Comparison

tunlr vs Pyodios

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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 — everything stays on your device. tunlr is built for developers, sysadmins, and DevOps engineers who need real terminal access on iPhone and iPad. — TERMINAL — 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. — AUTHENTICATION — Three ways to authenticate, all protected by Face ID or Touch ID: Secure Enclave keys — 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 — bring your own Ed25519, ECDSA, or RSA keys. Stored in the iOS Keychain with biometric protection. Passwords — stored in the Keychain, never in plain text. — HOST VERIFICATION — 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. — VOICE INPUT — Dictate terminal commands with on-device speech recognition powered by WhisperKit. All audio processing happens on your device — nothing is sent to any server. — KEYBOARD TOOLBAR — Customizable keyboard toolbar with sticky modifier keys. Shortcut packs for Shell, Tmux, Vim, and Claude Code workflows. Save your own favorites. — CONNECTIONS — 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. — APPEARANCE — 14 color themes: Default Dark, Solarized Dark, Solarized Light, Dracula, Nord, Monokai, One Dark, GitHub Light, Gruvbox Light, Catppuccin Mocha, Tokyo Night, Rosé Pine, Synthwave, and Kanagawa. Four monospace fonts and adjustable font size. — PRIVACY — No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. No data collection. Everything runs on your device. SSH connections go directly to your servers — tunlr never contacts any third-party service.

About

Pyodios

Run Python code, Jupyter notebooks, and scripts directly on your iPhone or iPad without needing a server connection. It offers a full Python environment with package management and visualization tools, all running locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Jupyter-compatible notebooks
  • Python script editor
  • Interactive REPL
  • Matplotlib and Plotly charts
  • Package installer
  • iCloud Drive sync
  • Offline help
Features
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Run Python on your iPhone or iPad, with nothing sent to a server. Pyodios gives you a nearly real Python workspace: Jupyter notebooks, a script editor, an interactive REPL, plots, package management, and a variable inspector, all running on-device. NumPy and matplotlib come pre-loaded. Install pandas, scikit-learn, Plotly, and hundreds of other WebAssembly compliant packages from PyPI with a tap. Feature highlights: - Jupyter-compatible .ipynb notebooks with code and markdown cells - Python script editor with syntax highlighting, folding, and snippets - REPL with history, search, and code completion - Static matplotlib plots and interactive Plotly, Bokeh, and Altair charts - Environment panel with DataFrame viewer, variable diff, and watch list - Offline Help view with search - Files browser with iCloud Drive sync - Package installer powered by micropip with offline wheel caching - Remote Jupyter kernel support (token, password, or SSH tunnel) [experimental] - Nine built-in color themes plus a theme editor - iPad multi-pane workspace Your code, notebooks, variables, and plots stay on your device. No account. No sign-in. No telemetry on your work. Works offline once Pyodide has initialized and packages are downloaded. Powered by Pyodide, Python in WebAssembly. Not affiliated with the Pyodide or Python project. Python is a trademark of the Python Software Foundation.

Screenshots

tunlr4 screens
Pyodios4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: tunlr at 100% against Pyodios's 0%. tunlr also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tunlr ships an update every 5 weeks, Pyodios every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
tunlr versus Pyodios: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertunlrPyodios
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnastasiia TrofimovaJames Balamuta

Customer experience

tunlr

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pyodios

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

tunlr

No in-app purchases

None

Pyodios

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tunlr free?
tunlr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pyodios free?
Pyodios is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do tunlr or Pyodios have ads?
Neither tunlr nor Pyodios shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tunlr or Pyodios?
tunlr ships an update every 5 weeks, and Pyodios every 4 months. Most recently, tunlr was updated on September 21, 2026 and Pyodios on September 28, 2026.

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