Comparison

QuickIssue vs Shell Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

QuickIssue

Streamline GitHub issue creation from your mobile device. This tool uses AI to automatically generate titles and allows for quick @mentions. Ideal for capturing ideas on the go without needing a laptop.

Highlights
  • AI-generated issue titles
  • Quick @mention functionality
  • Immediate issue creation screen
  • Smooth repository selection
  • Mobile-first design
Features
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QuickIssue is the app for quickly creating GitHub issues from your mobile device. AI automatically generates titles, and you can quickly add @claude mentions with a button. The issue creation screen opens immediately when you launch the app. Repository selection is smooth. Perfect for when you're out, have a spare moment, or want to quickly note something without opening your laptop. Let AI handle the coding while you're away and review it when you get home.

About

Shell Keyboard

Features
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Shell Keyboard adds the keys a terminal actually needs โ€” the ones iOS's default keyboard leaves out. Working over SSH or in a local shell needs Ctrl, Esc, Tab, arrow keys, and function keys, none of which exist on the standard iOS keyboard. Shell Keyboard is a custom keyboard built specifically for terminal apps like Blink, Termius, Prompt, a-Shell and iSH โ€” it sends the exact ASCII control codes and ANSI/VT escape sequences your terminal expects, the same bytes a physical keyboard would send. WHAT'S INCLUDED โ€ข A dedicated terminal layer: Ctrl, Alt, Esc, Tab, arrow keys, Home/End/PgUp/PgDn, and the punctuation a shell prompt uses constantly โ€ข Ctrl and Alt as proper modifiers โ€” latch one for a single keypress, or double-tap to lock it on, like a hardware keyboard โ€ข A full function-key layer: tap fn and the top row becomes F1 through F12, while every other row stays exactly where it was โ€ข Arrow keys that match the app you're in โ€” Normal for shells, Application for vim, tmux, less and htop, or Move the Cursor for ordinary text fields โ€ข Return or Enter: long-press the Return key to switch between a carriage return and a line feed โ€ข A plain QWERTY layer and a complete symbols layer, for ordinary text โ€” hostnames, paths, commit messages โ€” without leaving the keyboard โ€ข A searchable reference inside the app, listing every key alongside the exact escape sequence and hex bytes it sends โ€ข Every key emits the exact byte sequence a real terminal expects BUILT FOR PRIVACY Shell Keyboard never asks for Full Access. It cannot reach the network. It never reads, stores, or transmits anything you type โ€” every key it sends is decided from the key you tapped, and nothing else. No analytics, no crash reporting, no account. GOOD TO KNOW In a terminal or editor running inside a web browser โ€” code-server, Jupyter and the like โ€” the keys that send a multi-character escape sequence don't get through: the arrow keys, F1 through F12, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, Shift+Tab and Alt combinations. Everything that sends a single byte works there normally, including every Ctrl combination, Esc, Tab, Return and ordinary typing. Web pages listen for key press events and iOS only lets a keyboard extension insert text, so this is an iOS limitation that applies to every third-party keyboard, not something an app can work around. WHO IT'S FOR Anyone who SSHes from an iPhone or iPad โ€” sysadmins, developers, and anyone tired of missing Ctrl+C.

Screenshots

QuickIssue1 screens
Shell Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Shell Keyboard at #3 against QuickIssue's unranked. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

QuickIssue costs $0.49 and Shell Keyboard $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuickIssue ships an update every 9 days, Shell Keyboard every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 8 level
QuickIssue versus Shell Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuickIssueShell Keyboard
Price$0.49 โ€” better$0.99
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 9 days โ€” betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidโ€”
Best chart rankโ€”#3 โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS16.416.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size50 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeryudai hiroseNguyen Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

QuickIssue

No in-app purchases

None

Shell Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QuickIssue free?
QuickIssue costs $0.49, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shell Keyboard free?
Shell Keyboard costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do QuickIssue or Shell Keyboard have ads?
Neither QuickIssue nor Shell Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, QuickIssue or Shell Keyboard?
QuickIssue ships an update every 9 days, and Shell Keyboard every 2 weeks. Most recently, QuickIssue was updated on October 8, 2026 and Shell Keyboard on October 5, 2026.

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