Comparison

Moray vs SigilTTY

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

Head to head
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Moray

Features
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Moray is a native SSH, SFTP, and terminal client for iPhone, iPad, and Mac β€” with a real terminal, a dual-pane file manager, port-forwarding tunnels, and on-device key security. With Moray Pro, your hosts and snippets sync through your own iCloud; your keys and passwords never leave the Keychain unless you choose. No account, no vendor server. β–Έ A REAL TERMINAL A full terminal powered by SwiftTerm β€” rich color, a fast keyboard, and smooth scrollback. Open several sessions as tabs, name them, switch between them from the keyboard, search the scrollback, and run commands automatically on connect. Moray remembers what you typed on each server β€” never a password β€” so you can search it and re-run. The Smart Bar puts arrows, Esc, Tab, Ctrl, and paste one tap away. β–Έ SFTP FILE MANAGER Browse, upload, download, rename, and delete over SFTP, reopening in the folder you left. Preview with Quick Look, edit text files in place, or pick which app opens each file type. On iPad and Mac, a dual-pane manager copies files and folders between servers β€” or to your computer β€” with drag and drop, and a file pane can sit beside the terminal. β–Έ YOUR SERVERS IN THE FILES APP On iPhone and iPad, mount a host and it appears in Files next to iCloud Drive β€” open a remote file straight into any app that uses the document picker, and save back to it. β–Έ PORT-FORWARDING TUNNELS Forward a local port to a database or dashboard behind your server. Import LocalForward lines from ~/.ssh/config, start every tunnel with one tap, and keep them running with a Live Activity. β–Έ KEYS DONE RIGHT Generate Ed25519 keys, or import Ed25519 and RSA keys. Keys and saved passwords live in the device Keychain β€” encrypted, never synced unless you opt in, and behind an optional biometric app lock. A new server's fingerprint and key picture are shown before you trust it; a key that later changes stops the connection, with both keys side by side. β–Έ SMART AUTOFILL Moray spots sudo, login and passphrase prompts and offers a Face ID– or Touch ID–gated fill β€” enter your password once, not every time. β–Έ ORGANIZED HOSTS Group and tag your servers, with an icon and color each. Quick Connect (β‡§βŒ˜K) and Siri Shortcuts connect you in seconds; jump hosts reach servers behind a bastion. β–Έ SNIPPETS Save the commands you run all the time β€” with fill-in placeholders β€” and run or paste them into any session. β–Έ MAKE IT YOURS Start from built-in terminal themes or design your own with a full color editor. Choose your font β€” SF Mono, Menlo, or any monospaced font you've installed β€” plus size, line height and cursor style. β–Έ SYNC, YOUR WAY (MORAY PRO) With Moray Pro, hosts, groups, snippets and host keys sync through your own iCloud β€” no Moray account, ever. Keys stay on the device unless you turn on iCloud Keychain sync. β–Έ APPLE-NATIVE THROUGHOUT Siri and Spotlight, recent-hosts widgets (Moray Pro), a keyboard-driven Mac app with a menu-bar extra, a biometric app lock, and JSON backup. ________________ FREE & PRO Free: unlimited hosts, the terminal (up to three sessions at once), a single-pane SFTP file manager, the remote editor, key management, autofill, command history, SSH config import, and Quick Connect. Moray Pro adds iCloud sync, port-forwarding tunnels, jump hosts, automatic key auth, dual-pane transfers and server-to-server copy, Files app mounts, unlimited terminal tabs, custom themes, unlimited snippets, and widgets β€” as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. ________________ PRIVATE BY DESIGN β€’ No account and no vendor servers β€” sync (Moray Pro) is your iCloud, or nothing β€’ Private keys and passwords stay in the Keychain, device-local by default β€’ Host-key checks you can see: a new server's fingerprint is shown before it's trusted, and a changed key stops the connection until you decide ________________ Privacy Policy: https://moray.bartstudio.io/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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SigilTTY

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SigilTTY is a native terminal for iPhone, iPad, and Mac β€” an SSH client built for working with coding agents. Attach to the agents running on your own servers, see which are working and which are stuck, get alerted the moment one needs you, and answer out loud. Shells, SFTP, tunnels and keys are all here too, synced through iCloud. SigilTTY contains no language model and no chatbot. The agents are programs on your own servers β€” SigilTTY is the terminal you reach them with. YOUR AGENTS, ANYWHERE β€’ Attach to the coding agents herdr runs on your servers, each with a live status dot β€’ Every agent on every server in one list β€” in the sidebar on iPad and Mac, in its own tab on iPhone β€’ Get alerted when an agent is blocked or done β€” on iPhone and iPad even with the app closed, end-to-end encrypted β€’ Reply by voice: on-device, or with your own Volcengine, iFlytek or compatible speech-to-text key. The text is typed in for you to check β€” it never sends itself β€’ Paste or drop files into the terminal to upload them β€’ Requires the open-source herdr 0.8.0 or later on your server SERVER MONITOR β€’ CPU, memory, disk, network and top processes for all your servers on one page β€’ Sort any column and end a runaway process β€’ Linux, macOS and FreeBSD β€” nothing to install on the server A REAL TERMINAL β€’ GPU-accelerated rendering powered by Ghostty β€’ Tabs everywhere; splits and broadcast input on Mac β€’ Output highlighting for Cisco, Huawei/H3C and other network gear β€’ Hundreds of color themes, with the whole app following your theme β€’ CJK font selection and one-tap command snippets CONNECT β€’ SSH with password, private key or hardware security key β€’ Telnet, and USB serial console on Mac β€’ Jump hosts and Quick Connect FILES & TUNNELS β€’ SFTP file browser with preview β€’ ZMODEM (sz / rz) right in the terminal β€’ Local and remote port forwarding, SSH agent forwarding SECURITY β€’ Credentials stay in the Keychain; optional Face ID / Touch ID for keys β€’ FIDO2 security keys over USB-C or NFC, tested with YubiKey β€’ Host key verification; a remote host must ask before touching your clipboard β€’ Key Handoff: move a key to another device over your LAN, end-to-end encrypted β€’ No ads. No analytics. No tracking. SYNC β€’ Servers, folders, snippets, keys, known hosts and agent records sync with iCloud β€’ English and Simplified Chinese Free to download. Feedback: support@sigiltty.com

Screenshots

Moray4 screens
SigilTTY4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SigilTTY at every 3 days against Moray's every 3 weeks. SigilTTY also leads on iOS requirement (17 vs 26.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moray ships an update every 3 weeks, SigilTTY every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Moray versus SigilTTY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoraySigilTTY
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.517 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size47 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBartlomiej Zabicki Mobile DeveloperθΆ…ζ―… ηŽ‹

In-app purchases

None

Moray

No in-app purchases

None

SigilTTY

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moray free?
Moray is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SigilTTY free?
SigilTTY is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Moray or SigilTTY have ads?
Neither Moray nor SigilTTY shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moray or SigilTTY?
Moray ships an update every 3 weeks, and SigilTTY every 3 days. Most recently, Moray was updated on October 31, 2026 and SigilTTY on October 31, 2026.

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