Veloterm vs Un Bien
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Veloterm
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Veloterm is a fast, native SSH client for iPhone and iPad with a built-in AI assistant. Connect to your remote servers over SSH and work in a full xterm-256color terminal powered by SwiftTerm — with an AI helper that can suggest, explain, and fix shell commands. SECURE BY DESIGN • Host-key pinning (TOFU): a changed server fingerprint refuses the connection to defend against man-in-the-middle attacks. • Passwords and private keys are stored only in the iOS Keychain — never synced, never logged. • App Transport Security enforced. The app talks only to the SSH hosts you configure and, for AI, to Anthropic's API. AI ASSISTANT — BRING YOUR OWN KEY • Suggest, Explain, and Fix commands right from the terminal. • Uses YOUR OWN Anthropic API key, stored in the Keychain and called directly from your device. No middle-man server, no analytics, no tracking. FAST & NATIVE • SwiftUI interface for iPhone and iPad, with split-view multitasking. • Password or private-key authentication. • Import and export your host profiles. VELOTERM PRO • Free: save up to 20 hosts. • Pro (one-time purchase): unlimited saved hosts plus profile export/import. Veloterm is an SSH client — it connects to servers you control and does not run a shell on the device.
Un Bien
A native client for the Pi coding agent, allowing users to connect to their own machines. It provides live transcripts, inline images, and interactive prompts for clarifications. The app is self-hosted with no cloud, account, or telemetry.
- Live transcripts with styled edit diffs
- Inline images and thinking blocks
- Plan & subagent panels
- Interactive prompt for clarifications
- Launch new sessions on paired machines
- Self-hosted design with no cloud or telemetry
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Un Bien is a native client for the Pi coding agent (http://pi.dev). Pair your phone with your own machines over a relay you host, then attach to running agent sessions: live transcripts with styled edit diffs and tool results, inline images, thinking blocks, plan & subagent panels — and an interactive prompt for ask-style clarifications. Steer mid-turn or queue follow-ups; launch new sessions on paired machines (opt-in, machine-side). Self-hosted by design: there is no Un Bien cloud, no account, and no telemetry — your relay, your keys, your machines. Includes a read-only demo mode so you can look around without any setup. Get started (self-hosting in ~5 minutes): https://docs.georgeharker.com/un-bien/main/docs/install.html App guide: https://docs.georgeharker.com/un-bien/main/docs/app-guide.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Un Bien at every 9 days against Veloterm's every 3 weeks. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Veloterm ships an update every 3 weeks, Un Bien every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Veloterm | Un Bien |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vilee, LLc | George Harker |
In-app purchases
Veloterm
No in-app purchases
Un Bien
No in-app purchases
