Static vs Tessera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Static
Preserve web pages as local, searchable archives, capturing the original URL, date, notes, and a PDF snapshot. This tool acts as a personal web archive for articles, research, and online sources, ensuring you can revisit them offline even if the original link is altered.
- Save web pages as local archives
- Capture URL, date, notes, and PDF
- Searchable offline content
- No accounts required
- No subscriptions needed
- Local data storage
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Keep useful web pages even when you are offline or the original changes. Static gives you unlimited Standard archives. Save a page, open the saved copy, return to its source, delete it, or retry a Standard capture. Static Premium turns a growing archive into a private, organized library: • Private iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro • Full-text search across titles, domains, notes, and saved page text • Notes • Complete Page capture • PDF viewing and export • A–Z sorting • Alternate themes • Drag-and-drop saving on Mac Use Static for articles, receipts, recipes, travel information, research, instructions, school resources, and any page you may need later. Save from Safari or paste a link in Static. Your Standard archive stays available offline. No Static account is required. iCloud sync requires a signed-in iCloud account. Static Premium is an auto-renewing monthly or annual subscription. Both plans unlock the same Premium features. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The subscription renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel it in App Store account settings. Customers who bought Static before version 2.0 retain Premium access. Static saves only the pages you choose. It cannot recover an older version of a page that you did not save. Privacy Policy: https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/static-privacy.html Terms of Service: https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/static-terms.html
Tessera
A fast, keyboard-first SSH, Mosh, and tmux terminal for iOS devices. It offers seamless session handoff between devices, robust tmux integration, and secure, private connections directly to your servers without any tracking.
- Keyboard-first SSH, Mosh, and tmux terminal
- Seamless session handoff between devices
- First-class tmux integration with auto-attach
- Mosh for persistent connections across network changes
- Hardware keyboard support with shortcuts and key legend
- Configurable swipe pad for quick access
- Remote file panel with native iOS sharing
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Tessera is a fast, keyboard-first SSH, Mosh, and tmux terminal for iPhone and iPad. It connects directly to servers you own or control — no middleman, no account, no tracking. MOVE BETWEEN YOUR DEVICES • Hand off a live session: start on iPad, pick it up on iPhone, then double-tap to take back control. The session keeps running either way. • Your focused session appears in the App Switcher and Dock on your other devices. • Nearby Setup copies your hosts, keys, and preferences to a new device directly over the local network — you choose exactly what to copy, both devices confirm a matching code, and each grant needs Face ID. • Or don't sync at all: choose whether sessions follow you or stay on each device. STAY CONNECTED • First-class tmux integration: auto-attach on connect, so a dropped connection never loses your work. • Native tmux windows as tabs, with real panes. • Mosh keeps your session alive across Wi-Fi ↔ cellular roaming and sleep/wake — pick up exactly where you left off. • Session restore brings your saved hosts and layout back after relaunch. BUILT FOR TOUCH AND KEYBOARD • First-class hardware-keyboard support: shortcuts, a key legend (⌘ hold), and careful handling of modifier keys for real terminal work. • A configurable swipe pad puts arrows, Esc, Ctrl and your own macros in the thumb zone. • Mouse and trackpad support, including scrolling that works. • Find-in-terminal, themes, and adjustable fonts and appearance. • Optional on-device dictation straight into the terminal. FILES, PORTS, AND JUMP HOSTS • A remote file panel that tracks your shell's current directory, over SSH and mosh alike — with native iOS sharing to move files and images in and out. • Local port forwarding with a live tunnels overview. • Jump hosts for servers you can only reach through a bastion. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • Tessera has no servers, no analytics, and collects no data. Connections go directly from your iOS devices to your machines. SECURITY YOU EXPECT • Keys are generated and stored in the iOS Keychain; Secure Enclave–backed keys never leave your device and can require Face ID to use. • Host-key verification with a persistent known-hosts store. • App lock with Face ID / passcode on launch, background return, and idle timeout. OPEN SOURCE • Tessera is free software (GPL-3.0). The full source code is available at github.com/bambouville/tessera. Tessera requires servers you provide — it is a client, not a hosting service. Mosh and tmux features require mosh/tmux installed on the server.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Tessera at free against Static's paid. Tessera also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Static's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Static sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Tessera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Static against 5.0 for Tessera. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Static ships an update monthly, Tessera every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Static | Tessera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Myworkingmemory LLC | Bambouville Inc. |
Customer experience
Static
Tessera
In-app purchases
Static
- Static Monthly$3.991 Month
- Static Yearly$4.991 Year
Tessera
- Unlimited Saved Hosts$9.99









