Fletcher MCP vs Shellton
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fletcher MCP
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Fletcher is a privacy-first location tracker built for the AI era: it records your movement history, keeps it under your control, and lets your AI assistant answer questions about where you've been — with every access logged in plain sight. TRACK QUIETLY • Battery-friendly background tracking using significant location changes and visit detection • A clear Tracking toggle — when it's off, it's off, with an unmistakably grayed-out map • Live map that follows you, with manual zoom controls YOUR DATA, UNDER YOUR CONTROL • History lives on your device and syncs to the Fletcher sync server — or run the open Fletcher server yourself and point the app at it in Settings • No account, no email, no name: registration is an anonymous device ID • Retention you choose, from 7 days to forever — enforced locally and on the server • Delete a single point, or wipe everything locally and remotely, anytime CONNECT YOUR AI ASSISTANT (MCP) • Fletcher includes a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server — the open standard supported by Claude and other AI assistants • Generate a connection token in the app, paste it into your assistant, and ask things like "Where was I last Tuesday afternoon?" or "How often did I visit the gym this month?" • Precision control: share exact, ~100 m, or ~1 km coordinates with assistants • Revoke a token at any time — revocation takes effect immediately, even mid-session TRANSPARENCY, BUILT IN • Every assistant request is logged: what was asked, when, and how many locations were returned • Review the full request history right in the app • No analytics, no ads, no third-party SDKs EXPLORE YOUR HISTORY • Interactive history map with start and end markers, smooth even with thousands of points • Fast list view with swipe-to-delete • Sync status view with diagnostics and manual controls Fletcher is for people who want the convenience of a location-aware AI assistant without handing their movement history to a data broker. Your location data is used for one thing — your own history — and is never sold, shared, or used for advertising.
Shellton
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Shellton is a native ACP cockpit and persistent SSH/Mosh terminal for developers who want to run coding agents from iPhone without moving their work into a proprietary cloud relay. RUN CLAUDE AND CODEX ON YOUR HOSTS. Connect to a saved SSH or Mosh host, choose Claude or Codex, and start or resume an agent session in the directory where your code already lives. Shellton launches the official Agent Client Protocol adapter on demand and carries the session over your existing encrypted connection—no Shellton account, relay server, or host daemon. AN AGENT INTERFACE BUILT FOR MOBILE. Follow live transcripts, reasoning, tool activity, and plans without squeezing a desktop terminal onto your phone. Approve or deny tool requests, send the next instruction by keyboard or voice, switch between conversations, and hand control back to tmux when you return to a computer. EVERY DROPPED SESSION IS A BUG. Shellton tries Mosh first on every connection. Mosh survives Wi-Fi handoffs, dead zones, and locked-screen suspends. If the server does not have mosh-server installed, Shellton transparently falls back to SSH. VOICE INPUT, ON-DEVICE. Tap the mic and dictate agent prompts or terminal commands. Supported speech engines run on your device; your audio is never sent to Shellton. KEYBOARD THAT WORKS FOR DEVELOPERS. Use a configurable accessory bar with modifier keys, arrows, and custom escape sequences. Build bars in the app or author them in YAML and import them from Files. Hyper, Meh, Kitty keyboard protocol, and tmux prefix shortcuts are supported. FULL-SCREEN TERMINAL. Use a true-color SwiftTerm terminal with Nerd Font glyphs, themes, snippets, per-host history, SSH key management, host-key verification, Live Activities, and tmux-aware navigation. YOUR DATA STAYS YOUR OWN. Shellton uses privacy-preserving product analytics for feature adoption and connection reliability. Analytics never include hostnames, addresses, usernames, commands, terminal text, credentials, voice audio, transcripts, or raw errors, and can be disabled in Settings. There is no advertising or cross-app tracking. SSH keys live in the iOS Keychain, app data remains local, and accessory-bar configuration can sync through your private iCloud container. KEY FEATURES • Native ACP conversations with Claude and Codex • Live transcripts, plans, tool activity, and permission approvals • Direct operation over your SSH or Mosh hosts; no proprietary relay • Auto Mosh-to-SSH fallback per host • On-device voice input • Customizable accessory bar with YAML import/export • Live Activities for active sessions • Ed25519 and ECDSA SSH key generation and import • Optional Face ID protection for stored credentials • Trust-On-First-Use host-key verification • Anonymous, opt-out product analytics; no tracking or ads CONVERSATION REQUIREMENTS • A saved SSH-accessible host with Node.js 22 or later and npm • Authentication with the selected agent provider when prompted • Shellton resolves the official ACP adapter through npx on demand; users do not install a separate Shellton daemon or generic ACP service TERMINAL REQUIREMENTS • iOS 17.0 or later • An SSH server you can connect to • mosh-server on the remote host for persistent Mosh sessions (optional) SHELLTON PRO An optional auto-renewable subscription unlocks voice input, agent conversations, custom accessory bars, and session-continuity tools. Payment is charged to your Apple ID; the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://datons.github.io/shellton-site/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Shellton at 17.0 against Fletcher MCP's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Fletcher MCP | Shellton |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dennis Yang | Jesus Lopez |
In-app purchases
Fletcher MCP
No in-app purchases
Shellton
No in-app purchases








