Comparison

tunlr vs Deeplinks Toolkit

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

Head to head
About

tunlr

This app provides a secure SSH terminal emulator for mobile devices. It offers advanced authentication methods, including biometric-protected keys, and on-device voice dictation for terminal commands. Designed for developers and sysadmins, it ensures privacy with no accounts or data tracking.

Highlights
  • Full PTY terminal emulation
  • Biometric-protected SSH keys
  • On-device voice dictation
  • Customizable keyboard toolbar
  • Save server profiles
  • 14 color themes
Features
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SSH terminal in your pocket. Full xterm-256color emulation, biometric-protected keys, and on-device voice dictation. No accounts, no tracking β€” everything stays on your device. tunlr is built for developers, sysadmins, and DevOps engineers who need real terminal access on iPhone and iPad. β€” TERMINAL β€” Full PTY terminal emulation powered by SwiftTerm. xterm-256color support. Configurable scrollback buffer up to 50,000 lines. Optional Metal GPU-accelerated rendering. Works in portrait and landscape on both iPhone and iPad. β€” AUTHENTICATION β€” Three ways to authenticate, all protected by Face ID or Touch ID: Secure Enclave keys β€” generate a P-256 ECDSA key that never leaves your device's Secure Enclave. The private key is inaccessible even to the app itself. Imported keys β€” bring your own Ed25519, ECDSA, or RSA keys. Stored in the iOS Keychain with biometric protection. Passwords β€” stored in the Keychain, never in plain text. β€” HOST VERIFICATION β€” Trust-on-first-use (TOFU) host key verification. tunlr saves the server fingerprint on first connection and warns you if it ever changes. Import fingerprints by scanning a QR code to skip the initial trust step. β€” VOICE INPUT β€” Dictate terminal commands with on-device speech recognition powered by WhisperKit. All audio processing happens on your device β€” nothing is sent to any server. β€” KEYBOARD TOOLBAR β€” Customizable keyboard toolbar with sticky modifier keys. Shortcut packs for Shell, Tmux, Vim, and Claude Code workflows. Save your own favorites. β€” CONNECTIONS β€” Save server profiles with hostname, port, username, and authentication method. Connect with a single tap. Auto-reconnect restores your session when you return to the app, with configurable keepalive intervals. β€” APPEARANCE β€” 14 color themes: Default Dark, Solarized Dark, Solarized Light, Dracula, Nord, Monokai, One Dark, GitHub Light, Gruvbox Light, Catppuccin Mocha, Tokyo Night, RosΓ© Pine, Synthwave, and Kanagawa. Four monospace fonts and adjustable font size. β€” PRIVACY β€” No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. No data collection. Everything runs on your device. SSH connections go directly to your servers β€” tunlr never contacts any third-party service.

About

Deeplinks Toolkit

Features
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DeepLinker helps iOS QA and developers work with universal links and custom deeplinks faster. Use DeepLinker to validate AASA configuration, keep a clean link library, import links from pasted text, and run quick or full test sessions with simple pass or fail tracking. Paste raw URLs, notes, or JSON snippets, review extracted links, and test them on device in a focused workflow.

Screenshots

tunlr4 screens
Deeplinks Toolkit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: tunlr at 17.0 against Deeplinks Toolkit's 26.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
tunlr versus Deeplinks Toolkit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertunlrDeeplinks Toolkit
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better26.2
Further details β€” not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnastasiia TrofimovaSherzad Mamoian

In-app purchases

None

tunlr

No in-app purchases

None

Deeplinks Toolkit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tunlr free?
tunlr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deeplinks Toolkit free?
Deeplinks Toolkit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do tunlr or Deeplinks Toolkit have ads?
Neither tunlr nor Deeplinks Toolkit shows ads.

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