SSHButton vs Pattern
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SSHButton
This app streamlines the execution of recurring SSH commands on your iPhone. Create custom buttons for various servers and devices, each with configurable profiles, icons, and security settings for quick access to frequently used commands.
- Customizable buttons for servers
- Quick execution of SSH commands
- Profile, icon, and color customization
- Security rules for commands
- Clear command deck interface
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SSHButton makes recurring SSH commands fast and easy to use on iPhone. Create custom buttons for your servers, NAS systems, Docker hosts, or Linux machines, and run frequently used commands directly from a clear command deck. Each button can have its own profile, icon, color, security rules, and output behavior.
Pattern
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Pattern reads the seven days you just lived and tells you what they mean. Apple Watch already tracks your sleep, HRV, heart rate and steps. Your calendar already holds every meeting and focus block. None of those apps look across the lines. Pattern does — fully on your device. Each morning you get one short paragraph: "Tuesdays your HRV drops 12% — the days you had three back-to-back meetings before noon." No number dumps, no medical advice, no charts to interpret. The pattern itself. Deep Work sessions are built in. Tap to start a 25, 50 or 90 minute focus block — the timer is wall-clock anchored so it survives the screen locking. Each session gets a one-tap reflection: deep, shallow, or interrupted. Over time Pattern correlates which sessions actually moved you, and adjusts what it suggests next. Everything stays local. The language model runs on device — Apple Foundation Models on iOS 26, or a downloaded open-source model. Your health data, your calendar, your reflections, your sessions — all live in a Files-visible folder on your iPhone. No account, no sync, no servers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SSHButton at none against Pattern's 1. Pattern's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pattern sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SSHButton asks for nothing beyond the download.
SSHButton ships an update every 2 months, Pattern every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SSHButton | Pattern |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dennis-Michael Kern | Mustafa Ergisi |
In-app purchases
SSHButton
No in-app purchases
Pattern
- Pattern Full Access$9.99








