Comparison

ShellTime.xyz vs gtmux

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

Head to head
About

ShellTime.xyz

Features
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shelltime iOS is an app that allows users to access all commands, agent usage, and coding activities from the shelltime service. 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

gtmux

Monitor and control your terminal agents from your phone. See a live radar of agent states, send commands, and receive timely notifications for critical updates. This companion app enhances your workflow by keeping your coding agents accessible remotely.

Highlights
  • Live radar of tmux pane and CLI agent states
  • Remote command execution and agent control
  • Intelligent notifications for agent needs
  • Live Activity integration for Lock Screen
  • Secure, revocable sharing of sessions
  • Multi-language support (English, Simplified Chinese)
Features
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Manage the coding agents and tmux sessions on your Mac from your phone. Install gtmux on your Mac and pair your phone. Claude Code, Codex, other coding agents, and ordinary terminal panes will appear on your phone, so you can follow their progress and respond while you're away from your desk. HQ (Headquarter) HQ is the command center for your agents. It follows their sessions, works out what needs your decision and what can continue, then catches you up on what changed. It acts on your behalf only within the scope you authorize, with a record of every action. As work progresses, HQ adds reusable lessons to your local knowledge base. It draws on what worked before when a similar task comes up. Your corrections and new evidence help it revise old lessons and its own approach, so it gets to know your projects and preferences over time. Session status The radar lists your panes and agents, using colors to show their status. For agents without a direct integration, gtmux can read the terminal screen to identify their state. Replies and commands Answer an agent or send a command to a terminal from your phone. Numbered choices appear as buttons. You can also bring a session to the front on your Mac. Pairing permissions control terminal input; read-only access cannot type into a pane. Other features • Get notified when an agent needs you or finishes. • Start a new tmux session on your Mac from your phone. • Check remaining quota, the tightest usage window, and its reset time. • See the current agent's state on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. • Share a link limited to the sessions you choose. Revoke it at any time; input access must be enabled separately. • On iPad, the radar sits in the sidebar beside the open session, with room for HQ and pending decisions. Hardware keyboard shortcuts are supported. • Available in English and Simplified Chinese. Connecting gtmux is free and open source, and runs on your Mac. You can reach it from the phone app, terminal, menu bar, browser, or gtmux attach on another computer. Install it on the Mac first, then pair your phone. Setup guide: ccy.dev/projects/gtmux. Anywhere access can use a gtmux tunnel without a VPN. You can also connect over your own network. Agents continue running on your Mac. Privacy gtmux collects no data. There is no account. Your sessions and your token stay on your device and your Mac. Notifications are sent by your Mac through a relay, which forwards them to Apple's push service without storing them.

Screenshots

ShellTime.xyz4 screens
gtmux4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: gtmux at none against ShellTime.xyz's 2. gtmux also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ShellTime.xyz sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. gtmux asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShellTime.xyz ships an update weekly, gtmux every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
ShellTime.xyz versus gtmux: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShellTime.xyzgtmux
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer乐 贺Chaoyi Chen

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ShellTime.xyz

Subscriptions2
  • ShellTime Pioneer Monthly$14.991 Month
  • ShellTime Pioneer Yearly$149.991 Year
None

gtmux

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShellTime.xyz free?
ShellTime.xyz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is gtmux free?
gtmux is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShellTime.xyz or gtmux have ads?
Neither ShellTime.xyz nor gtmux shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShellTime.xyz or gtmux?
ShellTime.xyz ships an update weekly, and gtmux every 3 days. Most recently, ShellTime.xyz was updated on October 9, 2026 and gtmux on October 15, 2026.

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