PocketSSH vs electerm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PocketSSH
This app provides a secure and responsive terminal experience for connecting to remote hosts. It offers multi-host profile management, flexible authentication options, and a mobile shortcut bar for efficient input on touch devices.
- Multi-host profile management
- Password and private key authentication
- Real-time terminal interaction
- Mobile shortcut bar
- Light and dark mode personalization
- Local profile storage
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PocketSSH is a lightweight SSH client built for mobile productivity. It helps you securely connect to remote hosts from your iPhone and work in a responsive terminal experience. Key features: Multi-host profile management: Create, edit, and delete SSH profiles for quick server switching. Flexible authentication: Supports both password login and private key file authentication. Real-time terminal interaction: Run commands with live output in an interactive shell session. Mobile shortcut bar: Built-in ESC, TAB, arrow keys, Ctrl/Alt, common Ctrl combos, and F1–F12 keys for efficient input on touch devices. Personalization options: Light mode, dark mode, and follow-system theme support. Local profile storage: Keep your SSH connection profiles saved locally for daily development and operations tasks. Whether you are a developer, SRE, or IT professional, PocketSSH makes remote server access on mobile simple and efficient.
electerm
This open-source client supports SSH, SFTP, Telnet, RDP, VNC, and more for remote file management and terminal access. It offers advanced features like AI assistance for command suggestions and script writing, customizable UI, and secure authentication methods.
- SSH/SFTP/Telnet/RDP/VNC/Spice/FTP client
- Remote file management
- AI assistant for command suggestions
- Customizable UI themes
- Multiple authentication methods
- Data synchronization
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Open-sourced ssh/sftp/telnet/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client for iOS Features: - Works as a terminal/file manager, ssh/sftp/ftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice client - Multi-language support - Double click to directly edit (small) remote files. - All kind of auth methods: publicKey, password, ssh agent, certificates, otp, netbird etc. - Support Zmodem(rz, sz), and Trzsz. - Support ssh related features: tunnel, connection hopping. - Customizable UI: themes, background image. - Global/session proxy. - Quick commands/triggers to do predefined tasks and automattic operations - Sync data including bookmarks to github/gitee secret gist/webdav/custom server/electerm cloud - Quick input/mirror input to one or all terminals. - AI assistant integration (supporting multiple LLM API formats — OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses, and Anthropic Messages) to help with command suggestions, script writing, and explaining selected terminal content, create bookmarks/themes, and agent mode to directly do terminal operations - MCP (Model Context Protocol) widget for AI assistants and external tools integration
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: electerm at none against PocketSSH's 1. PocketSSH's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. PocketSSH sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. electerm asks for nothing beyond the download.
PocketSSH ships an update every 5 days, electerm every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PocketSSH | electerm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 利龙 张 | 旭东 赵 |
Customer experience
PocketSSH
electerm
In-app purchases
PocketSSH
- PocketSSH Pro$0.99
electerm
No in-app purchases
