Comparison

ShellTime.xyz vs mobitty

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/

About

mobitty

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Run AI agents from your phone. A real terminal with a real keyboard, in your pocket. Mobitty is a touch-first SSH terminal built for AI-agent workflows on iOS. You bring the server β€” self-hosted, behind SSH, Tailscale, or Cloudflare β€” and Mobitty brings the parts the browser can't: a native on-screen terminal keyboard, multi-URL server rotation, gesture shortcuts, and touch-friendly selection with a magnifier loupe. MADE FOR AI AGENTS A dedicated Claude Code layout. A remote editor that handles Ctrl-G and long multi-line prompts mid-stream. Paste an image straight from the camera roll into the agent's context β€” your phone becomes the AI-agent dashboard. SESSIONS THAT FOLLOW YOU Sessions live on your server, not your phone. Reattach from mobile or desktop, survive LTE↔Wi-Fi handoffs and subway tunnels. Mobitty's adaptive transport keeps the line open with frugal data usage. A REAL KEYBOARD Readline Β· Tmux Β· Vim Β· Claude Code layouts out of the box. Drag-arrange your own grid, and bind any chord or sequence β€” Ctrl-Shift-X, a tmux prefix followed by a pane move, Esc :wq Enter β€” to a single tap. Hardware keyboard paired? Mobitty hides the softkey bar automatically. MULTI-SERVER, MULTI-URL Save Production, staging, and lab boxes once. Each server can list several URLs β€” LAN, Tailscale, public hostname β€” probed in parallel until one connects. Drag to reorder, swipe to delete. TOUCH-FIRST, FROM SCROLL TO SELECTION 1:1 momentum scrolling that doesn't fight the terminal renderer. Long-press a word to select, drag iOS handles, and a magnifier loupe rides above your finger so you can land the boundary on the right character β€” in plain shells and in alt-buffer apps like tmux, vim, and less. SETTINGS THAT MATCH THE DESKTOP Four tabs β€” General Β· Softkeys Β· Gestures Β· Themes β€” share the same profile model as the desktop client. Bind 1-finger swipes and flicks to your most-used keys. Edit ANSI palette colors live. BUILT FOR iOS A 3-finger long-press surfaces a quick menu. A right-edge swipe pulls in the native server list. A left-edge swipe opens the session list. iOS 17+, Apple silicon. Source-available Β· Self-hosted Β· No telemetry. Your terminal stays on your network.

Screenshots

ShellTime.xyz4 screens
mobitty4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ShellTime.xyz at weekly against mobitty's every 2 months. mobitty's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and mobitty sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShellTime.xyz ships an update weekly, mobitty every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
ShellTime.xyz versus mobitty: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShellTime.xyzmobitty
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly β€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.217.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size17 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer乐 贺CCSW LLC

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
2 purchases

mobitty

One-time2
  • 7-Day Free TrialFree
  • Mobitty Full Unlock$14.99

Questions

Is ShellTime.xyz free?
ShellTime.xyz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is mobitty free?
mobitty is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ShellTime.xyz or mobitty have ads?
Neither ShellTime.xyz nor mobitty shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShellTime.xyz or mobitty?
ShellTime.xyz ships an update weekly, and mobitty every 2 months. Most recently, ShellTime.xyz was updated on November 5, 2026 and mobitty on November 5, 2026.

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