Comparison

SSH, FTP vs Shellter

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

Head to head
About

SSH, FTP

Features
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Take your server management on the go. Termina is a modern, fast, and highly secure SSH client and terminal emulator designed for both mobile phones and tablets. Whether you are a system administrator, developer, or network engineer, Termina provides a desktop-grade terminal experience right in the palm of your hand. Manage your remote servers, run scripts, and monitor logs seamlessly with our intuitive interface and robust feature set. Key Features: β€’ Desktop-Grade Terminal: Powered by a fully compatible xterm engine, ensuring seamless support for complex command-line applications like vim, nano, htop, and tmux. β€’ Multi-Session Management: Run and switch between multiple SSH sessions simultaneously without losing your workflow. Perfect for multitasking across different servers. β€’ Top-Tier Security: Your data is safe. Host credentials and passwords are encrypted and stored safely using your device’s native hardware-backed secure storage. β€’ SSH Key Authentication: Import and manage your private keys (RSA, Ed25519, ECDSA) easily. No need to type passwords every time. β€’ Tablet Optimized: Designed to take full advantage of larger screens. Enjoy a split-screen or expanded view for maximum productivity on your tablet. β€’ Modern & Clean UI: A distraction-free, customizable interface with carefully crafted typography and smooth animations. β€’ Quick Actions & Snippets: [If applicable: Save your frequently used commands and execute them with a single tap.] Privacy & Security First Termina never tracks your keystrokes or sends your server data to third parties. All SSH connections are established directly from your device to your server. Termina Pro (In-App Purchases): Unlock the full potential of Termina with our Pro version! *(Modify these based on your actual IAP features)* - Unlimited saved hosts and key pairs - Advanced terminal customization (themes, fonts, colors) - Background session keeping Experience the most elegant and reliable way to manage your servers. Download Termina today and stay connected to your infrastructure wherever you go!

About

Shellter

A local-only client for SSH, SFTP, and FTP connections. It offers a real terminal experience, secure file management, and robust host key verification, all without requiring accounts or sending user data.

Highlights
  • Real interactive terminal with xterm rendering
  • SFTP/FTP file browsing, upload, and download
  • Host key pinning for secure SSH connections
  • Secure storage of passwords and private keys
  • Local-only operation with no account needed
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Shellter is an SSH, SFTP and FTP client that keeps everything on your phone. There is no account to create, nothing syncs, and the app sends no telemetry. It opens connections to the servers you type in, and makes no other network request. That is the whole product. A REAL TERMINAL β€” An interactive shell rendered with xterm, not a toy console. It follows the keyboard, resizes the remote PTY when you rotate the phone, and keeps 10,000 lines of scrollback FILES WITHOUT A SECOND LOGIN β€” Browse, upload, download, rename, delete and create folders over SFTP or FTP. Open the file browser from inside a live SSH session and it reuses that connection instead of opening another one. A download never silently overwrites a file you already have. HOST KEYS, PINNED AND CHECKED β€” The server's host key is pinned the first time you connect and compared on every reconnect. If it does not match, the connection stops BEFORE authentication β€” your password is never sent to a server that failed the check. WHERE YOUR SECRETS LIVE β€” Passwords and private keys go into the iOS Keychain, hardware-backed where supported, stored "this device only" so they cannot be restored onto another phone. HONEST ABOUT PROTOCOLS β€” SSH and SFTP are verified by host-key pinning. FTPS is encrypted but does not verify the certificate. FTP is cleartext. Prefer SFTP.

Screenshots

SSH, FTP4 screens
Shellter4 screens

Verdict

The call

SSH, FTP and Shellter are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SSH, FTP versus Shellter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSSH, FTPShellter
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsβ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyMonthlyβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationβ€”Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS16.615.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size40 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChang Joo ParkBlocify LLC

In-app purchases

None

SSH, FTP

No in-app purchases

None

Shellter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SSH, FTP free?
SSH, FTP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shellter free?
Shellter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SSH, FTP or Shellter have ads?
Neither SSH, FTP nor Shellter shows ads.

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