SSH App vs Shellter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SSH App
This open-source application provides a straightforward way to connect to SSH servers. It includes support for `tmux -CC` for enhanced terminal session management.
- Open source
- SSH client
- tmux -CC support
- Simple interface
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A simple open source SSH app. It supports `tmux -CC`.
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.
- 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — your password is never sent to a server that failed the check. WHERE YOUR SECRETS LIVE — 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 — SSH and SFTP are verified by host-key pinning. FTPS is encrypted but does not verify the certificate. FTP is cleartext. Prefer SFTP.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shellter at 100% against SSH App's 75%. Shellter also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
| Parameter | SSH App | Shellter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clarified Labs, Inc. | Blocify LLC |
Customer experience
SSH App
Shellter
In-app purchases
SSH App
No in-app purchases
Shellter
No in-app purchases









