Comparison

SuperDuper Terminal vs PocketADM

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

About

PocketADM

Manage your self-hosted Linux servers directly from your phone. Monitor live dashboards, access a full terminal, deploy apps with a one-tap store, and receive smart updates and health checks. An optional AI agent can even run commands and fix issues.

Highlights
  • Live server dashboard
  • Full terminal with copy/paste
  • AI agent for command execution
  • One-tap app deployment
  • Smart updates and health checks
  • Open source
Features
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PocketADM is a mobile-first command center for the servers you host yourself. Connect to your own Linux box and run the whole thing from your phone. โ€ข Live dashboard: CPU, memory, disk, uptime and network at a glance, with every container grouped and one tap from its logs. โ€ข A real terminal: a full terminal with a mobile key bar and copy & paste. Open a shell as your own host user, the app, or exec into any container. โ€ข Assistant: an optional AI agent that runs commands, reads and edits files and fixes things directly on your server. It streams live, asks before anything destructive, and you bring your own API key (or run a local model). โ€ข One-tap app store: deploy popular self-hosted apps as clean Docker/compose projects with friendly config forms. โ€ข Smart updates & health: spot outdated images, roll back safely, and get plain language security and health checks. PocketADM is open source (MIT). There is no account with us and no tracking. The app talks only to the servers you add, over a direct connection. You run the server software yourself with a single install command from pocketadm.com. Just looking? Add the demo server demo.pocketadm.com with username and password 'demo' to explore a read-only sandbox.

Screenshots

SuperDuper Terminal2 screens
PocketADM4 screens

Verdict

The call

SuperDuper Terminal and PocketADM 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 PocketADM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuperDuper TerminalPocketADM
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB11 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRustam SALAVATOVMaximilian Elias Paasch

In-app purchases

None

SuperDuper Terminal

No in-app purchases

None

PocketADM

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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