Comparison

Termoire vs Read Markdown

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

Head to head
About

Termoire

A high-performance terminal application for iOS and macOS, offering seamless SSH and Mosh connections. Customize your experience with beautiful themes and a smart keyboard accessory, all while ensuring your data remains private.

Highlights
  • SSH and Mosh support
  • Metal-rendered terminal
  • 27 beautiful themes
  • Smart keyboard accessory
  • Hardware keyboard support
  • On-device key generation
  • Private by design
Features
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Termoire is a terminal built for iPhone and iPad — and it runs on Apple Silicon Macs too — that feels like real hardware. It's also a first-class remote for the AI coding agents you already run on your servers. Connect over SSH, Mosh, or Eternal Terminal, with a Metal-rendered engine that scrolls glass-smooth and a typography-grade monospace font of your choice. • SSH, Mosh & Eternal Terminal — Mosh and ET keep your session alive across Wi-Fi/cellular changes and app restarts, and stay snappy on high-latency links. Pick a transport per host, or let Termoire choose. Jump hosts / ProxyJump supported. • A control surface for AI coding agents — drive 15 CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and more) from a native Chat View, get a "needs you / working / done" inbox, and Approve or Deny a blocked agent right from your Lock Screen — end-to-end encrypted. Live Activity / Dynamic Island tracks the active turn; opt-in background push reaches you with the app closed. • Files & forwarding — a built-in SFTP browser (upload, download, paste-or-drop a file onto the terminal), plus local and remote port forwarding with a one-tap localhost browser preview. • Beautiful themes — 29 palettes (Dracula, Nord, Gruvbox, Catppuccin, Solarized, Tokyo Night, and more, including high-contrast and color-blind-safe options), with an option to follow your system's light/dark. The whole app re-tints to match. • Designed for touch and keyboard — multiple tabs, Stage Manager multi-window, a smart keyboard accessory row, trackpad and hardware-keyboard support, custom font import, and voice dictation. • Secure keys — generate or import SSH keys, including non-extractable Secure-Enclave keys with per-key Face ID, plus an optional whole-app Face ID lock. • Private by design — your keys and passwords live only in the device Keychain. No account for the terminal, no analytics, no message history. Optional iCloud sync uses your own iCloud. Termoire Pro unlocks the AI-agent suite, SFTP, port forwarding, voice dictation, and session recording. Everything else — including iCloud sync, Face ID app lock, Secure-Enclave keys, custom fonts, themed icons, and custom/paired themes — is free. Termoire connects directly to the servers you add. Data otherwise stays on your device, in your private iCloud when you enable sync, or uses the disclosed Apple Speech and encrypted notification services only when those features are invoked. Termoire Pro (auto-renewing subscription) Termoire Pro is available as an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before you buy, in your local currency. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. • A subscription renews automatically for the same period at the same price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • Manage your plan and turn off auto-renew in your App Store account settings after purchase. • If a free trial is offered, any unused portion is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. • Lifetime is a one-time purchase and does not renew. Privacy Policy: https://termoire.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Read Markdown

Features
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Read Markdown (R.md) is the fast, lightweight way to read and edit Markdown on iPhone and iPad. Open a .md file and it appears instantly, rendered exactly like GitHub, in a clean, distraction free layout. Need to change something? Tap the pencil and edit, with a formatting bar right above the keyboard. Truly native, no accounts, no setup, no internet. WHY READ MARKDOWN • Fast: opens in a blink and scrolls smoothly, even for big documents. • Lightweight: a tiny native app that is easy on memory and battery. • Dead simple: just open a file and read. Nothing to configure. READING • Renders like GitHub, including tables, task lists and blockquotes. • Syntax highlighting for code blocks, with a copy button on each one. • Live Mermaid diagrams: flowcharts and sequence diagrams render in the page. • Dark mode that follows your system appearance. • Live outline: tap a heading to jump, or filter to find one. On iPad it stays open in a sidebar. • Images next to your document and links to other .md files just work. • Find in page, adjustable text size, and a list of recent files. • Export a clean, paginated A4 PDF and share it anywhere. EDITING • Reading stays reading: the app only switches to editing when you tap the pencil. • On iPad, edit side by side with a live preview that updates as you type. • Formatting bar for headings, bold, italic, code, links, lists, checklists and tables, plus undo and redo. • Smart typing: Return continues lists, code fences close themselves, and pasting a URL over selected text makes a link. • Tick a checkbox right in the rendered page and the change is saved to your file. • Light syntax colors in the editor, a clear unsaved indicator, and a prompt before you close. • Plays well with other apps: changes made elsewhere are detected, and you choose to reload or keep yours. • Hardware keyboard shortcuts on iPad: Cmd+B, Cmd+I, Cmd+K and Cmd+S. WORKS WITH YOUR FILES Open documents from the Files app, iCloud Drive or any other app with Open In. Files are edited in place, so nothing is copied or uploaded. Works fully offline. No account, no tracking, and your files never leave your device. Perfect for developers, writers and anyone who reads README files, design docs and notes. Download Read Markdown and open your first .md file in seconds.

Screenshots

Termoire4 screens
Read Markdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Read Markdown at 16.0 against Termoire's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Termoire ships an update every 9 days, Read Markdown every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Termoire versus Read Markdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTermoireRead Markdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGarrett BlakemanVU THANH

In-app purchases

None

Termoire

No in-app purchases

None

Read Markdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Termoire free?
Termoire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Read Markdown free?
Read Markdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Termoire or Read Markdown have ads?
Neither Termoire nor Read Markdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Termoire or Read Markdown?
Termoire ships an update every 9 days, and Read Markdown every 6 days. Most recently, Termoire was updated on September 30, 2026 and Read Markdown on October 9, 2026.

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