MobileDB vs Remote Terminal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MobileDB
Access and manage PostgreSQL databases directly from your iPhone or iPad. Browse, query, and edit data securely over TLS or SSH. Build custom dashboards and work safely in production environments.
- Connect to any Postgres database
- Browse, query, and edit data
- Secure TLS and SSH tunneling
- SQL editor with autocomplete
- Build native dashboards
- Production safety features
- Demo mode for instant exploration
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MobileDB is a native PostgreSQL client for iPhone and Apple Watch. Connect straight to any Postgres database — over TLS or an in-app SSH tunnel — and browse, query, chart and edit your data from anywhere. Ask questions in plain English and get answers. No backend, no account: credentials stay in the iOS Keychain and data travels only between your device and your servers. TRY IT INSTANTLY • Tap "Try the Demo" for a built-in sample database — no account, server or setup CONNECT YOUR WAY • Paste a connection URL from Supabase, Neon, Railway, Render, Heroku or AWS • Passwords and SSH keys secured in the Keychain • TLS (require, verify, self-signed) and built-in SSH tunneling with host-key pinning BROWSE • Schema → table → row navigation with search • Schema Map: every table and foreign key in an interactive diagram • Data grid with sorting, filters and foreign-key jumps • JSON/JSONB values as a collapsible tree ASK AI • Ask "how many users signed up this week?" and get the number, a table or a chart. Queries run read-only and time-limited; anything that changes data is never run automatically • "Hey Siri, ask MobileDB…" — spoken answers on your phone and watch, and in Shortcuts • Build dashboard widgets and new rows from a sentence • Free and private with Apple Intelligence — the on-device model runs on your phone • Or bring your own key for any OpenAI-compatible provider. Only your schema and question are sent — no row data unless you allow it QUERY & EDIT • SQL editor with syntax highlighting and autocomplete • Charts, history, saved queries, CSV/JSON export • Type-aware row editor: insert, update, duplicate and delete by primary key DASHBOARDS • "Build me a dashboard": MobileDB finds users, orders and revenue and proposes cards, each checked against your data • Guided cards (totals, trends, breakdowns) or custom SQL, with trends vs the previous period • Share any card or dashboard as a polished image WIDGETS, ALERTS & WATCH • Dashboard metrics on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and Apple Watch • Daily digest: yesterday's key numbers each morning • Alerts when a metric crosses a threshold or jumps or drops • Live Activities: pin a metric to the Lock Screen; long queries show in the Dynamic Island with a Stop button • Always read-only, and only for connections you allow WORK SAFELY IN PRODUCTION • Tag connections as Development, Staging or Production, with an always-on red banner • Read-only sessions, and a guard before UPDATE/DELETE without WHERE, TRUNCATE, DROP or ALTER • Privacy mode hides emails, phone numbers and names for screen-sharing • Users & permissions: roles, grants, who can write to each table, and RLS policies • Optional Face ID lock Find saved queries, dashboards and tables from Spotlight. MobileDB collects no analytics, shows no ads and has no servers of its own.
Remote Terminal
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Your servers, and the AI agents working on them, in your pocket. Remote Terminal is a full SSH client for iPhone and iPad: a real terminal emulator, deep tmux integration, a remote file browser, and a dashboard that shows what every terminal-based AI coding agent is doing — including which one is waiting for your approval. Start Claude Code, Codex or another terminal agent inside tmux on your server, lock your phone, switch from Wi-Fi to cellular, and come back later. The agent keeps working on the server, and Remote Terminal reconnects and reattaches so you can see exactly what it did while you were away. AN AGENT COMMAND CENTRE • Every agent, on every server, on one screen • At a glance: which one is thinking, editing files, running a command — or waiting for you • Tap an agent to drop straight into its terminal • A per-agent timeline, with tools used, commands run and files touched A REAL TERMINAL • Complete emulation: 256 and true colour, alternate screen, full-screen TUIs, mouse reporting, hyperlinks • A keyboard built for a terminal: Esc, Tab, Ctrl, Alt, arrows, Home, End, Page Up/Down, function keys — hardware keyboards too • Search your scrollback, copy any region, paste with bracketed paste • Text reflows when you rotate the device instead of scrambling DEEP TMUX INTEGRATION • Create, attach, rename and kill sessions; add windows, split and close panes • Preview any pane without attaching to it • Attach automatically on connect, and reattach after a dropped connection MANY SERVERS AT ONCE • Production, staging and your GPU box connected simultaneously • Switch instantly, with favourites, search and colour tags • Per-server themes, font sizes, startup commands and tmux behaviour RESILIENT BY DESIGN • Automatic reconnection with backoff, so a flaky network does not hammer your server • Instant reconnection when the network comes back, rather than waiting out a timer • A connection state you can read, with errors that say what to do next REMOTE FILES • Browse, read and edit files on your server, with syntax highlighting for 19 language families • Upload and download over the SSH connection you already have • Confirmation before anything destructive VOICE AND IMAGES • Dictate a command or a message for an agent, review the text, then send it • Anything that looks destructive has to be confirmed, because dictation mishears • Photograph an error on another screen and hand the image to an agent BUILT ON KEYCHAIN SECURITY • Passwords, private keys and passphrases live in the iOS Keychain, on this device only, excluded from backups • Optional Face ID or Touch ID for saved credentials, and an App Lock for the app itself • Proper SSH host key verification: a changed key is never accepted silently • Ed25519 and ECDSA keys, including passphrase-protected OpenSSH keys PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION No account, no Remote Terminal server, no analytics SDK. Your connections go from your device straight to your machines, and your credentials, commands, output and files never go anywhere except the server you connected to. REMOTE TERMINAL PRO Connecting to your own servers is part of Remote Terminal Pro, with the agent dashboard, file transfer, voice and image input, notifications and insights. It starts with a 3-day free trial; the price and renewal terms are shown before you subscribe, and you can cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Want to look around first? Turn on Demo Mode in Settings: sample servers that cannot be reached, every screen unlocked, and no connection ever opened. TERMS AND PRIVACY Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Full terms: https://edgemarket.app/remote_terminal#terms Privacy Policy: https://edgemarket.app/remote_terminal#privacy Contacts: info@edgemarket.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MobileDB at none against Remote Terminal's 1. MobileDB also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 weeks). 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. Remote Terminal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. MobileDB asks for nothing beyond the download.
MobileDB ships an update daily, Remote Terminal every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MobileDB | Remote Terminal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rinat Maltsev | Danjel Durmo |
In-app purchases
MobileDB
No in-app purchases
Remote Terminal
- Remote Terminal Pro Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month









