Comparison

Developer Browser Pro vs Shell Keyboard

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

Head to head
About

Developer Browser Pro

Features
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Developer Browser is a focused web viewer designed for inspection and troubleshooting. Load any URL (or search from the address bar) and review what the page returns and what it does at runtime. Features:. Response headers at a glance. Capture the latest HTTP status, MIME type, and full header list. Console stream. View console output plus JavaScript errors and unhandled promise rejections with timestamps. DOM snapshot + search. Capture a structured DOM tree with tag, id/class hints, text preview, and a searchable path. Page source. Read and copy the rendered document HTML in a monospaced view. Audit deck. Quick structural and accessibility signals (headings, buttons, landmarks, language, unlabeled links, missing alt/labels) plus basic timing info. Cookies for the current host. See cookie name, value preview, domain/path, secure/session flags, and expiration. Session timeline. Keep a running list of captured responses as you browse. Use it for debugging, QA checks, and lightweight page reviews without leaving your browsing context.

About

Shell Keyboard

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Shell Keyboard adds the keys a terminal actually needs โ€” the ones iOS's default keyboard leaves out. Working over SSH or in a local shell needs Ctrl, Esc, Tab, arrow keys, and function keys, none of which exist on the standard iOS keyboard. Shell Keyboard is a custom keyboard built specifically for terminal apps like Blink, Termius, Prompt, a-Shell and iSH โ€” it sends the exact ASCII control codes and ANSI/VT escape sequences your terminal expects, the same bytes a physical keyboard would send. NEW ON IPAD: A REAL KEYBOARD Choose a 60% or 75% layout, the compact keyboards terminal users already type on. The 75% layout puts Esc, F1โ€“F12, a number row, Caps Lock, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down and inverted-T arrow keys on one screen, and Shift types the symbol printed on each key, just like a physical keyboard. The 60% layout keeps the function keys, navigation and arrows one fn press away. iPad opens in the 75% layout; the original ShellKey layout is one tap away in Settings. WHAT'S INCLUDED โ€ข A dedicated terminal layer: Ctrl, Alt, Esc, Tab, arrow keys, Home/End/PgUp/PgDn, and the punctuation a shell prompt uses constantly โ€ข Ctrl and Alt as proper modifiers โ€” latch one for a single keypress, or double-tap to lock it on, like a hardware keyboard โ€ข A full function-key layer: tap fn and the top row becomes F1 through F12, while every other row stays exactly where it was โ€ข Arrow keys that match the app you're in โ€” Normal for shells, Application for vim, tmux, less and htop, or Move the Cursor for ordinary text fields โ€ข Return or Enter: long-press the Return key to switch between a carriage return and a line feed โ€ข A plain QWERTY layer and a complete symbols layer, for ordinary text โ€” hostnames, paths, commit messages โ€” without leaving the keyboard โ€ข Seven themes โ€” Shell, Ember, Glacier, Dusk, Moss, Void (pure black) and High Contrast โ€” each in light and dark, and an Appearance option to keep the keyboard light or dark everywhere โ€ข On iPad, 60% and 75% layouts (75% by default), described above โ€ข A searchable reference inside the app, listing every key alongside the exact escape sequence and hex bytes it sends โ€ข Every key emits the exact byte sequence a real terminal expects SETTINGS LIVE IN THE KEYBOARD Touch and hold the key with the small gear (or tap the gear key on the iPad's 60% and 75% layouts) for Haptic feedback, Theme, Appearance and, on iPad, Layout. They live in the keyboard itself because, without Full Access, iOS keeps a keyboard and its app apart, and Shell Keyboard never asks for Full Access. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Shell Keyboard never asks for Full Access. It cannot reach the network. It never reads, stores, or transmits anything you type โ€” every key it sends is decided from the key you tapped, and nothing else. No analytics, no crash reporting, no account. GOOD TO KNOW In a terminal or editor running inside a web browser โ€” code-server, Jupyter and the like โ€” the keys that send a multi-character escape sequence don't get through: the arrow keys, F1 through F12, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, Shift+Tab and Alt combinations. Everything that sends a single byte works there normally, including every Ctrl combination, Esc, Tab, Return and ordinary typing. Web pages listen for key press events and iOS only lets a keyboard extension insert text, so this is an iOS limitation that applies to every third-party keyboard, not something an app can work around. WHO IT'S FOR Anyone who SSHes from an iPhone or iPad โ€” sysadmins, developers, and anyone tired of missing Ctrl+C.

Screenshots

Developer Browser Pro4 screens
Shell Keyboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Shell Keyboard at #1 against Developer Browser Pro's unranked. Shell Keyboard also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

Developer Browser Pro costs $1.99 and Shell Keyboard $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Developer Browser Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Shell Keyboard fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 5 level
Developer Browser Pro versus Shell Keyboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeveloper Browser ProShell Keyboard
Price$1.99$0.99 โ€” better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Best chart rankโ€”#1 โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size11 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEyeOS Store Inc.Nguyen Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

Developer Browser Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Shell Keyboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Developer Browser Pro free?
Developer Browser Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shell Keyboard free?
Shell Keyboard costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Developer Browser Pro or Shell Keyboard have ads?
Neither Developer Browser Pro nor Shell Keyboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Developer Browser Pro or Shell Keyboard?
Developer Browser Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Shell Keyboard fortnightly. Most recently, Developer Browser Pro was updated on October 16, 2026 and Shell Keyboard on October 17, 2026.

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