Comparison

SuperDuper Terminal vs ChibyooShell

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

Head to head
About

SuperDuper Terminal

Features
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SuperDuper Terminal is a small, fast SSH client for iPhone, built for the way people actually work with a remote box from a phone: check on a long-running job, restart a service, answer a prompt from an agent that is still running. WHAT IT DOES โ€ข Full SSH terminal with a real PTY โ€” colours, cursor keys, everything a shell expects โ€ข tmux sessions by default, so closing the app or losing signal does not kill your work; reconnect and you are exactly where you left off โ€ข Multiple servers and multiple live sessions, switchable from a tab strip โ€ข A keyboard row built for the command line: Esc, Ctrl, Tab, arrows, pipe and slash โ€” the keys iOS hides from you โ€ข Ed25519, ECDSA and RSA keys generated on device and stored in the Keychain, protected by Face ID โ€ข Port forwarding for the times you need a remote port on your phone KEYS STAY ON THE DEVICE Private keys are generated on the iPhone and kept in the Keychain, guarded by Face ID or your passcode. They are never uploaded, never synced to us, and there is no account to create. The app talks to your servers and to nobody else โ€” there is no analytics SDK and no backend of ours in the path. BUILT FOR WORKING WITH CODING AGENTS If you run Claude Code or a similar agent on a VPS, the terminal keeps the session alive under tmux and gives you a one-tap way to answer it from your phone. The accessory row includes shortcuts for the keys those tools ask for most. Open source: github.com/fortunto2/swift-terminal

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ChibyooShell

Features
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Professional SSH client and server monitor. Terminal, SFTP, Docker management and real-time metrics โ€” all in one app. ChibyooShell โ€” powerful SSH client and server monitoring tool for iOS professionals. CHIBYOO PRO Unlock all features: โ€” Unlimited servers โ€” Full access to all features Available as monthly, yearly or lifetime subscription. TERMINAL & SSH โ€” Full SSH terminal with xterm-256color support โ€” Ed25519, RSA, ECDSA key authentication โ€” Password and key-based login โ€” SSH key generation and management โ€” Fira Code, Menlo, SF Mono font support SERVER MONITORING โ€” Real-time CPU, RAM, disk and network metrics โ€” Per-core CPU usage โ€” Network interface stats with TX/RX graphs โ€” Disk I/O monitoring โ€” Active process list โ€” Server uptime and load average SFTP FILE MANAGER โ€” Browse, upload and download files โ€” Create, rename, delete files and folders โ€” Built-in text editor โ€” File permissions (chmod) โ€” Quick Look preview DOCKER & PODMAN โ€” Container list with real-time metrics โ€” Start, stop, restart, remove containers โ€” Container log viewer โ€” Per-container CPU and memory usage SECURITY โ€” All credentials stored in iOS Keychain โ€” Face ID / Touch ID protection โ€” SSH host key verification (TOFU) โ€” Optional iCloud sync via CloudKit PORT FORWARDING โ€” Local port forwarding via SSH tunnel CONNECTIVITY โ€” Citadel (modern SSH) + LibSSH2 fallback โ€” Auto-reconnect โ€” Configurable connection timeout Terms of Use: https://chibyoo.com/terms-chibyooshell/ Privacy Policy: https://chibyoo.com/privacy-policy-chibyooshell/

Screenshots

SuperDuper Terminal2 screens
ChibyooShell4 screens

Verdict

The call

SuperDuper Terminal and ChibyooShell are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SuperDuper Terminal versus ChibyooShell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuperDuper TerminalChibyooShell
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.6 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRustam SALAVATOVAleksandr Kolesnikov

In-app purchases

None

SuperDuper Terminal

No in-app purchases

None

ChibyooShell

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SuperDuper Terminal free?
SuperDuper Terminal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChibyooShell free?
ChibyooShell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SuperDuper Terminal or ChibyooShell have ads?
Neither SuperDuper Terminal nor ChibyooShell shows ads.

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