Comparison

Regex Match Lab vs electerm

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

Head to head
About

Regex Match Lab

Features
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Build, test, and reuse regular expressions without sending your text anywhere. TEST PATTERNS LIVE Enter a pattern and sample text to see matches update as you work. Toggle ignore-case, per-line anchors, and dot-matches-newline options. SEE EXACT MATCHES Matched text is highlighted in place and plotted on a compact match map. Every result includes its exact source range. INSPECT CAPTURE GROUPS Open each match to see numbered capture groups, captured values, and ranges. Use the included email, log, and date examples as practical starting points. PREVIEW REPLACEMENTS Switch to Replace, enter an NSRegularExpression replacement template, and review the complete transformed text before using it elsewhere. SAVE REUSABLE TESTS Name useful pattern-and-sample combinations, update them, reopen them after relaunch, or share a plain-text result report. BUILT FOR REAL WORK The adaptive workbench fits iPhone and iPad. Large samples and result counts are bounded to keep previews responsive. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Tests stay locally on your device. There is no account, analytics, tracking, advertising, cloud upload, or server connection.

About

electerm

This open-source client supports SSH, SFTP, Telnet, RDP, VNC, and more for remote file editing and terminal management. It offers AI assistance for command suggestions and script writing, with customizable themes and quick commands.

Highlights
  • SSH/SFTP/FTP/Telnet/RDP/VNC/Spice client
  • Direct remote file editing
  • Public key and password authentication
  • Zmodem file transfer
  • SSH tunnel support
  • Customizable themes and quick commands
  • AI assistant integration
Features
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Open-sourced ssh/sftp/telnet/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client for iOS Features: - Works as a terminal/file manager, ssh/sftp/ftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice client - Multi-language support - Double click to directly edit (small) remote files. - All kind of auth methods: publicKey, password, ssh agent, certificates, otp, netbird etc. - Support Zmodem(rz, sz), and Trzsz. - Support ssh related features: tunnel, connection hopping. - Customizable UI: themes, background image. - Global/session proxy. - Quick commands/triggers to do predefined tasks and automattic operations - Sync data including bookmarks to github/gitee secret gist/webdav/custom server/electerm cloud - Quick input/mirror input to one or all terminals. - AI assistant integration (supporting multiple LLM API formats — OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses, and Anthropic Messages) to help with command suggestions, script writing, and explaining selected terminal content, create bookmarks/themes, and agent mode to directly do terminal operations - MCP (Model Context Protocol) widget for AI assistants and external tools integration

Screenshots

Regex Match Lab3 screens
electerm3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: electerm at Free against Regex Match Lab's $1.99. electerm also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

electerm is free to download; Regex Match Lab costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Regex Match Lab versus electerm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRegex Match Labelecterm
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating—4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperParan旭东 赵

In-app purchases

None

Regex Match Lab

No in-app purchases

None

electerm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Regex Match Lab free?
Regex Match Lab costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is electerm free?
electerm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Regex Match Lab or electerm have ads?
Neither Regex Match Lab nor electerm shows ads.

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