Claudette Echo vs Terminal W
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Claudette Echo
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Claudette is a mobile control plane: live context, agent tree, and a real shell on your phone, pointed at your machine over SSH. Free to download ā the core product is included: real PTY, context gauge, agent tree, Take the Wheel, and system voice (Siri / device TTS). Not a chatbot wrapper: your machine, your tmux, your prompt. No subscription. No in-app purchase required. Take the Wheel When you need to intervene ā interactive rebase, stuck service, one-off command only you should run ā drop into the live shell (same session, same working tree), then hand control back. Works over direct SSH on your own network. Connect with SSH ⢠Direct SSH to any server or Mac ā free ⢠Cloud sessions: optional provider login only if you want your own billing (SSH to your Mac needs none) Full terminal, in your pocket Extended keyboard, multi-tab tmux that survives backgrounding, SFTP, Bonjour, Wake-on-LAN. Built for developers on the move ⢠Context gauge ā tokens, cost, and warnings ⢠Agent tree ā live subagent hierarchy ⢠Real PTY ā not chat pretending to be a terminal ⢠Voice input + spoken summaries (system / Siri TTS) ⢠Full command surface of the CLI agent you already run Compatibility Claudette is a general-purpose SSH terminal. It works with the command-line AI coding agents you install yourself, including Anthropic's Claude Code CLI. Claudette is an independent product from Olorin. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or otherwise associated with Anthropic PBC. "Claude" and "Claude Code" are trademarks of Anthropic PBC and are used here only to describe compatibility. Whether you're at your desk or on a walk, your AI coding partner ā and the control plane ā is with you.
Terminal W
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Terminal W is a native SSH client for iPhone, iPad, and Apple silicon Mac. Connect to remote servers, keep several shells open, and return to your sessions as you move around the app. CONNECTIONS AND SECURITY ⢠Save hosts, organize them into groups, and connect with a tap. ⢠Authenticate with passwords, imported Ed25519 or ECDSA keys, or device-generated P-256 keys. ⢠Import supported passphrase-protected private keys without saving the passphrase. ⢠Verify SSH host keys with stable SHA-256 fingerprints. ⢠Reach servers through SSH jump hosts and local port forwards. ⢠Keep passwords and private keys in the device Keychain, with Secure Enclave support for generated keys on supported hardware. ⢠Protect access with Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode. YOUR TERMINAL ⢠Open multiple sessions, including several shells on the same server. ⢠Use a terminal with UTF-8, ANSI colors, copy and paste, scrollback, and search. ⢠Customize the special key bar with Esc, Tab, Ctrl, Alt, arrows, Home, End, and Page Up or Down. ⢠Use hardware keyboard shortcuts for sessions, search, text size, and reconnecting. ⢠Save command snippets with {{variable}} placeholders and reuse commands from history. ⢠Upload photos and files over SFTP and insert their remote paths at the prompt. ⢠Choose a terminal theme or follow your device's Light and Dark appearance. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD ⢠See connected sessions in a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and, on supported iPhones, the Dynamic Island. ⢠Open separate terminals in multiple iPad windows. ⢠Return to an open session from Hosts, Sessions, or a Live Activity. ⢠Enable Keep Sessions Alive when you want connections to continue in the background. This optional setting is off by default. ICLOUD AND PRIVACY Saved hosts, host groups, snippets, and trusted host-key fingerprints sync through your private iCloud database. Passwords and private keys remain in the Keychain on each device, so set up credentials separately on every device. Terminal W uses Apple SwiftNIO SSH and CryptoKit. It has no analytics or tracking, requires no app account or subscription, and has no developer-operated credential vault. All shell commands run on your remote server. Requires iOS or iPadOS 26 or later. The iPad app also runs directly on Macs with macOS 26 or later and an Apple M1 chip or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Terminal W at none against Claudette Echo's 1. Claudette Echo's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Claudette Echo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Terminal W asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Claudette Echo | Terminal W |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 ā better | 26.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olorin.ai LLC | Weiming Chen |
In-app purchases
Claudette Echo
- Claudette Echo$4.99
Terminal W
No in-app purchases
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