Comparison

Terminal & SSH vs WriteAccess

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

Head to head
About

Terminal & SSH

A powerful and intuitive client for managing multiple servers securely on the go. Execute commands, edit code with syntax highlighting, and organize sessions with ease. Designed for speed, security, and reliability for developers and administrators.

Highlights
  • Secure SSH connections
  • Password/key authentication
  • Command suggestions and history
  • Built-in code editor with syntax highlighting
  • Manage multiple connections
  • Organize and save sessions
Features
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SSH is a powerful and intuitive SSH client designed for developers, system administrators, and DevOps engineers who need to manage multiple servers on the go. Connect securely, execute commands, and edit code directly from your iPhone or iPad — all in one streamlined interface. Key features: - Secure SSH Connections: Quickly connect to remote servers with password or key-based authentication. - Command Suggestions: Get intelligent command suggestions and history to boost your productivity. - Built-in Code Editor: Edit configuration files or code with syntax highlighting. - Manage Multiple Connections: Organize, save, and switch between multiple SSH sessions easily. SSH is built for speed, security, and reliability — whether you’re managing cloud servers, editing remote files, or maintaining systems remotely. Stay connected. Stay productive. Privacy Policy : https://termux-studio.org/privacy-policy?name=Terminal+%26+SSH Terms of Use : https://termux-studio.org/terms-of-use?name=Terminal+%26+SSH

About

WriteAccess

Features
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A real SSH terminal, an editor that saves straight to the server, and live vitals — free, with no account and no subscription. Enough of a remote IDE to actually fix something from an iPhone or iPad. For the people who keep boxes running: a VPS, a homelab, a build server, the machine your coding agent lives on. A REAL TERMINAL, NOT A TOY Proper SSH shells, several at once over one connection. Full colour. A key row for the symbols a shell needs. Pinch to zoom. Tap where you want the cursor and the caret walks there, so fixing a typo mid-command is a tap rather than a marathon on the arrow key. It learns the commands you type and offers them back, on top of a bundled library of common ones. Copy out, paste in, both directions, like every other app on your phone. CHANGE A CONFIG. SAVE. DONE. Open a file over SFTP, edit it, save it, and it goes back exactly where it came from. No sync layer, no local copy to reconcile, no wondering which version is real. Saved means the server confirmed the write. And if a server cannot promise a clean atomic overwrite, the file opens read-only rather than gamble with your data — the one thing a text editor must never get wrong. YOUR AGENT, WHERE YOUR CODE IS Save a launch command per server — whatever CLI tool you run — and open a terminal straight into it. It runs on your machine, with your files and your toolchain, at your server's speed rather than your phone's. You just drive. SEE WHAT THE BOX IS DOING Uptime, load, memory, disk, and the processes eating your CPU, read off the machine over the connection you already have. Restart the service, watch the load settle, get on with your day. FILES AT BOTH ENDS Browse over SFTP — folders first, hidden files one tap away — and create, rename, delete and search filenames under the folder you connected to. Every connection is pinned to one folder you choose, so the browser cannot wander somewhere you did not mean it to go. Point the app at a folder in Files as well — On My iPhone, iCloud Drive, any Files provider — and edit in place, with proper Markdown highlighting. Get interrupted mid-sentence and your unsaved work is still there when you come back. YOUR SERVERS. YOUR KEYS. NOBODY ELSE. No account. No relay. No middleman. WriteAccess connects to your machines and nothing else. Sign in with a password, an SSH key — encrypted keys included — or the interactive prompt a lot of servers ask for instead. Host keys are pinned and checked on every connection; if one ever changes you see both fingerprints, and nothing connects until you say so. Credentials stay in the iOS Keychain. Your saved servers can follow you between devices through your own iCloud: the connection details travel, the passwords and keys do not. Those stay on the device you added them on. BUILT FOR iPAD, NOT JUST RESIZED Files and terminal side by side on a divider you can drag, vitals underneath. Landscape, multitasking, external keyboards, the lot. WHAT IT WILL NOT DO It is a hands-on tool, not a background service: sessions close when you leave, so it will not babysit an overnight job or notify you when one finishes. Logins that need more than one step, like an app code after your password, are not supported yet. UTF-8 text files up to 50 MiB, and anything over 5 MiB asks first. Filename search returns the first 200 matches. It is not an offline sync client and is not pretending to be one. Free, and free of the usual: no account, no subscription, no ads, no analytics, no telemetry.

Screenshots

Terminal & SSH4 screens
WriteAccess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WriteAccess at none against Terminal & SSH's 2. Terminal & SSH's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and chart position (#182 vs unranked). 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. Terminal & SSH sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. WriteAccess asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Terminal & SSH ships an update every 4 days, WriteAccess every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Terminal & SSH versus WriteAccess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTerminal & SSHWriteAccess
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#182 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTERMUX LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANYAlec Burrett

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Terminal & SSH

Subscriptions2
  • SSH Premium3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • SSH Premium$59.991 Year
None

WriteAccess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Terminal & SSH free?
Terminal & SSH is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WriteAccess free?
WriteAccess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Terminal & SSH or WriteAccess have ads?
Neither Terminal & SSH nor WriteAccess shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Terminal & SSH or WriteAccess?
Terminal & SSH ships an update every 4 days, and WriteAccess every 3 weeks. Most recently, Terminal & SSH was updated on September 20, 2026 and WriteAccess on September 13, 2026.

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