Cursor vs Hooterm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cursor
Build, review, and ship software from anywhere using AI agents. Implement changes, fix bugs, and manage projects remotely. Verify work with demos and provide visual feedback to agents.
- Launch coding agents from anywhere
- Track and manage engineering work
- Review screenshots and videos of changes
- Annotate images for visual feedback
- Inspect diffs and merge pull requests
- Communicate with agents via voice
- Understand codebases faster
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Introducing Cursor for iOS: the best way to build, review, and ship software from anywhere. Kick off and manage agents to implement changes, fix bugs, and keep projects moving forward while you're away from your desk. BUILD FROM ANYWHERE With Cursor in your pocket, you can start new work the moment inspiration strikes. Launch agents directly from your phone to implement features, investigate issues, or answer questions about your codebase. Track progress across long-running agents and review completed work no matter where you are. Cursor helps you think through complex problems with a deep understanding of your codebase. VERIFY WORK WITH DEMOS Agents can test changes in their own sandbox and iterate until they've validated their output. Cursor can produce artifacts like videos, screenshots, and logs, so you can quickly verify its work before moving to the next step. By giving agents their own virtual machines with full development environments, they are able to work more autonomously to create merge-ready PRs. POINT AND DRAW TO FIX Take a screenshot, circle an issue, and drop comments to give agents visual feedback directly on images. Cursor understands annotations and uses them as context to make precise updates. Visual inputs help shrink the distance between what you see and what the agent understands. This allows you to iterate faster when refining UI, fixing visual bugs, or communicating design changes. SHIP CODE FROM YOUR PHONE Review pull requests and inspect changes through a focused diff experience designed for mobile. From quick fixes to major features, Cursor makes it easy to move between files and commits. Understand what changed and merge high-quality code with confidence. TALK TO CURSOR Use voice mode to communicate what you want without typing. Brainstorm ideas, explain bugs, plan features, tackle a difficult technical challenge, or request changes out loud. Cursor turns conversations into actionable engineering work, allowing you to stay in flow and capture ideas as they come to you. BUILT FOR MODERN SOFTWARE TEAMS Cursor is designed to help individuals and teams build ambitious software. Always use the best model for the task at hand with access to any frontier model from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and more. Cursor's own agentic model, Composer, delivers frontier-level intelligence while optimizing for speed and token-efficiency. With Cursor for iOS, you can: • Launch coding agents from anywhere • Track and manage active engineering work • Review screenshots and videos of changes • Annotate images to provide visual feedback • Inspect diffs and merge pull requests • Talk to agents with voice conversations • Understand unfamiliar codebases faster Whether you’re maintaining production systems or building your next side project, Cursor helps you turn your ideas into working software from anywhere. ——— Terms of Service: https://cursor.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://cursor.com/privacy © 2026 Anysphere, Inc.
Hooterm
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Hooterm brings your SSH workflow together on iPhone. Connect to your own servers with passwords or private keys, keep multiple live terminal sessions in tabs, browse remote files with SFTP, create port forwards, route through jump hosts and run reusable snippets or fail-fast macros. The terminal includes an SSH-friendly accessory keyboard, persistent command history and configurable themes. Your credentials stay in the device Keychain. Face ID can lock the app, and encrypted personal sync lets you use your workspace across devices without placing readable vault contents on Hooterm servers. Hooterm Free includes the complete personal SSH toolkit. Hooterm Team adds shared encrypted workspaces, invitations, roles and team recovery for up to five members. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hooterm at daily against Cursor's weekly. Hooterm also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Cursor's advantage is chart position (#2 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Cursor sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $25.99 per month and Hooterm sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cursor ships an update weekly, Hooterm daily. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cursor | Hooterm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (933 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 933 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 287 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anysphere | Alexander Medchenko |
In-app purchases
Cursor
- Pro$25.991 Month
- X Premium$30.001 Month
- Pro+$77.991 Month
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- X Super$129.991 Month
- X Ultra$259.991 Month
- Ultra$259.991 Month
- X Premium$300.001 Year
Hooterm
- Hooterm Team14 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Hooterm Team14 Days trial$69.991 Year






