Comparison

Terminal W vs Ezssh

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

Head to head
About

Terminal W

Features
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Terminal W is a native SSH client for iPhone, iPad, and Apple silicon Mac. Connect to remote servers, keep several shells open, and return to your sessions as you move around the app. CONNECTIONS AND SECURITY β€’ Save hosts, organize them into groups, and connect with a tap. β€’ Authenticate with passwords, imported Ed25519 or ECDSA keys, or device-generated P-256 keys. β€’ Import supported passphrase-protected private keys without saving the passphrase. β€’ Verify SSH host keys with stable SHA-256 fingerprints. β€’ Reach servers through SSH jump hosts and local port forwards. β€’ Keep passwords and private keys in the device Keychain, with Secure Enclave support for generated keys on supported hardware. β€’ Protect access with Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode. YOUR TERMINAL β€’ Open multiple sessions, including several shells on the same server. β€’ Use a terminal with UTF-8, ANSI colors, copy and paste, scrollback, and search. β€’ Customize the special key bar with Esc, Tab, Ctrl, Alt, arrows, Home, End, and Page Up or Down. β€’ Use hardware keyboard shortcuts for sessions, search, text size, and reconnecting. β€’ Save command snippets with {{variable}} placeholders and reuse commands from history. β€’ Upload photos and files over SFTP and insert their remote paths at the prompt. β€’ Choose a terminal theme or follow your device's Light and Dark appearance. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD β€’ See connected sessions in a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and, on supported iPhones, the Dynamic Island. β€’ Open separate terminals in multiple iPad windows. β€’ Return to an open session from Hosts, Sessions, or a Live Activity. β€’ Enable Keep Sessions Alive when you want connections to continue in the background. This optional setting is off by default. ICLOUD AND PRIVACY Saved hosts, host groups, snippets, and trusted host-key fingerprints sync through your private iCloud database. Passwords and private keys remain in the Keychain on each device, so set up credentials separately on every device. Terminal W uses Apple SwiftNIO SSH and CryptoKit. It has no analytics or tracking, requires no app account or subscription, and has no developer-operated credential vault. All shell commands run on your remote server. Requires iOS or iPadOS 26 or later. The iPad app also runs directly on Macs with macOS 26 or later and an Apple M1 chip or later.

About

Ezssh

Features
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A real SSH client that fits in your pocket. Connect and you get an actual terminal: TAB, CTRL, ESC, arrows and F1-F12 sit right above the keyboard, so typing commands feels the way it does on a desktop. Sessions stay alive when you switch apps, and the screen never dims while you are reading output. ALL YOUR SERVERS, ONE APP Save a host once - address, port, user, key - and connect with a single tap afterwards. Group them, rename them, find them in seconds. Credentials live in the device keychain only: never uploaded anywhere, never leaving your phone. FILES WITHIN REACH Built-in SFTP: send scripts, configs and logs straight from your phone; open files on the server without downloading them first, edit and push back. Multi-select, zip and unzip are there when a batch needs to move. LET AI TYPE THE COMMANDS Describe what you need done and it runs the commands on the machine step by step, showing you every line. Anything destructive - a delete, a restart - waits for your approval first. You choose which provider to connect; keys stay on your device. SEE THE STATE AT A GLANCE CPU, memory, disk, load and network refresh in real time. One look tells you whether a box is struggling. DETAILS THAT MATTER Pick your terminal font, size and theme. Keep the screen awake while you read. Sync hosts across devices with iCloud. Dark mode, Dynamic Type and accessibility labels included. WHO IT IS FOR - Ops and SRE: a 3 a.m. alert no longer means hunting for a laptop. - Developers and site owners: confirm a deploy while on the move. - Homelab and NAS owners: Raspberry Pi, routers and Docker hosts, always reachable. - Anyone learning Linux: practise commands on the phone you already carry. EZSSH PRO The free version keeps 1 host and 2 AI questions a day. Pro removes the ceiling: unlimited hosts, file preview and editing, upload and download, multi-select with zip and unzip, and unlimited AI. SUBSCRIPTION AND TERMS - Subscription: one year, renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID subscription settings; you keep access until the current period ends. A one-time lifetime purchase is also available. - Terms of Use (EULA): https://docs.zeckw.com/docs/apps/ezssh/eula.html - Privacy Policy: https://docs.zeckw.com/docs/apps/ezssh/private.html

Screenshots

Terminal W4 screens
Ezssh4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Terminal W at none against Ezssh's 2. Ezssh's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Ezssh sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Terminal W asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Terminal W versus Ezssh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTerminal WEzssh
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size9 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWeiming Chen子康 ηŽ‹

In-app purchases

None

Terminal W

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Ezssh

Subscriptions1
  • Ezssh Pro Yearly$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ezssh Pro Lifetime$12.99

Questions

Is Terminal W free?
Terminal W is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ezssh free?
Ezssh is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Terminal W or Ezssh have ads?
Neither Terminal W nor Ezssh shows ads.

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