Comparison

meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale vs Loupe

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

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About

meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale

A private SSH and SFTP client designed for engineers, featuring built-in Tailscale integration for secure connections. It offers persistent terminal sessions that sync across devices and a custom keyboard optimized for command-line use.

Highlights
  • Built-in Tailscale stack
  • Persistent terminal sessions
  • Customizable command-line keyboard
  • Predictive command suggestions
  • SSH and SFTP support
  • Multi-client named sessions
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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meshTerm: your agents and servers, from your phone A fast, private SSH and SFTP client built around the coding agents you run on your own servers. Keep Claude, Codex and Gemini and any other supported agent working in herdr, see what needs you at a glance, and answer from your phone. Your sessions keep running when your phone does not, so your shell and scrollback are still there tomorrow. HERDR, BUILT IN herdr is the open-source workspace that keeps your coding agents running on your host whether or not your phone is connected, and meshTerm is built for it. herdr is free on your host: One unlimited session, run multiple agents, tabs, workspaces. You only need Pro to use herdr on more than one host. The herdr side of the Agents tab puts what needs you first, then every session on every host. Tap Review to read an agent's request and approve it from your phone, or open the terminal right at its pane. Set Up herdr checks a host, installs herdr in one tap, turns on notifications and starts your first session. TMUX, THE WAY TMUX MEANT IT On any host with tmux 3.2 or newer, meshTerm speaks tmux's control protocol. It knows every window and pane, sizes them to your screen, and reattaches to the exact session you left, at the size you left it, with the scrollback intact. A tmux page in the keyboard palette creates, splits, zooms, renames, resizes and closes windows and panes in a tap, and on iPad the panes of a window sit side by side with dividers you can drag. Nothing to install on your server. BUILT-IN TAILSCALE meshTerm has its own Tailscale stack, running entirely in the app, so there is no separate Tailscale app and no conflict with any other VPN. Sign in or add an auth key and your device joins your tailnet over WireGuard. Add a tailnet device as a host in one tap. Multiple profiles switch between work and personal tailnets. AGENT CHAT Run Claude Code, Codex and Gemini on your own servers from a native chat: streaming replies, approvals that stay pinned until you answer, plan mode, usage chips, slash commands and file attachments. Get notified when an agent needs you, and resume past chats. DOCKER AND PODMAN (Pro) Manage containers on any host you have added: containers, images, volumes and networks, Compose stacks, logs, exec and prune. Nothing to install and nothing to expose, just the docker or podman CLI already on your server, over SSH. A KEYBOARD BUILT FOR THE TERMINAL A palette of features, your own key groups and one-tap session switching. A predictive strip suggests commands from your shell history, and a pill takes you back to the live prompt in full-screen tools. FILES, FORWARDS, SECRETS Browse, upload and download files over SFTP with iOS Files integration. Local forwards and SOCKS5 proxies per host. A Snippet Vault and a one-tap macro bar, with secret values kept in the iOS Keychain behind Face ID. Secret Profiles (Pro) inject keys into a running session, and a hidden key is brokered only to the commands you allow, so an agent can use it without ever reading it. SSH KEYS, SEARCH, ACCESSIBILITY Generate Ed25519 or ECDSA keys on-device, import passphrase-protected keys and install public keys in one tap. Search scrollback, tag and filter hosts, and read the terminal with VoiceOver. Full Spanish throughout. PRIVACY BY DESIGN No analytics, no telemetry, no tracking SDKs. Credentials and keys live in the iOS Keychain, hardware-encrypted and device-only. Your terminal never routes through us. Agent alerts, if you turn them on, come through Apple Push Notification service (APNs) via our relay, over encrypted connections, and carry nothing that identifies you, your hosts or your work. meshTerm Pro One host, one live session and one agent are free, and herdr is unlimited on that host. Pro lifts those limits, so herdr works on every host in one view, and adds Docker and Podman, Secret Profiles, agent Resume and iCloud Sync, which keeps hosts, keys, macros and preferences on every device, end-to-end encrypted.

About

Loupe

This app reveals the device details advertisers use for fingerprinting, showing you what information your iPhone shares. Explore passive, permission-based, and advanced data points to understand your digital footprint. All data stays on your device, with no uploads or analytics.

Highlights
  • See device fingerprinting data
  • Understand data access levels
  • View passive data
  • Check permission-based data
  • Explore advanced data
  • Data stays on device
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Ever wondered how advertisers recognize you across apps and websites? It usually comes down to fingerprinting: small, ordinary details about your device, combined until the mix is rare enough to point back to you. Loupe lets you see those details yourself. It reads the same public iOS APIs that third-party apps use, showing you the raw data and explaining why it matters. WHAT YOU CAN EXPLORE Trackers don't need your name, email, or location to recognize you. Your region, languages, settings, storage, and sensors create a pattern distinctive enough to follow you online. Loupe puts these readings in one place so you can see exactly what you're sharing. THREE LEVELS OF ACCESS Loupe sorts every reading by how much access it takes: - Passive: readable by any app with no prompt at all, from your time zone and keyboard languages to your battery and storage. - Needs permission: readings that trigger an iOS prompt, like location, contacts, photos, and motion. - Advanced: side channels that public APIs allow, like checking which apps you have installed, graphics checks in a hidden browser, and a record that survives reinstalling the app. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR IPHONE Loupe reads everything on your device and keeps it there. Nothing is uploaded, synced, or shared unless you export it yourself. There are no accounts and no analytics. A FEW THINGS YOU CAN LOOK AT - The region, languages, and settings that hint at where you live and travel - Your screen, graphics, storage, and battery details - The name on a paired accessory, which often gives away your own name - Which popular apps you have installed, worked out without any permission - The exact second your device was set up or last erased Loupe is built by Mysk, a security research team. It exposes the tracking surface of your iPhone, so you can decide what to do about it.

Screenshots

meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale4 screens
Loupe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Loupe at none against meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale's 2. Loupe also leads on ratings volume (478 vs 3) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Loupe asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loupe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loupe has 478 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale ships an update every 9 days, Loupe weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale versus Loupe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermeshTerm SSH Client TailscaleLoupe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (478 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3478 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank—#148 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAG Applications LtdMysk Inc.

Customer experience

meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Loupe

All ratings404 ratings
Positive99.5%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$12.991 Year
None

Loupe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale free?
meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Loupe free?
Loupe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale or Loupe?
Loupe is rated higher. meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Loupe averages 5.0 from 478 ratings.
Do meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale or Loupe have ads?
Neither meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale nor Loupe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale or Loupe?
meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale ships an update every 9 days, and Loupe weekly. Most recently, meshTerm SSH Client Tailscale was updated on October 28, 2026 and Loupe on October 31, 2026.

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