Comparison

GrafanaUI vs Shell Keyboard

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

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About

GrafanaUI

Access Grafana dashboards and receive real-time push notifications for critical alerts on your mobile device. Monitor systems, manage incidents, and stay informed with customizable alert filters and background updates.

Highlights
  • Real-time alert monitoring and push notifications
  • Background alert updates
  • Filter alerts by state, dashboard, folder, server, and date range
  • Browse and search dashboards
  • Connect to multiple Grafana servers
  • Secure authentication options
  • Low Power Mode and adaptive refresh
Features
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Access Your Grafana Dashboards and Alerts Anywhere, Anytime GrafanaUI brings complete Grafana monitoring to your iPhone and iPad. Monitor dashboards and get instant push notifications for critical alerts—even when the app is closed. Perfect for on-call engineers, SREs, and DevOps teams. WHAT’S NEW IN 2.1.0: GRAFANA CLOUD & NOTIFICATIONS Version 2.1.0 adds Grafana Cloud support via a Service Account API token—Web Auth does not work with Grafana Cloud (`*.grafana.net`); use the Grafana Cloud tab and a Viewer (read-only) token. A new Notification Center (bell icon, unread badge) delivers push for support replies and app news. Self-hosted Web Auth is more reliable for OAuth/SSO (GitHub, Google, Authentik) with Safari and passkeys. Grafana Cloud dashboard panels load correctly with API tokens; dashboard lists scroll smoothly without flicker. Also includes full alert monitoring from 2.0.x: push on the lock screen, background updates with an Alerts API token, filters, notification rules, multi-server aggregation, and battery-focused Low Power Mode & Adaptive Refresh. KEY FEATURES Alert monitoring & notifications • Push notifications; background alert updates while the app is closed • All alert states; filter by state, dashboard, folder, server, or date range • Alert detail view with metadata, labels, annotations; notification rules for muting noise • Configurable intervals; multi-server aggregation; badge counts Dashboards • Browse and search dashboards; tags; folders; favorites; WebView-based viewing with pull-to-refresh Multiple servers & authentication • Connect to multiple Grafana servers; cloud or self-hosted • Grafana Cloud: Service Account API token (Web Auth not supported on `*.grafana.net`) • Self-hosted: Web Authentication (OAuth, SAML, SSO), Basic Auth, or API tokens for alerts • In-app guide: info icon on the Grafana Cloud tab for token setup steps • Credentials stored in iOS Keychain Performance, security & design • Low Power Mode, Adaptive Refresh, smart caching • Optional PIN/biometrics; no third-party ad analytics SDKs • Offline dashboard cache where applicable; Dark Mode; 9 languages PERFECT FOR DevOps, SREs, system administrators, data analysts, and anyone using Grafana. USE CASES On-call and incident response; remote work with secure connections; quick status checks on the go. Your credentials stay in Keychain; biometrics adds an optional extra layer. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone and iPad compatible • iOS 15.0 or later • Access to your Grafana server (cloud or self-hosted) IMPORTANT NOTE Unofficial Grafana client—not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Grafana Labs. GETTING STARTED 1. Add your Grafana server URL 2. For Grafana Cloud: choose Authentication → Grafana Cloud, add a Viewer Service Account token (tap the info icon for steps) 3. For self-hosted: choose Web Auth, Basic Auth, or None 4. Configure an Alerts API Token in server settings for notifications (premium) 5. Enable notifications; optional PIN or biometric authentication Start monitoring your Grafana dashboards and alerts today. SUPPORT Having issues or suggestions? Follow us on Instagram @freshlab.app for updates and support.

About

Shell Keyboard

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Shell Keyboard adds the keys a terminal actually needs — 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 — it sends the exact ASCII control codes and ANSI/VT escape sequences your terminal expects, the same bytes a physical keyboard would send. NEW ON IPAD: A REAL KEYBOARD Choose a 60% or 75% layout, the compact keyboards terminal users already type on. The 75% layout puts Esc, F1–F12, a number row, Caps Lock, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down and inverted-T arrow keys on one screen, and Shift types the symbol printed on each key, just like a physical keyboard. The 60% layout keeps the function keys, navigation and arrows one fn press away. iPad opens in the 75% layout; the original ShellKey layout is one tap away in Settings. WHAT'S INCLUDED • A dedicated terminal layer: Ctrl, Alt, Esc, Tab, arrow keys, Home/End/PgUp/PgDn, and the punctuation a shell prompt uses constantly • Ctrl and Alt as proper modifiers — latch one for a single keypress, or double-tap to lock it on, like a hardware keyboard • A full function-key layer: tap fn and the top row becomes F1 through F12, while every other row stays exactly where it was • Arrow keys that match the app you're in — Normal for shells, Application for vim, tmux, less and htop, or Move the Cursor for ordinary text fields • Return or Enter: long-press the Return key to switch between a carriage return and a line feed • A plain QWERTY layer and a complete symbols layer, for ordinary text — hostnames, paths, commit messages — without leaving the keyboard • Seven themes — Shell, Ember, Glacier, Dusk, Moss, Void (pure black) and High Contrast — each in light and dark, and an Appearance option to keep the keyboard light or dark everywhere • On iPad, 60% and 75% layouts (75% by default), described above • A searchable reference inside the app, listing every key alongside the exact escape sequence and hex bytes it sends • Every key emits the exact byte sequence a real terminal expects SETTINGS LIVE IN THE KEYBOARD Touch and hold the key with the small gear (or tap the gear key on the iPad's 60% and 75% layouts) for Haptic feedback, Theme, Appearance and, on iPad, Layout. They live in the keyboard itself because, without Full Access, iOS keeps a keyboard and its app apart, and Shell Keyboard never asks for Full Access. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Shell Keyboard never asks for Full Access. It cannot reach the network. It never reads, stores, or transmits anything you type — 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 — code-server, Jupyter and the like — 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 — sysadmins, developers, and anyone tired of missing Ctrl+C.

Screenshots

GrafanaUI4 screens
Shell Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shell Keyboard at 5.0 against GrafanaUI's 3.5. Shell Keyboard also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). GrafanaUI's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, chart position 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

GrafanaUI costs $1.99 and Shell Keyboard $0.99 up front. GrafanaUI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Shell Keyboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shell Keyboard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GrafanaUI ships an update every 2 weeks, Shell Keyboard fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
GrafanaUI versus Shell Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrafanaUIShell Keyboard
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating3.5 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#14 — better#34
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoman SenchukNguyen Nguyen

In-app purchases

2 purchases

GrafanaUI

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium(1 Month)14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium(1 Year)$39.991 Year
None

Shell Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GrafanaUI free?
GrafanaUI costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Shell Keyboard free?
Shell Keyboard costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GrafanaUI or Shell Keyboard?
Shell Keyboard is rated higher. GrafanaUI averages 3.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Shell Keyboard averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do GrafanaUI or Shell Keyboard have ads?
Neither GrafanaUI nor Shell Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GrafanaUI or Shell Keyboard?
GrafanaUI ships an update every 2 weeks, and Shell Keyboard fortnightly. Most recently, GrafanaUI was updated on October 25, 2026 and Shell Keyboard on October 26, 2026.
Which is more popular, GrafanaUI or Shell Keyboard?
GrafanaUI currently peaks at #14 in the App Store charts, and Shell Keyboard at #34. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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