QuickCast Hook vs Shell Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
QuickCast Hook
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QuickCast is the fastest way to capture a voice message and ship it to a webhook. Record a thought, tap once, and it lands in Slack, a Zapier flow, your own server, or wherever else your workflow lives. Core features ⢠Instant one-tap recording, optimised for speed. ⢠Real-time speech-to-text transcription that runs entirely on-device and works offline ā your audio is never sent off your iPhone to be transcribed. ⢠Unlimited webhooks with custom headers, methods, timeouts, retry policies, and per-webhook WiFi-only delivery. ⢠Multiple audio formats: AAC, WAV, Opus, FLAC. ⢠Configurable sample rate, channels, bit rate, and quality presets. ⢠Offline queue with automatic retry when the network returns. ⢠Full recording history with waveform playback, share sheet, and per-recording detail view. ⢠Home screen and lock screen widgets, plus Siri and Shortcuts integration. ⢠Storage management with automatic cleanup rules. Privacy first QuickCast does not require an account. There are no ads, no third-party advertising SDKs, and no advertising identifiers. Recordings, transcripts, and webhook settings live on your device and are only ever sent to the webhooks you configure. Anonymous usage analytics and optional crash & error diagnostics are strictly opt-in, off by default, and processed by privacy-focused EU-hosted services. Neither ever includes your audio, transcripts, or webhook details, and both can be turned off any time in Settings ā Privacy. Record. Send. Done.
Shell Keyboard
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Shell Keyboard adds the keys a terminal actually needs ā 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 ā 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 ⢠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 ā 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 ā 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 ā hostnames, paths, commit messages ā without leaving the keyboard ⢠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 BUILT FOR PRIVACY Shell Keyboard never asks for Full Access. It cannot reach the network. It never reads, stores, or transmits anything you type ā 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 ā code-server, Jupyter and the like ā 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 ā sysadmins, developers, and anyone tired of missing Ctrl+C.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Shell Keyboard at every 2 weeks against QuickCast Hook's monthly. Shell Keyboard also leads on chart position (#3 vs #51) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
QuickCast Hook costs $0.99 and Shell Keyboard $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
QuickCast Hook ships an update monthly, Shell Keyboard every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickCast Hook | Shell Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Best chart rank | #51 | #3 ā better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad ā better |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 16.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Data Consulting Services | Nguyen Nguyen |
In-app purchases
QuickCast Hook
No in-app purchases
Shell Keyboard
No in-app purchases
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