Comparison

FlarePurge vs TermX SSH

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

Head to head
About

FlarePurge

Features
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Clear the Cloudflare cache of any zone you manage — in three taps, from your iPhone, iPad or Mac. FlarePurge is a native Apple app for developers, agencies and teams who run websites behind Cloudflare. Select a zone, tap the orange flame, confirm. Done. No more opening the Cloudflare dashboard just to clear a CSS file. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Purge the entire cache of a zone • Selective purge — up to 30 specific URLs or hostnames, automatic batching • Bulk purge — every zone in a Cloudflare account in one confirm • Multi-account — add as many Cloudflare accounts as you need • Favorites — pin the zones you touch every day • History — the last purges from this session NATIVE ON EVERY APPLE DEVICE • iPhone with a tuned iOS 17 design • iPad with sidebar + detail split view • Mac with true keyboard shortcuts (⌘F search, ⌘R reload, ⌘1–9 favorites), menu bar integration and full macOS UI PRIVACY IS THE CONTRACT • No analytics. No tracking. No third-party SDKs. • No backend of ours: traffic goes directly from your device to api.cloudflare.com. • TLS with certificate pinning (SPKI SHA-256 hashes of Cloudflare's certs). • API tokens stored in the system Keychain, device-only by default; optional iCloud Keychain sync. • Favorites sync via your own private CloudKit container — we have zero visibility. SAFE BY DESIGN • Only accepts scoped Cloudflare API tokens — Global API Key is not supported, by design. • Minimum token scopes documented up front: Zone:Zone:Read + Zone:Cache Purge:Purge. • Destructive operations always require explicit confirmation. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT FREE No ads. No in-app purchases. No subscription. Not now, not later for the purge flow. 21 LANGUAGES English, Spanish, Catalan, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, Romanian, Polish, Thai, Hungarian, Greek, Hebrew, and more. REQUIREMENTS • A Cloudflare account with at least one zone and an API token. • iPhone / iPad on iOS 17 or later. • Mac on macOS 14 Sonoma or later. NOT AFFILIATED WITH CLOUDFLARE, INC. FlarePurge is an independent client. "Cloudflare" is a trademark of Cloudflare, Inc. Support: support@flarepurge.com Made in Madrid and Herencia (Ciudad Real), Spain by Color Vivo Internet, SL.

About

TermX SSH

Features
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TermX is a fast, native SSH client for iPhone and iPad. Connect to your servers and run a real terminal, move files, forward ports, and watch live video - all over one encrypted connection. TERMINAL - Real xterm/VT100 terminal - run vim, tmux, htop, and any command-line tool - Multiple live sessions with quick switching - Key bar for the keys phones lack: esc, tab, Ctrl-C/D/Z/L/R, arrows, and paste - Adjustable font size and color themes; drop the keyboard for more screen - Drag to scroll, long-press to copy/paste, optional mouse reporting for vim/tmux FILES (SFTP) - Browse the remote filesystem - Upload from the Files app or Photos; download straight to Files - Create folders, rename, and delete - Preview images, PDFs, video, and text/code right inside the app CONNECT YOUR WAY - Password or ed25519 key authentication - Jump hosts (ProxyJump) to reach machines behind a gateway - -L local port forwarding, with auto-start - Per-host keepalive and connect timeout LIVE VIDEO - Stream MJPEG, RTSP/H.264, or HLS over the SSH tunnel - ideal for cameras and robots BUILT FOR iPHONE & iPAD - Universal layout: sidebar + terminal split view on iPad - Multiple windows and Split View / Slide Over PRIVACY FIRST - Credentials and keys stay on your device in the Keychain, protected by Face ID / Touch ID - No accounts, no analytics, no tracking - The app connects only to the servers you configure TermX runs your commands on your own remote servers - your data never passes through us.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

FlarePurge and TermX SSH are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
FlarePurge versus TermX SSH: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlarePurgeTermX SSH
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperColor Vivo Internet, SLHoward Cho

In-app purchases

None

FlarePurge

No in-app purchases

None

TermX SSH

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlarePurge free?
FlarePurge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TermX SSH free?
TermX SSH is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FlarePurge or TermX SSH have ads?
Neither FlarePurge nor TermX SSH shows ads.

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