Comparison

ShellTime.xyz vs Terminal W

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

Head to head
About

ShellTime.xyz

Features
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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 β€’ Today's commands, AI spend and coding time at a glance CODING AGENT β€’ Tokens, cost, efficiency and lines changed for Claude Code, Codex and more β€’ Today, 30 days, 90 days or all time, with monthly charts for all time β€’ Open any session to read back your prompts, the tool calls and the lines it changed β€’ Browse your projects and search your prompts COMMANDS β€’ Search and filter your shell history from every machine β€’ Exit status, shell, terminal and host for every command, and your most used commands CODING ACTIVITY β€’ Coding time by editor and by language RANKING AND TEAMS β€’ Daily rankings, Claude Code and Codex boards, and the global community board β€’ Teams share devices, sessions and rankings with collaborators REPORTS β€’ Weekly and monthly reports on your shell, AI and editor activity WIDGETS AND APPLE WATCH β€’ Home Screen widgets for activity, coding agents, coding activity and rate limits, plus a Custom widget built from the sections you pick β€’ Lock Screen widgets for rate limits and activity β€’ An Apple Watch app with your overview, coding agent sessions, commands and ranking AND MORE β€’ A push notification when your Claude usage limits reset (Pro) β€’ Approve web and CLI sign-ins from a notification, confirmed with Face ID β€’ Embeddable badges for your GitHub profile or README β€’ 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/

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Terminal W

Features
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Terminal W is a native SSH client for iPhone, iPad, and Apple silicon Mac. Connect to remote servers, keep several shells open, and return to your sessions as you move around the app. CONNECTIONS AND SECURITY β€’ Save hosts, organize them into groups, and connect with a tap. β€’ Authenticate with passwords, imported Ed25519 or ECDSA keys, or device-generated P-256 keys. β€’ Import supported passphrase-protected private keys without saving the passphrase. β€’ Verify SSH host keys with stable SHA-256 fingerprints. β€’ Reach servers through SSH jump hosts and local port forwards. β€’ Keep passwords and private keys in the device Keychain, with Secure Enclave support for generated keys on supported hardware. β€’ Protect access with Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode. YOUR TERMINAL β€’ Open multiple sessions, including several shells on the same server. β€’ Use a terminal with UTF-8, ANSI colors, copy and paste, scrollback, and search. β€’ Customize the special key bar with Esc, Tab, Ctrl, Alt, arrows, Home, End, and Page Up or Down. β€’ Use hardware keyboard shortcuts for sessions, search, text size, and reconnecting. β€’ Save command snippets with {{variable}} placeholders and reuse commands from history. β€’ Upload photos and files over SFTP and insert their remote paths at the prompt. β€’ Choose a terminal theme or follow your device's Light and Dark appearance. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD β€’ See connected sessions in a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and, on supported iPhones, the Dynamic Island. β€’ Open separate terminals in multiple iPad windows. β€’ Return to an open session from Hosts, Sessions, or a Live Activity. β€’ Enable Keep Sessions Alive when you want connections to continue in the background. This optional setting is off by default. ICLOUD AND PRIVACY Saved hosts, host groups, snippets, and trusted host-key fingerprints sync through your private iCloud database. Passwords and private keys remain in the Keychain on each device, so set up credentials separately on every device. Terminal W uses Apple SwiftNIO SSH and CryptoKit. It has no analytics or tracking, requires no app account or subscription, and has no developer-operated credential vault. All shell commands run on your remote server. Requires iOS or iPadOS 26 or later. The iPad app also runs directly on Macs with macOS 26 or later and an Apple M1 chip or later.

Screenshots

ShellTime.xyz4 screens
Terminal W4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Terminal W at none against ShellTime.xyz's 3. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. ShellTime.xyz sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Terminal W asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShellTime.xyz ships an update weekly, Terminal W every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
ShellTime.xyz versus Terminal W: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShellTime.xyzTerminal W
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.226.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size17 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer乐 贺Weiming Chen

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ShellTime.xyz

Subscriptions2
  • ShellTime Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • ShellTime Pro Yearly$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • 500 AI Credits$5.99
None

Terminal W

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShellTime.xyz free?
ShellTime.xyz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Terminal W free?
Terminal W is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShellTime.xyz or Terminal W have ads?
Neither ShellTime.xyz nor Terminal W shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShellTime.xyz or Terminal W?
ShellTime.xyz ships an update weekly, and Terminal W every 4 days. Most recently, ShellTime.xyz was updated on November 5, 2026 and Terminal W on November 5, 2026.

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