Comparison

Structly vs electerm

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

Head to head
About

Structly

This tool enhances your browsing experience by transforming raw JSON data into clear, readable views directly within Safari. It offers effortless formatting, advanced search, and versatile export options, all while prioritizing user privacy with on-device operation and no data collection.

Highlights
  • Effortless JSON formatting
  • Syntax highlighting and collapsible sections
  • Line numbers for reference
  • Offline operation
  • Search keys and values
  • Execute JSON Path queries
  • Export to JSON, YAML, or CSV
  • Customizable themes
Features
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Structly makes JSON easy to read, in its own native viewer on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and right inside Safari. A NATIVE JSON VIEWER • Open files, paste text, or pick up where you left off with recent documents • A clear tree with syntax colors, item counts and indentation guides • Table view turns lists of objects, such as API results, into sortable columns • Source view with syntax highlighting • Numbers keep their exact spelling, even huge integers and precise decimals FIND AND UNDERSTAND • Search keys and values with highlighted matches, or show only the matches • Jump straight to a path such as $.users[0].name • The inspector shows readable dates for Unix timestamps and ISO 8601 dates, decodes URL and Base64 strings, and opens links • Copy a value, key or JSON path with one tap EXPORT YOUR WAY • 2 or 4 spaces, tabs or minified, with optional sorted keys • Save to Files or copy to the clipboard IN SAFARI • Formats JSON pages automatically, with search, JSON Path queries and themes • Export to JSON, YAML or CSV • Send any JSON page to the Structly app with one tap SHARE SHEET • "View in Structly" opens JSON from Files, Mail and other apps right in the share sheet PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking and no data collection • Everything happens on your device. Recent documents never leave it, and you can turn them off Built for developers, API testers and anyone who works with JSON.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Structly4 screens
electerm3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Structly at 5.0 against electerm's 4.0. electerm's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Structly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Structly ships an update every 2 months, electerm daily. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Structly versus electerm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStructlyelecterm
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChen He旭东 赵

Customer experience

Structly

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

electerm

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Structly

No in-app purchases

None

electerm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Structly free?
Structly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is electerm free?
electerm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Structly or electerm?
Structly is rated higher. Structly averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while electerm averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Structly or electerm have ads?
Neither Structly nor electerm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Structly or electerm?
Structly ships an update every 2 months, and electerm daily. Most recently, Structly was updated on September 27, 2026 and electerm on September 16, 2026.

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