Comparison

NetShell vs Agents At Work

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

Head to head
About

NetShell

A professional SSH terminal client for secure remote access on mobile devices. It offers a powerful terminal, SFTP file browser, and network tools for developers and sysadmins. Supports multiple connections, themes, and secure authentication methods.

Highlights
  • Full-featured terminal with SwiftTerm engine
  • Multiple concurrent sessions with tabbed interface
  • SSH key authentication
  • SFTP file browser with upload/download
  • Network scanning and topology map
  • Snippets with variable substitution
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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NetShell is the all-in-one SSH terminal, file server browser, and server management suite designed for developers, sysadmins, and network engineers who need secure remote access on the go. TERMINAL POWER - Full SSH terminal with 16 themes, multiple sessions, and broadcast mode - Local on-device shell with 20+ built-in commands - Multi-hop tunneling - chain jump hosts to reach any server - RSA 4096 and Ed25519 key generation and import - Telnet (plain + TLS) and Mosh auto-reconnect support - Port forwarding: local, remote, and SOCKS5 with auto-start on launch FILE MANAGEMENT - SFTP browser with multi-session tabs, upload, download, and inline text editor - SMB/CIFS file server browser with photo/video upload from camera roll - Grid and list views, batch operations, drag-to-reorder DOCKER & COMPOSE - Monitor and control containers: start, stop, restart, remove - Docker Compose stack management: up, down, restart, pull - Container logs, inspect, stats, and image management - Home screen widget with container status SERVER MONITORING - Real-time CPU, memory, disk, and load average dashboard - 30-day metrics history with interactive charts - Uptime monitoring with background checks and push alerts - SSL certificate expiry tracking with warnings - Security alerts for failed logins and brute force detection NETWORK DISCOVERY - Scan your local network; devices are identified from published, regularly updated lists - Network maps: save each network and see how it connects - every line shows how it was observed - Finds a managed switch automatically when it answers read-only SNMP, with live port traffic - Shows who talks to whom when your devices report it - Bluetooth scanner that names devices from what they broadcast - Device baselines to detect new or missing devices - One-tap SSH connection from discovered devices PRODUCTIVITY - AI assistant powered by Claude, GPT, or local Ollama - agentic mode with command execution - Command snippets with variable templates - Snippet sequences - chain commands with delays for automation - Connection tags and groups with drag-to-reorder - Siri shortcuts for voice-controlled actions SECURITY & PRIVACY - Credentials stored in the iOS Keychain, never in plain text - Host key verification (Trust On First Use) - Face ID / Touch ID protection - AES-256 encrypted data export - Optional anonymous analytics (off by default, no PII ever collected) - iCloud sync for connections, snippets, devices, and rules; passwords and keys sync only through your own end-to-end encrypted iCloud Keychain WIDGETS - Server status widget: CPU, memory, disk at a glance - Docker widget: running container count and status - Small, medium, large, and lock screen sizes Built for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://netshellssh.com/privacy

About

Agents At Work

Features
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Your AI agents are working. You don't have to watch. Agents At Work lets you watch and steer Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Grok, Cursor, and Scoot from your iPhone or iPad, wherever they run: on your Mac or on a Linux machine. Your phone lets you know the moment an agent needs approval, finishes a task, or hits an error, and you answer from anywhere. WHAT YOU GET Push notifications you can answer: when an agent asks to run a command, edit a file, or use a tool, the question lands on your phone with the options. Tap Yes, No, or "Yes for this session" right from the notification, and the agent carries on. A live conversation feed: every message, tool call, and response streams to your phone as it happens. Long answers open in a full-screen reader that can read them aloud. Send and schedule prompts: give an agent a new instruction from anywhere, or queue one for later, for example 2 AM when your usage limit resets, so a spent quota turns into work done by morning. Auto-approve: trust a session, and it runs without asking while you stay in the loop. Every agent in one place: sessions from all your computers, color-coded by agent, with live status: running, waiting for you, or done. Local and cloud models with Scoot: our own open-source agent runs free local models through Ollama, or cloud models with your own key. Your project files: browse a computer's folders and open files from your phone. NO ACCOUNT, END-TO-END ENCRYPTED There is nothing to sign up for. Your phone pairs with your computer by scanning a QR code, and that same scan sets up AES-256-GCM encryption. Prompts and responses are encrypted on your computer before they leave it; our relay only ever carries ciphertext. Only your computer and your phone can read them. OPEN SOURCE The engine that runs on your computer, aaw-core, is MIT licensed, on GitHub and PyPI. Read exactly what touches your code and your agents, or run your own relay. HOW IT WORKS 1. Install the free companion on your computer: the Mac app from agentsatwork.app, or one command on Linux. 2. Open Agents At Work on your phone and scan the QR code your computer shows. 3. Start your agent the way you always do. 4. Your phone lets you know when it needs you. Approve, answer, or send a new prompt from anywhere. PLANS Free: follow one computer on our relay, with every feature. Personal: up to 3 computers, for anyone running agents on more than one machine. Pro: up to 15 computers, for teams and fleets of machines. Weekly, monthly, or yearly. Cancel anytime in your App Store subscriptions. One subscription covers every iPhone and iPad on your Apple ID. Computers on a relay you host yourself never count toward a plan. REQUIREMENTS - iPhone or iPad with iOS or iPadOS 17.6 or later - A Mac with macOS 14.6 or later, or a Linux machine with systemd, tmux, and Python 3.11 or newer - Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Grok CLI, Cursor, or Scoot on that computer Not affiliated with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Anysphere, or Ollama. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://agentsatwork.app/privacy

Screenshots

NetShell4 screens
Agents At Work4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Agents At Work at every 3 days against NetShell's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. NetShell sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Agents At Work sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NetShell ships an update fortnightly, Agents At Work every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NetShell versus Agents At Work: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNetShellAgents At Work
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWellington MukahiwaAnswerSolutions LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

NetShell

Subscriptions2
  • NetShell Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • NetShell Pro Yearly$69.991 Year
6 purchases

Agents At Work

Subscriptions6
  • Agents At Work Personal (weekly)$0.997 Days
  • Agents At Work Personal (monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Agents At Work Pro (weekly)$3.997 Days
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  • Agents At Work Pro (monthly)$12.991 Month
  • Agents At Work Personal (yearly)$29.991 Year
  • Agents At Work Pro (yearly)$99.991 Year

Questions

Is NetShell free?
NetShell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Agents At Work free?
Agents At Work is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NetShell or Agents At Work have ads?
Neither NetShell nor Agents At Work shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NetShell or Agents At Work?
NetShell ships an update fortnightly, and Agents At Work every 3 days. Most recently, NetShell was updated on October 31, 2026 and Agents At Work on November 5, 2026.

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