Comparison

Veelops vs Shellton

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

Head to head
About

Veelops

Features
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Vibe code from anywhere. Literally. Veelops connects your phone to your machine's full terminal β€” your shell, your tools, your AI coding agents. Run Claude Code from the couch. Kick off a build on the train. Pair program with a teammate from across the world. All end-to-end encrypted with a protocol that makes SSH look like a science project to set up. β€” THE IDEA β€” Your laptop is at home. Your dev environment is set up just right. Veelops lets you use all of it from your phone. Install the agent, scan a QR code, done. No SSH keys, no VPN, no certificates, no open ports, no config files. If your machine has internet, it works. β€” VIBE CODE WITH AI AGENTS β€” The agent works perfectly with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, and OpenCode. Mount your repos, point an AI agent at your codebase, and ship features from a park bench. Your phone becomes the remote control for your dev machine. β€” SESSIONS THAT JUST WORK β€” Switch from Wi-Fi to cellular. Close the app. Come back hours later. Your session kept running. Long builds, background processes, AI agents working through a task β€” nothing is lost. Reconnect and it's all there. β€” BUILT FOR YOUR THUMBS β€” Local echo so typing feels instant. Terminal auto-sizes to your screen. Easy copy/paste of output. Nerd Fonts built in for powerline prompts. β€” COLLABORATE LIVE β€” Multiple people in one session. Same terminal, everyone can type. Pair program, debug together, or walk someone through a deploy in real time. β€” ACTUALLY SECURE β€” Not SSH. Not a VPN tunnel. A purpose-built protocol where the relay server is content-blind β€” it routes traffic but literally cannot read it. Noise IK handshake, XChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption, perfect forward secrecy. One-time pairing codes. Free plan available. No credit card required. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Shellton

Features
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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 connectionβ€”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 β€’ Native ACP conversations with Claude and Codex β€’ Live transcripts, plans, tool activity, and permission approvals β€’ Direct operation over your SSH or Mosh hosts; no proprietary relay β€’ Auto Mosh-to-SSH fallback per host β€’ On-device voice input β€’ Customizable accessory bar with YAML import/export β€’ Live Activities for active sessions β€’ Ed25519 and ECDSA SSH key generation and import β€’ Optional Face ID protection for stored credentials β€’ Trust-On-First-Use host-key verification β€’ Anonymous, opt-out product analytics; no tracking or ads CONVERSATION REQUIREMENTS β€’ A saved SSH-accessible host with Node.js 22 or later and npm β€’ Authentication with the selected agent provider when prompted β€’ Shellton resolves the official ACP adapter through npx on demand; users do not install a separate Shellton daemon or generic ACP service TERMINAL REQUIREMENTS β€’ iOS 17.0 or later β€’ An SSH server you can connect to β€’ 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/

Screenshots

Veelops4 screens
Shellton4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shellton at none against Veelops's 2. Shellton also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Veelops's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Veelops sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Shellton asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Veelops ships an update every 2 months, Shellton every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 2 level
Veelops versus Shellton: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeelopsShellton
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size54 MB46 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperIvan SiianytsiaJesus Lopez

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Veelops

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Vibes Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited Vibes Yearly14 Days trial$79.991 Year
None

Shellton

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Veelops free?
Veelops is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shellton free?
Shellton is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Veelops or Shellton have ads?
Neither Veelops nor Shellton shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Veelops or Shellton?
Veelops ships an update every 2 months, and Shellton every 2 weeks. Most recently, Veelops was updated on November 5, 2026 and Shellton on November 10, 2026.

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