Comparison

Shellton vs W&B HiveMind

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

Head to head
About

Shellton

Features
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Shellton is a native ACP cockpit and persistent SSH/Mosh terminal for developers who want to run coding agents from iPhone without moving their work into a proprietary cloud relay. RUN CLAUDE AND CODEX ON YOUR HOSTS. Connect to a saved SSH or Mosh host, choose Claude or Codex, and start or resume an agent session in the directory where your code already lives. Shellton launches the official Agent Client Protocol adapter on demand and carries the session over your existing encrypted connectionβ€”no Shellton account, relay server, or host daemon. AN AGENT INTERFACE BUILT FOR MOBILE. Follow live transcripts, reasoning, tool activity, and plans without squeezing a desktop terminal onto your phone. Approve or deny tool requests, send the next instruction by keyboard or voice, switch between conversations, and hand control back to tmux when you return to a computer. EVERY DROPPED SESSION IS A BUG. Shellton tries Mosh first on every connection. Mosh survives Wi-Fi handoffs, dead zones, and locked-screen suspends. If the server does not have mosh-server installed, Shellton transparently falls back to SSH. VOICE INPUT, ON-DEVICE. Tap the mic and dictate agent prompts or terminal commands. Supported speech engines run on your device; your audio is never sent to Shellton. KEYBOARD THAT WORKS FOR DEVELOPERS. Use a configurable accessory bar with modifier keys, arrows, and custom escape sequences. Build bars in the app or author them in YAML and import them from Files. Hyper, Meh, Kitty keyboard protocol, and tmux prefix shortcuts are supported. FULL-SCREEN TERMINAL. Use a true-color SwiftTerm terminal with Nerd Font glyphs, themes, snippets, per-host history, SSH key management, host-key verification, Live Activities, and tmux-aware navigation. YOUR DATA STAYS YOUR OWN. Shellton uses privacy-preserving product analytics for feature adoption and connection reliability. Analytics never include hostnames, addresses, usernames, commands, terminal text, credentials, voice audio, transcripts, or raw errors, and can be disabled in Settings. There is no advertising or cross-app tracking. SSH keys live in the iOS Keychain, app data remains local, and accessory-bar configuration can sync through your private iCloud container. KEY FEATURES β€’ Native ACP conversations with Claude and Codex β€’ Live transcripts, plans, tool activity, and permission approvals β€’ Direct operation over your SSH or Mosh hosts; no proprietary relay β€’ Auto Mosh-to-SSH fallback per host β€’ On-device voice input β€’ Customizable accessory bar with YAML import/export β€’ Live Activities for active sessions β€’ Ed25519 and ECDSA SSH key generation and import β€’ Optional Face ID protection for stored credentials β€’ Trust-On-First-Use host-key verification β€’ Anonymous, opt-out product analytics; no tracking or ads CONVERSATION REQUIREMENTS β€’ A saved SSH-accessible host with Node.js 22 or later and npm β€’ Authentication with the selected agent provider when prompted β€’ Shellton resolves the official ACP adapter through npx on demand; users do not install a separate Shellton daemon or generic ACP service TERMINAL REQUIREMENTS β€’ iOS 17.0 or later β€’ An SSH server you can connect to β€’ mosh-server on the remote host for persistent Mosh sessions (optional) SHELLTON PRO An optional auto-renewable subscription unlocks voice input, agent conversations, custom accessory bars, and session-continuity tools. Payment is charged to your Apple ID; the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://datons.github.io/shellton-site/privacy/

About

W&B HiveMind

Features
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W&B Hivemind is the companion app for Hivemind, Weights & Biases' platform for coding agents. Sign in with GitHub to follow your coding sessions and work with cloud agents from your iPhone or iPad. When your workspace has Agents enabled, start a cloud coding agent, choose its model and environment, and watch its work stream live. Send follow-up instructions, stop a running task, and return to agents that need your input. Open detected web ports from a running agent to preview its work. The Activity tab turns your agent work into daily rings: active agent time, conversation turns, and merged PRs fill toward goals you set, with week-over-week comparisons and streaks. The Sessions tab shows coding sessions from Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini, and more, with token counts, diff stats, and live indicators. Open a session to read its conversation, tool calls, and file changes. Hivemind requires an account on a Hivemind server hosted by W&B or your organization. Live Agents access is currently limited to internal W&B employees and requires an enabled workspace and a configured environment. A built-in preview mode lets you explore sample sessions and simulated agent interactions without an account.

Screenshots

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W&B HiveMind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: W&B HiveMind at every 2 days against Shellton's every 2 weeks. Shellton's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shellton ships an update every 2 weeks, W&B HiveMind every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Shellton versus W&B HiveMind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShelltonW&B HiveMind
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size46 MB8 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJesus LopezWeights and Biases

In-app purchases

None

Shellton

No in-app purchases

None

W&B HiveMind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shellton free?
Shellton is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is W&B HiveMind free?
W&B HiveMind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shellton or W&B HiveMind have ads?
Neither Shellton nor W&B HiveMind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shellton or W&B HiveMind?
Shellton ships an update every 2 weeks, and W&B HiveMind every 2 days. Most recently, Shellton was updated on October 16, 2026 and W&B HiveMind on October 14, 2026.

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