Comparison

ShellDiver vs Moku

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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ShellDiver

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With software, free is usually a question rather than an answer. Here it is arithmetic: no server of ours, no accounts, no analytics β€” nothing for a subscription to pay for. Sync, startup commands, port forwarding: all of it is in the app. WHERE YOUR KEYS LIVE In your device's keychain. ShellDiver has no account and no sign-in β€” there is simply nowhere on our side for anything of yours to sit. An Ed25519 key either travels with you through iCloud Keychain, end-to-end encrypted, or stays on this device behind Face ID. A Secure Enclave key is created inside the security chip. It cannot be read out β€” not even by ShellDiver β€” never leaves the device, and will ask for Face ID on every sign-in if you want it to. THE VAULT Instead of iCloud you can take syncing into your own hands: an encrypted file in a place you choose. A USB stick, a cloud folder, or your own WebDAV server, so Nextcloud, ownCloud, a Synology, an Apache with mod_dav. It works across different Apple IDs and carries the secrets with it: saved server passwords and private keys. Only your devices encrypt and decrypt. Whoever runs the storage location sees nothing but unreadable files. You add a second device with a QR code, without typing your passphrase there. THE TERMINAL It does not hang up because you looked somewhere else for a minute: the connection belongs to the session, not to the screen. The running build and the half-typed line are still there when you come back. Up to 20 sessions as tabs, terminals and files mixed. Real xterm emulation: colour, UTF-8, resizing that works β€” htop, vim and colourful logs look the way you expect. Plus search through the scrollback, your choice of monospaced font including Nerd Fonts, and five colour schemes. On iPhone there is a row above the keyboard with esc, ctrl, tab, arrows and a paste key, because a phone has no ⌘V. When the link drops, ShellDiver notices through keepalives and rebuilds it by itself. This is SSH, not Mosh: the new shell starts fresh. SIGNING IN WITHOUT GUESSING ShellDiver asks the server which methods it offers and works through whatever it holds credentials for. That covers publickey followed by keyboard-interactive β€” 2FA after the key β€” and equally a server that only offers keyboard-interactive while the host is saved as "password". One-time codes are never pre-filled and never stored. You confirm a host key once, by its fingerprint. Every connection after that checks it, and a key that has changed is refused rather than waved through. THROUGH A JUMP HOST When a server is only open on the inside, you give it a jump host β€” OpenSSH's ProxyJump. The jump host then forwards nothing but encrypted bytes and cannot read along; both sign-ins are signed on this device. So your key does not have to sit on the machine in between, and a Secure Enclave key works here too. FILES AND TUNNELS The SFTP browser downloads and uploads, whole folders included, renames, and deletes recursively. Local port forwarding brings a database or an admin interface onto this device. It listens on 127.0.0.1 only and cannot be reached from outside; each rule holds its own connection, so a tunnel does not fall with a terminal. WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE Your ~/.ssh/config is imported, with each IdentityFile matched against the keys you have and any ProxyJump resolved; so is known_hosts, hashed entries as far as they can be matched. Keys come in as Ed25519, RSA or ECDSA β€” from the OpenSSH container, from PuTTY's .ppk (v2 and v3), and from the PEM family. A passphrase on the file is used once during import and not kept. Snippets are also the buttons above the keyboard β€” global or bound to one host, with a confirmation step if you want one. One per host runs by itself as soon as the shell is open. The backup is a JSON file you can read β€” secrets sit inside an encrypted block under a passphrase you choose. Without it nobody gets at them, us included.

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Moku

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Moku is the remote workspace for AI coding agents. Monitor, manage, and resume Claude Code, Codex, Herdr panes, and more from one app on your iPhone or iPad. ALL YOUR AGENTS. ONE APP. Watch active Herdr panes, see what each agent is doing, and take over when it needs input. Moku also discovers projects and sessions from 12+ AI coding CLIs, including Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Qoder, Trae, Kimi, and Grok, and keeps everything organized by project. Supported sessions resume in one tap inside a real terminal. No digging through shell history or hunting session IDs. ROAM WITH MOSH The custom Rust terminal core parses ANSI at 28 MB/s and handles a 10 MiB output burst at 35 MB/s in our benchmark harness. Native Mosh keeps sessions alive through Wi-Fi/cellular handoffs and screen locks. You can also discover and reattach remote screen/tty sessions. NO PUBLIC IP? NO PROBLEM Built-in zero-config Tailcat private networking: run one command on the host, paste the token into Moku, and establish an encrypted connection without port forwarding, router configuration, or root. A FULL SERVER TOOLBOX Fast SFTP file manager and code editor, live CPU/memory/disk/network telemetry, Docker container management, process and systemd control, and command snippets. LIVE ACTIVITIES & DYNAMIC ISLAND Check agent progress from your lock screen or Dynamic Island without reopening the app. LOCAL-FIRST AND PRIVATE Hosts, passwords, and SSH keys are encrypted on your device. No ads, no behavioral analytics SDKs, and no Moku account is required for core SSH workflows. AI features connect directly to the API endpoint you configure. Free to download. Everything shipping today stays free forever; Pro unlocks new advanced features. A small pixel soot sprite named Soot keeps you company during late-night debugging. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms: https://mokuapp.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://mokuapp.dev/privacy_en

Screenshots

ShellDiver4 screens
Moku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShellDiver at none against Moku's 3. Moku's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Moku sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. ShellDiver asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShellDiver ships an update weekly, Moku every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
ShellDiver versus Moku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShellDiverMoku
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size11 MB50 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMathias OysmuellerδΌŸι›„ ι‚“

In-app purchases

None

ShellDiver

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Moku

Subscriptions2
  • Moku Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Moku Pro Yearly1 Month trial$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Moku Pro Lifetime$5.99

Questions

Is ShellDiver free?
ShellDiver is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Moku free?
Moku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ShellDiver or Moku have ads?
Neither ShellDiver nor Moku shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShellDiver or Moku?
ShellDiver ships an update weekly, and Moku every 3 days. Most recently, ShellDiver was updated on October 29, 2026 and Moku on October 29, 2026.

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