Comparison

SSH Easy Terminal vs Shellter

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

Head to head
About

SSH Easy Terminal

Features
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SSH Easy Terminal is a fast, native SSH client for people who manage their own servers and are tired of renting their tools. 3-DAY FREE TRIAL, THEN MONTHLY Start with a 3-day free trial. After that it continues as a monthly subscription. Every feature โ€” including the on-device AI copilot โ€” is included, and you can cancel anytime. AN AI COPILOT THAT STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Explain a command, or describe what you want and get a command to run โ€” powered by Apple's on-device models. Nothing is sent to a server. It works offline, with no inference cost and no account. A built-in guard flags destructive commands before you run them. (Requires an Apple Intelligence device; the SSH client works fully without it.) PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION Private keys are generated and stored in the iOS Keychain and never leave your device. No telemetry, no analytics SDKs, no cloud. The only network activity is the SSH connections you start. BUILT FOR REAL TERMINAL WORK - Full VT100/xterm terminal with vim, htop, and tmux support - Keyboard accessory bar: Esc, Ctrl, Tab, arrows, pipe, function keys - Ed25519 and ECDSA keys โ€” generate on device or import your OpenSSH keys - Host-key verification with trust-on-first-use and a clear warning if a key changes - SFTP file browser: upload, download, rename, delete - Command snippets, jump host (ProxyJump), and optional Face ID lock - Themes, adjustable font size, and scrollback Localized in 19 languages. Universal โ€” iPhone and iPad.

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
Features
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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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” your password is never sent to a server that failed the check. WHERE YOUR SECRETS LIVE โ€” 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 โ€” 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 Easy Terminal4 screens
Shellter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: SSH Easy Terminal at #186 against Shellter's unranked. Shellter's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 7 level
SSH Easy Terminal versus Shellter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSSH Easy TerminalShellter
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Free
Best chart rank#186 โ€” betterโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS26.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size10 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKaan TaskinerBlocify LLC

In-app purchases

None

SSH Easy Terminal

No in-app purchases

None

Shellter

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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