ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal vs TermRover
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
TermRover
This mobile terminal app is designed for managing coding agents and long-running server sessions. It offers first-class tmux integration, allows you to send images and dictate prompts by voice to your agents, and supports secure SSH connections with key authentication.
- Advanced tmux integration
- Voice dictation for prompts
- Image and screenshot sharing to agents
- Secure SSH with key authentication
- Touch-optimized terminal interface
- Multiple host management
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A tmux-first mobile terminal built for the Agent Age. You're running coding agents and long-lived sessions on real servers — and you want to check in, steer them, and unblock them from your phone. TermRover is an SSH terminal designed for exactly that: first-class tmux, plus two things you won't find in most mobile terminals — send images straight to your agents, and talk to them by voice. DRIVE TMUX WITH YOUR THUMBS • Quick Row — fire Tab, Esc, Ctrl, arrows and the other keys agents need, without hunting through the keyboard • Switch tmux sessions and windows in a single tap • Scroll back through history by touch, with native mouse-mode support • A terminal actually built for a touchscreen — not a desktop one bolted onto a phone SHOW YOUR AGENT WHAT YOU SEE • Attach a screenshot or photo and hand it straight to the agent in your session • Ideal for design feedback, error screens, diagrams — anything faster to show than to type TALK TO YOUR AGENT, HANDS-FREE • Dictate prompts by voice; the transcript drops straight into the composer, ready to send • Describe what you want while you're away from the keyboard CONNECT SECURELY • Standard SSH — password and OpenSSH key (Ed25519/RSA) authentication • Host-key verification on first connect (trust-on-first-use), so you always know which server you're talking to • Manage multiple hosts and jump back into your work in seconds FREE TO USE, PRO WHEN YOU NEED IT Everything you need to connect and work is free — full SSH, full tmux, and a daily allowance of voice dictation and image attaches. TermRover Pro lifts those daily limits (unlimited voice, unlimited image-to-agent) and unlocks the full theme set, via an optional annual subscription (with a 7-day free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. A subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Your keys and credentials are stored in the iOS Keychain. TermRover collects no personal data for tracking. More information: https://termrover.sh Guide: https://termrover.sh/guide.html Privacy policy: https://termrover.sh/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TermRover at 5.0 against ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal's 4.3. TermRover also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and chart position (#95 vs unranked). ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and ratings volume (17 vs 5). 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
Both are free to download. ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and TermRover sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TermRover holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal's written reviews are positive against 100% of TermRover's.
ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal ships an update every 4 days, TermRover every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal | TermRover |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | — | #95 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carlos Savcic | Anh Trinh |
Customer experience
ShadowTerm ssh & mosh Terminal
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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
TermRover
- TermRover Pro7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- TermRover$79.99
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