Comparison

Pi Dev Mobile vs SSHome

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

Head to head
About

Pi Dev Mobile

Features
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Pi app companion for pi.dev. This connects to pi server you can run using npx pi-rpc-server

About

SSHome

Features
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SSHome is a modern SSH client for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Connect to your servers, Raspberry Pi, or homelab and get a real terminal โ€” full-screen apps like vim and top, 256-color output, and snippet shortcuts included. Terminal - Full VT/ANSI terminal (SwiftTerm) with alt-screen, colors, live resize - Multi-session tabs โ€” switch between servers with one tap - Snippet bar injects your frequent commands in one tap Files (SFTP) - Browse, create, rename, and delete remote files and folders - Uploads/downloads with real progress and speed, pipelined in the background - Downloads appear right in the Files app Security - Passwords live in the system Keychain; private keys never leave your device - Ed25519 and ECDSA P-256/384/521 keys; import OpenSSH-format keys (including passphrase-protected) or generate new ones on device - Trust-on-first-use fingerprint confirmation; changed fingerprints are blocked cold to stop man-in-the-middle attacks And more - Local port forwarding: map remote databases or dashboards to a local port - English and Simplified Chinese UI; no account, no data collection

Screenshots

Pi Dev Mobile3 screens
SSHome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SSHome at 18.0 against Pi Dev Mobile's 26.1. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Pi Dev Mobile versus SSHome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPi Dev MobileSSHome
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.118.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size11 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOm Moreๆฉๅ“ฒ ๅ”

In-app purchases

None

Pi Dev Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

SSHome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pi Dev Mobile free?
Pi Dev Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SSHome free?
SSHome is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pi Dev Mobile or SSHome have ads?
Neither Pi Dev Mobile nor SSHome shows ads.

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