Comparison

SparkDeck vs dotMux easy SSH with tmux

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

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About

SparkDeck

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SparkDeck is a remote command center for NVIDIA DGX Spark AI workstations. Monitor your GPU, run SSH commands, and manage Docker containers from anywhere. KEY FEATURES โ€ข Real-Time Dashboard GPU utilization, VRAM, temperature, power draw, and storage โ€” all at a glance. โ€ข SSH Terminal Access (Pro) Full PTY terminal with multi-session support. Connect via LAN or Tailscale. โ€ข Docker Management (Pro) Start, stop, and restart containers remotely with one tap. โ€ข Local LLM Chat Chat with your on-device LLMs. Conversations never leave your hardware. โ€ข Multi-Device Fleet (Pro) Connect and manage multiple DGX Spark machines from a single app. WHO IT'S FOR AI researchers, ML engineers, and DGX Spark owners who need control on the go. PRO SUBSCRIPTION SparkDeck is free for basic monitoring. Unlock SSH, advanced Docker, and multi-device with Pro: - Monthly: $3.99/month - Annual: $29.99/year (save 37%) Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage in your App Store account. REQUIREMENTS iOS 18.0 or later, an NVIDIA DGX Spark with the SparkDeck Agent installed, and SSH credentials. Terms of Use: https://sparkdeck.net/terms Privacy Policy: https://sparkdeck.net/privacy

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dotMux easy SSH with tmux

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Stop fighting tmux on a touchscreen. dotMux speaks tmux control mode natively and rebuilds your remote workspace as real iOS UI โ€” the way iTerm2 does on the Mac. Windows and panes become native tabs and views you drive by touch. NATIVE tmux, NOT raw text - Remote tmux windows become native tabs. - Every pane becomes a native view โ€” focused full-screen on iPhone, true side-by-side splits on iPad. - Split, resize, and close panes from the app โ€” pane menu, long-press, drag the divider, or keyboard shortcuts. - The window and pane pickers render your real terminals, live: pick a window by what's in it, not by its name. - Select and copy text with native handles; tap links in the terminal to open them. - If a host has no tmux, dotMux falls back gracefully to a plain terminal. EVERY HOST AT ONCE - Connect to as many hosts as you like at once. Leaving a terminal doesn't disconnect it โ€” work keeps running on every host you have open. - The host list is the connection switcher: live hosts marked where you already look, one tap away. - Group hosts into folders; each folder shows what's connected inside it. - Forward a remote port over SSH and open your server's web UI inside dotMux. REAL SSH, DONE RIGHT - Password and public-key authentication. - Import your ed25519 or ECDSA (P-256) keys by paste or from Files โ€” passphrase-protected keys included. - Or generate a key in the Secure Enclave: non-exportable, signed in-chip, never leaving the device. - Review and forget trusted host keys. - Connect directly from your device to your own servers. No middleman, no developer backend. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF - The session picker lists every tmux session on the host and marks the ones already attached. - Switch sessions in place, or create named ones on the fly. - iOS suspended the app? Jobs keep running on the server, and dotMux re-attaches and rebuilds your tabs and panes when you come back. A KEYBOARD BUILT FOR TERMINALS - A helper bar with the keys terminals actually need: Esc, Ctrl, Tab and more. - Fully customizable: add, remove, and reorder every key โ€” F-keys, Ctrl combos, arrows, even your own text. - Snippets: save commands globally or per host and run them again without typing them. - A multi-line composer for drafting long commands and agent prompts, sent in one go. - A drag-pad arrow joystick with press-and-hold repeat, sticky modifiers, and a hide-to-floating-dock control when you want the screen back. - Paste images from your clipboard โ€” annotate them first if you like; dotMux uploads them and pastes the path (built for Claude Code). MAKE IT YOURS - Terminal fonts: JetBrains Mono, Fira Code, Hack, IBM Plex Mono and more. - Color themes with live preview: Dracula, Nord, Solarized, Gruvbox, Tokyo Night and more โ€” or import any Ghostty or iTerm2 theme from a file or URL. - Pinch to zoom with a live cols ร— rows readout; keep the screen awake while connected. AUTOMATE IT - Shortcuts support: connect to a host, send a command, read the output back. Unattended runs, enabled per credential, for automations that can't stop to ask for Face ID. SECURITY THAT STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE - Face ID app-lock, plus a second Face ID gate per credential, with a short configurable grace period. - Credentials live in the Keychain and Secure Enclave, bound to this device โ€” never synced to iCloud, never sent anywhere. - A privacy cover hides the terminal in the app switcher. - dotMux collects no data. No analytics, no tracking, no ads, no account, no sign-up. MADE FOR iPad TOO - One universal app for iPhone and iPad. - Open hosts side by side in multiple windows; built for hardware keyboard and trackpad. PRICING - Free: save and connect to one host, fully featured. - Unlimited Hosts: a one-time $1.99 purchase to save as many servers as you like. No subscription. Restore Purchases supported. Note: RSA keys are not supported (modern OpenSSH disables the SHA-1 ssh-rsa signature). Use ed25519, ECDSA (P-256), or a Secure Enclave key.

Screenshots

SparkDeck4 screens
dotMux easy SSH with tmux4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SparkDeck at 18.0 against dotMux easy SSH with tmux's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. SparkDeck sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and dotMux easy SSH with tmux sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
SparkDeck versus dotMux easy SSH with tmux: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSparkDeckdotMux easy SSH with tmux
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS18.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size15 MB30 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperYunus SahinFree Tomorrow

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SparkDeck

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
1 purchases

dotMux easy SSH with tmux

One-time1
  • dotMux โ€” Unlimited Hosts$1.99

Questions

Is SparkDeck free?
SparkDeck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is dotMux easy SSH with tmux free?
dotMux easy SSH with tmux is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SparkDeck or dotMux easy SSH with tmux have ads?
Neither SparkDeck nor dotMux easy SSH with tmux shows ads.

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