ShellTime.xyz vs ssh Chat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShellTime.xyz
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ShellTime brings your developer activity to iPhone and iPad: the commands you run, what your AI coding agents cost, and the time you spend in your editor. The free shelltime CLI and editor extensions record your shell history, your Claude Code and Codex usage, and your coding time in VS Code, Neovim and JetBrains. Sign in with your ShellTime account and your stats are already there. TODAY • Today's commands, AI spend and coding time at a glance CODING AGENT • Tokens, cost, efficiency and lines changed for Claude Code, Codex and more • Today, 30 days, 90 days or all time, with monthly charts for all time • Open any session to read back your prompts, the tool calls and the lines it changed • Browse your projects and search your prompts COMMANDS • Search and filter your shell history from every machine • Exit status, shell, terminal and host for every command, and your most used commands CODING ACTIVITY • Coding time by editor and by language RANKING AND TEAMS • Daily rankings, Claude Code and Codex boards, and the global community board • Teams share devices, sessions and rankings with collaborators REPORTS • Weekly and monthly reports on your shell, AI and editor activity WIDGETS AND APPLE WATCH • Home Screen widgets for activity, coding agents, coding activity and rate limits, plus a Custom widget built from the sections you pick • Lock Screen widgets for rate limits and activity • An Apple Watch app with your overview, coding agent sessions, commands and ranking AND MORE • A push notification when your Claude usage limits reset (Pro) • Approve web and CLI sign-ins from a notification, confirmed with Face ID • Embeddable badges for your GitHub profile or README • In English, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese Recording your shell, AI coding and editor activity is free. ShellTime Pro ($14.99 USD/month or $149.99 USD/year) unlocks your full history and all-time stats, the unlimited Session and Prompt Inspector, monthly AI reports, usage-reset alerts and webhooks, data export, dotfiles and shell aliases, virtual invoices, and 800 AI credits a month. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ssh Chat
This app provides a streamlined mobile interface for connecting to and managing SSH servers. It allows users to quickly run saved commands, inspect output, and manage server tasks directly from their iPhone or iPad.
- Connect to Linux servers via SSH
- Run commands in a chat-style interface
- Use a default command catalog
- Inspect command output and logs
- Manage production tasks remotely
- Quick commands above keyboard
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`sshChat is a mobile SSH client built for fast operational work on iPhone. Instead of dropping you into a heavy terminal flow, sshChat is designed around the things you actually need on mobile: connect to servers quickly, run saved commands, inspect output, check logs, and jump back into recent sessions. Use sshChat to: connect to Linux servers over SSH run commands from a chat-style interface reuse a default command catalog for common tasks keep command history per session manage production tasks like Docker checks, log lookups, and service restarts work faster on small screens with quick commands above the keyboard Premium unlocks: Stream Mode for live command output command catalog management file open and upload actions more than 3 saved servers sshChat works especially well for: developers freelancers DevOps and SRE workflows founders managing their own infrastructure anyone who needs server access while away from a laptop Whether you are checking logs, restarting a service, or running a saved Docker command, sshChat helps you handle server work from your phone with less friction.` Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.sshchat.app/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ssh Chat at 18.0 against ShellTime.xyz's 26.2. 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. ShellTime.xyz sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and ssh Chat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | ShellTime.xyz | ssh Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 乐 贺 | Roman Zoun |
In-app purchases
ShellTime.xyz
- ShellTime Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
- ShellTime Pro Yearly$79.991 Year
- 500 AI Credits$5.99
ssh Chat
- Pro Subscription$0.991 Month
- Lifetime Pro subscription$9.99









