Comparison

TermAway vs Captured!

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

Head to head
About

TermAway

Features
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TermAway turns your tablet into a powerful terminal for your computer. No cloud, no subscriptions, no tracking - just a direct connection over your local network. FEATURES • Full terminal access to your computer from tablet • Native SwiftTerm rendering for smooth scrolling and proper colors • Multiple terminal sessions with easy switching • Automatic server discovery via Bonjour • Dark mode support • Keyboard shortcuts and external keyboard support • Optional password protection HOW IT WORKS 1. Run the TermAway server on your computer (free, open source) 2. Open TermAway on your tablet 3. Connect to your computer over WiFi USE CASES • Code from bed while your computer stays connected to external displays • SSH into servers from your couch • Run Claude Code, git, docker, npm - your full dev environment • Monitor long-running tasks from anywhere in your home PRIVACY TermAway works entirely on your local network. No data leaves your home. No accounts, no cloud, no tracking. REQUIREMENTS • Computer running the TermAway server (free download at termaway.app) • Tablet and computer on the same WiFi network

About

Captured!

This app acts as a universal clipboard, saving links, photos, videos, audio, files, and texts shared from other applications. It offers on-device processing for previews, AI descriptions, OCR, and transcription, with smart organization and full-text search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Universal content capture from any app
  • Automatic previews and AI enrichment
  • On-device OCR and transcription
  • Smart organization with folders and views
  • Full-text search and Spotlight integration
  • iCloud sync for selected folders
  • JSON backup and restore
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Tired of losing links, photos, videos, audio, files or texts shared from your apps? Captured is your universal clipboard. Tap Share from any app and choose Captured — everything is instantly saved, previewed and enriched, on-device by default. UNIVERSAL CAPTURE Accepts URLs, photos, videos, audio, files and text from any app. Automatic source detection (Safari, YouTube, Instagram, X, Photos...). AUTO-GENERATED PREVIEWS Every item gets a thumbnail: web pages via live browser, photos/videos from first frame, files via QuickLook, audio as waveform, text as typographic render. Thumbnail gallery with on-demand regeneration. AI DESCRIPTION, OCR & TRANSCRIPTION AI image/video description: Apple Vision (free, on-device), OpenAI GPT-4 Vision or Anthropic Claude. Built-in OCR on photos and videos. Audio speech-to-text transcription — all on-device by default, no cloud required. SMART ORGANIZATION Folders with batch move/delete and drag-and-drop reorder. Smart Views: All, Recent (7 days), Unread, With Location, With AI. Configurable sort: manual, newest, oldest, title, source. Filter by type: URL, file, photo, video, audio, text. FULL-TEXT SEARCH & SPOTLIGHT Instant search across titles, URLs, notes, AI descriptions and transcriptions. All items indexed in system Spotlight — searchable from the home screen. RICH METADATA Auto-fetch of web page title and last-modified date (bold title signals updated content). Reverse geocoding of GPS coordinates in photos. WIDGET WidgetKit widget in small, medium and large sizes showing unread items in real time. BACKUP & RESTORE Full JSON export/import (items, folders, settings, thumbnails) with Replace or Merge mode. PRIVACY All your data stays on your device. No account, no server, no ads. Network calls only when you explicitly enable web fetching or AI description via your own API key. iCloud sync, folder by folder Choose exactly which folders you want to find on your other devices. A long press on a folder offers "Sync with iCloud": its photos, videos, files and links — including previews — automatically appear on your iPhone, iPad and Mac linked to the same Apple account. Folders that are not synced remain strictly local. A "Resync iCloud" option lets you reconcile state across devices in one gesture. Link previews: lock, zoom, crop You can now lock a link's preview so it never changes, or enlarge the preview by a factor of 2 to better see thumbnails from your favorite sites. A new setting automatically crops the white or black bands surrounding some previews. Organization: everything by drag-and-drop Reorganize your folders by dragging them in the sidebar. Move an item from one folder to another simply by dragging it onto the destination folder. No more drop-down menus. Paste a link from the clipboard A new menu entry lets you directly add the currently copied link, without going through another app's "Share" menu. Manage your space better The info panel now shows the space used in iCloud when sync is active. A long press on each line gives access to quick actions. The "Delete local data only" option frees up space while keeping your synced folders intact.

Screenshots

TermAway4 screens
Captured!3 screens

Verdict

The call

TermAway and Captured! are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TermAway ships an update weekly, Captured! fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
TermAway versus Captured!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTermAwayCaptured!
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB4 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAlex Kerber ABAlexandre Fenyo

In-app purchases

None

TermAway

No in-app purchases

None

Captured!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TermAway free?
TermAway is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Captured! free?
Captured! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TermAway or Captured! have ads?
Neither TermAway nor Captured! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TermAway or Captured!?
TermAway ships an update weekly, and Captured! fortnightly. Most recently, TermAway was updated on September 27, 2026 and Captured! on October 13, 2026.

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