Comparison

tunlr vs REMOREMO

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

REMOREMO

Features
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Remote desktop was made for desktops. REMOREMO is made for your iPhone. REMOREMO is a remote desktop client built around a simple idea: on a phone, seeing and controlling a remote computer should not require squeezing an entire desktop interface into a tiny screen. Instead, REMOREMO gives you a clear desktop overview, a large touch-friendly trackpad, and Instant Zoom controls that let you jump directly to the part of the screen you want to see. Whether you are checking a remote PC, watching a long-running task, inspecting a server or development machine, or making a quick adjustment while away from your desk, REMOREMO is designed to make remote access feel practical on a normal smartphone. ## DESKTOP OVERVIEW Keep the entire remote desktop visible at a glance. You do not need to constantly pan and pinch around a huge desktop just to understand what is happening. ## INSTANT ZOOM Need to inspect one part of the screen? The 3Γ—3 Instant Zoom controller lets you jump immediately to the top, bottom, left, right, corners, or return to the full desktop overview. No repeated pinch-to-zoom gestures. Just tap where you want to look. ## LARGE RELATIVE TRACKPAD A remote mouse deserves more than a tiny gesture area. REMOREMO provides a large laptop-style relative trackpad designed specifically for touch. Move the pointer, click, drag, right-click and scroll without covering the remote screen with your fingers. ## KEYBOARD WHEN YOU NEED IT Use the iOS software keyboard for text entry, with quick access to useful remote-control keys such as: Ctrl Alt Shift Esc Tab No external keyboard is required for basic remote operation. ## BUILT FOR REMOTE OPERATIONS REMOREMO is not trying to turn your iPhone into a desktop workstation. It is designed for the moments when you want to quickly answer questions like: β€œWhat's happening on my remote computer?” β€œDid that task finish?” β€œIs there an error on the screen?” β€œCan I quickly click that button?” β€œCan I make one small change without opening my laptop?” That philosophy is what I call RemOps β€” Remote Operations. ## BRING YOUR OWN NETWORK REMOREMO keeps the networking layer intentionally simple. It connects to an RDP host that is already reachable from your device. You can use your existing local network, VPN, overlay network, or other trusted network configuration. There is no requirement to use a REMOREMO account or proprietary remote-access network. Enter your Host or IP address and connect. ## MADE FOR TECHNICAL USERS β€” WITHOUT MAKING THE UI DIFFICULT The networking can be as advanced as you want. The controls should not be. Remote access without fighting your phone.

Screenshots

tunlr4 screens
REMOREMO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: REMOREMO at every 4 days against tunlr's every 5 weeks. REMOREMO also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tunlr ships an update every 5 weeks, REMOREMO every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
tunlr versus REMOREMO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertunlrREMOREMO
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size13 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnastasiia Trofimovamotoki furusawa

In-app purchases

None

tunlr

No in-app purchases

None

REMOREMO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tunlr free?
tunlr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is REMOREMO free?
REMOREMO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do tunlr or REMOREMO have ads?
Neither tunlr nor REMOREMO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tunlr or REMOREMO?
tunlr ships an update every 5 weeks, and REMOREMO every 4 days. Most recently, tunlr was updated on September 7, 2026 and REMOREMO on September 29, 2026.

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