GitHubba vs electerm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GitHubba
Discover trending GitHub repositories through an intuitive card-based interface. Swipe to save or skip, and filter by star count and topics to find projects tailored to your interests. Build a personal collection of favorite repositories and receive daily discovery reminders.
- Card-based repository discovery
- Filter by star range
- Filter by topics
- Save favorite repositories
- Daily discovery reminders
- Statistics on liked repos
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Discover amazing GitHub repositories with a card-based interface. Swipe right to save your favorites, left to skip. Filter by star range and topics to find projects that match your interests. GitHubba helps developers and open source enthusiasts discover trending repositories without endless scrolling. Set your preferred star range from trending newcomers to legendary projects, and filter by topics like Swift, React, or machine learning. Features: - Card-based discovery: Swipe through repositories like cards - Star range presets: Trending, Popular, Established, Mega Popular, Viral, Legendary - Topic filtering: Find repos in your favorite technologies - Save favorites: Build your personal collection of liked repositories - Daily reminders: Get notified to discover new projects - Statistics: Track your liked repos by language and activity - Dark mode support GitHubba is free to use. Optional tips help support continued development. No subscriptions required.
electerm
This open-source client supports SSH, SFTP, Telnet, RDP, VNC, and more for remote file editing and terminal management. It offers AI assistance for command suggestions and script writing, with customizable themes and quick commands.
- SSH/SFTP/FTP/Telnet/RDP/VNC/Spice client
- Direct remote file editing
- Public key and password authentication
- Zmodem file transfer
- SSH tunnel support
- Customizable themes and quick commands
- AI assistant integration
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Open-sourced ssh/sftp/telnet/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client for iOS Features: - Works as a terminal/file manager, ssh/sftp/ftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice client - Multi-language support - Double click to directly edit (small) remote files. - All kind of auth methods: publicKey, password, ssh agent, certificates, otp, netbird etc. - Support Zmodem(rz, sz), and Trzsz. - Support ssh related features: tunnel, connection hopping. - Customizable UI: themes, background image. - Global/session proxy. - Quick commands/triggers to do predefined tasks and automattic operations - Sync data including bookmarks to github/gitee secret gist/webdav/custom server/electerm cloud - Quick input/mirror input to one or all terminals. - AI assistant integration (supporting multiple LLM API formats — OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses, and Anthropic Messages) to help with command suggestions, script writing, and explaining selected terminal content, create bookmarks/themes, and agent mode to directly do terminal operations - MCP (Model Context Protocol) widget for AI assistants and external tools integration
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: electerm at 5.0 against GitHubba's 4.0. electerm also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. GitHubba sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. electerm asks for nothing beyond the download.
electerm holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GitHubba | electerm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cihat Salik | 旭东 赵 |
Customer experience
GitHubba
electerm
In-app purchases
GitHubba
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
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- Premium Tip$9.99
electerm
No in-app purchases
