Comparison

DiffSSH vs SSH Terminal & SFTP

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

Head to head
About

DiffSSH

Features
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DiffSSH turns your iPhone and iPad into a proper Git review tool for the servers you already work on. Connect over SSH, open a repository, and review every change with the clarity of a desktop client - no laptop required. REVIEW CHANGES LIKE A PRO β€’ See staged and working-tree changes in a clean, Source Control view. β€’ Group changed files into a folder tree, or switch to a flat list - your choice. β€’ Stage and unstage individual files, whole folders, or everything at once with a swipe. β€’ Tap any change to open a full diff with syntax highlighting, word-level highlights, line numbers, and green/red gutters. EXPLORE THE WHOLE REPOSITORY β€’ Browse a lazily-loaded file tree and open any file in a fast, read-only viewer. β€’ Walk the commit history as a graph - branches, merges, and refs shown at a glance. β€’ Tap any commit to inspect exactly what it changed. A REAL TERMINAL, BUILT IN β€’ Run commands in a live, interactive shell scoped to your repository. β€’ Sessions are persistent server-side via tmux or GNU screen - disconnect or background the app and your shell keeps running. Reconnect and pick up exactly where you left off. SECURE BY DESIGN β€’ Connect with password or private-key authentication. β€’ Credentials are stored in the iOS Keychain - never sent anywhere but to your own servers. β€’ No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Your data stays between your device and your servers. SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING FOR THE LANGUAGES YOU USE Swift, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Go, Rust, Java, PHP, Bash, JSON, YAML, Markdown, HTML, CSS, C, C++, and SQL. BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD β€’ Native SwiftUI, designed for iOS 17 and later. β€’ Full iPad support including Split View and Slide Over. Requirements: an SSH-accessible server with Git. The built-in terminal requires tmux or GNU screen on the server.

About

SSH Terminal & SFTP

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Buy it once. Own it forever. No subscription, no account, no tracking. SSH Terminal & SFTP is a real interactive shell and SFTP file manager for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It connects straight from your device to the machines you already own β€” no servers in between, and nothing about your session ever leaves your hardware. A REAL TERMINAL, NOT A TOY - Full interactive shell over a genuine PTY: colors, vim, htop, tmux, tab completion - xterm-256color, so your tools look the way they do on your desktop - Live resize β€” rotate the device and full-screen programs reflow instantly - Hardware keyboards work properly: arrows, Tab, Esc and Ctrl-C go straight to the remote shell - On-screen Esc, Tab, Ctrl and arrow keys β€” the ones a touch keyboard leaves out - One-tap command suggestions, drawn from what you actually type - Tappable session history β€” reuse any command without retyping it FILE TRANSFER OVER SFTP (SSH Terminal Pro) - Browse the remote filesystem, starting in your home directory - Download to your device, upload from the Files app - Live progress with one-tap cancel; interrupted downloads clean up after themselves - Runs inside the same connection as your shell β€” no second login, no second password - Unlocked by SSH Terminal Pro, a one-time $9.99 purchase. No subscription, and everything else in the app stays free. SECURITY, DONE PROPERLY - Password and SSH key authentication β€” ed25519 and RSA, passphrase-protected keys included - Trust-on-first-use host-key pinning: your server's identity is checked on every single connect, and a key that changes is refused outright - Fingerprints are shown in the exact format ssh-keygen prints, so you can verify them by eye - Saved passwords and keys live in the device Keychain, sealed behind Face ID / Touch ID and unlocked only at the moment you connect β€” never pre-filled on screen - Optional Face ID / Touch ID lock for the whole app, covering the app-switcher preview too MAKE IT YOURS - Pick the font and the size - Set terminal background and text colors, classic phosphor green and amber included - Everything applies live, mid-session PRIVACY YOU CAN ACTUALLY CHECK No accounts. No sign-up. No analytics, telemetry, crash reporting, ads or third-party tracking. Your host profiles, pinned keys and credentials stay on your device and vanish when you delete the app. We run no servers, so there is nothing for us to collect even if we wanted to. WHO IT'S FOR Developers, sysadmins, and anyone with a Raspberry Pi, a home server, a VPS or a Mac they need to reach from somewhere else. One app. iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Screenshots

DiffSSH4 screens
SSH Terminal & SFTP4 screens

Verdict

The call

DiffSSH and SSH Terminal & SFTP 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
DiffSSH versus SSH Terminal & SFTP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiffSSHSSH Terminal & SFTP
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size32 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCache TechnologiesAsarel Morales

In-app purchases

None

DiffSSH

No in-app purchases

None

SSH Terminal & SFTP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DiffSSH free?
DiffSSH is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SSH Terminal & SFTP free?
SSH Terminal & SFTP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DiffSSH or SSH Terminal & SFTP have ads?
Neither DiffSSH nor SSH Terminal & SFTP shows ads.

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