Comparison

ShellTime.xyz vs Ezssh

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

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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

Ezssh

Features
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A real SSH client that fits in your pocket. Connect and you get an actual terminal: TAB, CTRL, ESC, arrows and F1-F12 sit right above the keyboard, so typing commands feels the way it does on a desktop. Sessions stay alive when you switch apps, and the screen never dims while you are reading output. ALL YOUR SERVERS, ONE APP Save a host once - address, port, user, key - and connect with a single tap afterwards. Group them, rename them, find them in seconds. Credentials live in the device keychain only: never uploaded anywhere, never leaving your phone. FILES WITHIN REACH Built-in SFTP: send scripts, configs and logs straight from your phone; open files on the server without downloading them first, edit and push back. Multi-select, zip and unzip are there when a batch needs to move. LET AI TYPE THE COMMANDS Describe what you need done and it runs the commands on the machine step by step, showing you every line. Anything destructive - a delete, a restart - waits for your approval first. You choose which provider to connect; keys stay on your device. SEE THE STATE AT A GLANCE CPU, memory, disk, load and network refresh in real time. One look tells you whether a box is struggling. DETAILS THAT MATTER Pick your terminal font, size and theme. Keep the screen awake while you read. Sync hosts across devices with iCloud. Dark mode, Dynamic Type and accessibility labels included. WHO IT IS FOR - Ops and SRE: a 3 a.m. alert no longer means hunting for a laptop. - Developers and site owners: confirm a deploy while on the move. - Homelab and NAS owners: Raspberry Pi, routers and Docker hosts, always reachable. - Anyone learning Linux: practise commands on the phone you already carry. EZSSH PRO The free version keeps 1 host and 2 AI questions a day. Pro removes the ceiling: unlimited hosts, file preview and editing, upload and download, multi-select with zip and unzip, and unlimited AI. SUBSCRIPTION AND TERMS - Subscription: one year, renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID subscription settings; you keep access until the current period ends. A one-time lifetime purchase is also available. - Terms of Use (EULA): https://docs.zeckw.com/docs/apps/ezssh/eula.html - Privacy Policy: https://docs.zeckw.com/docs/apps/ezssh/private.html

Screenshots

ShellTime.xyz4 screens
Ezssh4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Ezssh at 17.0 against ShellTime.xyz's 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 Ezssh sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
ShellTime.xyz versus Ezssh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShellTime.xyzEzssh
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.217.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size17 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer乐 贺子康 ηŽ‹

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

Ezssh

Subscriptions1
  • Ezssh Pro Yearly$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ezssh Pro Lifetime$12.99

Questions

Is ShellTime.xyz free?
ShellTime.xyz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ezssh free?
Ezssh is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ShellTime.xyz or Ezssh have ads?
Neither ShellTime.xyz nor Ezssh shows ads.

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