Comparison

ServerCC vs Shellter

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

Head to head
About

ServerCC

Access and manage your coding environment remotely on your mobile device. Enjoy a desktop-like experience for running code, managing sessions, and viewing results in real-time. Persistent connections ensure your tasks continue even when the app is closed.

Highlights
  • Desktop-like UI and interaction
  • Persistent session management
  • Tmux-based background execution
  • Real-time VNC remote desktop viewing
  • Workspace file browsing and management
  • Parallel code execution
Features
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ServerCC lets you run real Claude Code or Codex on your phone via SSH, with the same experience as on desktop. Persistent connections keep your tasks running even after you close the app, and you can resume them anytime. Built for mobile, with smoother text input and interaction than terminal apps. While tasks are running, you can view your coding results in real time via VNC. No server yet? Claim a free sandbox trial right in the app — a temporary cloud Linux server with Claude Code, Codex, and Pi preinstalled and a sample project ready — and try the full workflow before adding your own server. Key Features: - The same UI and interactions as desktop Claude Code and Codex — not a chat wrapper - Multi-agent support: run Grok Build, OpenCode, Kimi Code, Pi, and OMP alongside Claude Code and Codex - Claude Code/Codex session management (start, auto-reconnect, and resume) - Tmux-based persistent sessions that keep Claude Code/Codex running even after closing the app — or attach directly to Tmux sessions already running on your host - herdr integration: servers running herdr show their spaces in the app — attach to running agent sessions, start new agents inside herdr, or adopt a space as a workspace - Claude Code bg sessions: launch agents in bg mode, close the app, attach from anywhere later — they keep working on your server - Workspace worktree support for developing multiple features simultaneously, with parallel Claude Code/Codex execution - VNC Remote Desktop: view your coding results in real time while Claude Code/Codex works — connect to macOS Screen Sharing or any VNC server - Ports: open web apps running on your dev server straight from your phone - Workspace file browsing and upload, plus management of global and workspace-level Skills and MCP Privacy Policy: https://servercc.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ServerCC is an independent app for running AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Grok Build, OpenCode, Kimi Code, Pi, OMP) over SSH. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the vendors of these products. All product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

About

Shellter

Features
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Shellter is an SSH, SFTP and FTP client that keeps everything on your phone. There is no account to create, nothing syncs, and the app sends no telemetry. It opens connections to the servers you type in, and makes no other network request. That is the whole product. A REAL TERMINAL — An interactive shell rendered with xterm, not a toy console. It follows the keyboard, resizes the remote PTY when you rotate the phone, and keeps 10,000 lines of scrollback FILES WITHOUT A SECOND LOGIN — Browse, upload, download, rename, delete and create folders over SFTP or FTP. Open the file browser from inside a live SSH session and it reuses that connection instead of opening another one. A download never silently overwrites a file you already have. HOST KEYS, PINNED AND CHECKED — The server's host key is pinned the first time you connect and compared on every reconnect. If it does not match, the connection stops BEFORE authentication — your password is never sent to a server that failed the check. WHERE YOUR SECRETS LIVE — Passwords and private keys go into the iOS Keychain, hardware-backed where supported, stored "this device only" so they cannot be restored onto another phone. HONEST ABOUT PROTOCOLS — SSH and SFTP are verified by host-key pinning. FTPS is encrypted but does not verify the certificate. FTP is cleartext. Prefer SFTP.

Screenshots

ServerCC4 screens
Shellter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shellter at none against ServerCC's 1. Shellter also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.1). 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. ServerCC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shellter asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ServerCC versus Shellter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterServerCCShellter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer佳琳 刘Blocify LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ServerCC

One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$14.99
None

Shellter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ServerCC free?
ServerCC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shellter free?
Shellter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ServerCC or Shellter have ads?
Neither ServerCC nor Shellter shows ads.

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