Comparison

Gumpbox vs Veloterm

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

Head to head
About

Gumpbox

Manage your servers, workflows, and files from your iPhone or iPad. This app offers a comprehensive mobile experience for server administration, including file transfers, live stats, and emergency actions. It integrates seamlessly with Mac for a unified workspace.

Highlights
  • Server management
  • Workflow execution
  • File transfers (multi-file upload/download)
  • Remote file browsing
  • Live server stats
  • Emergency actions
  • Cross-platform sync (Mac, iPhone, iPad)
Features
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Gumpbox now comes to iPhone and iPad, bringing your server command center with you wherever you work. This release adds a complete mobile experience for managing servers, workflows, files, services, processes, users, disks, cron jobs, tunnels, audit logs, and more. iPad also gets a dedicated adaptive sidebar and split-view layout designed for larger screens. Mobile file transfers are now much more capable, with multi-file upload and download, remote browsing, folder creation, persistent transfer history, and direct support for iOS Files destinations. We also improved mobile performance across the app with faster workflow navigation, scoped activity loading, cached assets, smoother keyboard handling, and more stable server detail layouts while live data loads. Server detail pages now include live stats, emergency actions, and better mobile-friendly controls. Navigation, notifications, empty states, and device-authentication fallback behavior have also been cleaned up across iPhone and iPad. This is a major cross-platform release for Gumpbox: Mac, iPhone, and iPad now work together as one server management workspace.

About

Veloterm

Features
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Veloterm is a fast, native SSH client for iPhone and iPad with a built-in AI assistant. Connect to your remote servers over SSH and work in a full xterm-256color terminal powered by SwiftTerm — with an AI helper that can suggest, explain, and fix shell commands. SECURE BY DESIGN • Host-key pinning (TOFU): a changed server fingerprint refuses the connection to defend against man-in-the-middle attacks. • Passwords and private keys are stored only in the iOS Keychain — never synced, never logged. • App Transport Security enforced. The app talks only to the SSH hosts you configure and, for AI, to Anthropic's API. AI ASSISTANT — BRING YOUR OWN KEY • Suggest, Explain, and Fix commands right from the terminal. • Uses YOUR OWN Anthropic API key, stored in the Keychain and called directly from your device. No middle-man server, no analytics, no tracking. FAST & NATIVE • SwiftUI interface for iPhone and iPad, with split-view multitasking. • Password or private-key authentication. • Import and export your host profiles. VELOTERM PRO • Free: save up to 20 hosts. • Pro (one-time purchase): unlimited saved hosts plus profile export/import. Veloterm is an SSH client — it connects to servers you control and does not run a shell on the device.

Screenshots

Gumpbox4 screens
Veloterm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Veloterm at none against Gumpbox's 1. Veloterm also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Gumpbox's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads and device support 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. Gumpbox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Veloterm asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gumpbox ships an update every 2 days, Veloterm every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Gumpbox versus Veloterm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGumpboxVeloterm
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTran Dinh KhangVilee, LLc

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Gumpbox

One-time1
  • Gumpbox PRO$19.99
None

Veloterm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gumpbox free?
Gumpbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Veloterm free?
Veloterm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gumpbox or Veloterm have ads?
Neither Gumpbox nor Veloterm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gumpbox or Veloterm?
Gumpbox ships an update every 2 days, and Veloterm every 3 weeks. Most recently, Gumpbox was updated on October 11, 2026 and Veloterm on October 12, 2026.

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