changes. Import fingerprints by scanning a QR code to skip the initial trust step. — VOICE INPUT — Dictate terminal commands with on-device speech recognition powered by WhisperKit. All audio processing happens on your device — nothing is sent to any server. — KEYBOARD TOOLBAR — Customizable keyboard toolbar with sticky modifier keys. Shortcut packs for Shell, Tmux, Vim, and Claude Code workflows. Save your own favorites. — CONNECTIONS — Save server profiles with hostname, port, username, and authentication method. Connect with a single tap. Auto-reconnect restores your session when you return to the app, with configurable keepalive intervals. — APPEARANCE — 24 color themes, dark and light: Default Dark, Solarized Dark, Solarized Light, Dracula, Nord, Monokai, One Dark, One Light, GitHub Dark, GitHub Light, Gruvbox Dark, Gruvbox Light, Catppuccin Mocha, Catppuccin Latte, Tokyo Night, Tokyo Night Day, Rosé Pine, Rosé Pine Dawn, Everforest Dark, Ayu Mirage, Night Owl, Tomorrow Night, Synthwave, and Kanagawa. Four monospace fonts and adjustable font size. — PRIVACY — No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. No data collection. Everything runs on your device. SSH connections go directly to your servers — tunlr never contacts any third-party service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: tunlr at 100% against ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal's 63%. tunlr also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. tunlr asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal ships an update every 4 days, tunlr every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal | tunlr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carlos Savcic | Anastasiia Trofimova |
Customer experience
ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal
tunlr
In-app purchases
ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal
- ShadowTerm Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- ShadowTerm Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$19.99
tunlr
No in-app purchases
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