Comparison

MuxPod vs OSTerm

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

Head to head
About

MuxPod

Features
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MuxPod puts your tmux sessions in your pocket. Connect straight to your server over SSH and attach to any session, window or pane. There is no agent to install, no daemon to keep running and no third-party cloud in the middle. If the machine already has sshd and tmux, you are ready to go. BUILT FOR TMUX • Browse every session, window and pane from one list • Switch panes and windows by tapping, not by typing a prefix key • Create, rename and kill sessions and windows • Split panes horizontally or vertically • Resize a window or pane to fit your screen, or let auto-fit choose the font size for you • Deep scrollback with Page Up and Page Down A REAL TERMINAL • Full ANSI color, so vim, htop, lazygit and friends look the way they should • A key row with ESC, TAB, CTRL, ALT, SHIFT and arrows, plus an overlay that shows what you pressed • Multi-line paste that arrives intact • Tuned to stay responsive on slow, high-latency links NEVER LOSE YOUR PLACE • Recent sessions on the dashboard — one tap to get back to what you were doing • MuxPod remembers the last window and pane for each session • The Alerts tab surfaces panes that tmux flagged for bell, activity or silence KEYS AND PASSWORDS, HANDLED • Generate Ed25519 or RSA keys on device, or import ones you already have • Keys, passphrases and passwords are stored in the iOS Keychain • Optional Face ID or Touch ID before a key is used MORE • Browse the remote filesystem: navigate, sort, rename, delete and create folders • Send a photo from your library or camera straight to the server • muxpod:// deep links to jump into a specific session from any app • Light and dark themes, and a terminal font you can tune to your eyes WHAT YOU NEED A machine you can reach over SSH with tmux installed. That is the whole list.

About

OSTerm

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An SSH terminal for people who carry their servers with them. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account to create, and nothing collected about you. ā–  Built for tablets On a wide screen, the profile list and the terminal sit side by side. On a phone it folds down to one screen at a time. Connect a Bluetooth keyboard and the on-screen keyboard gets out of the way. When you do need it, it never covers the terminal — the terminal shrinks to make room instead, so no output is ever hidden. ā–  No limits Unlimited connection profiles. Unlimited open tabs. Nothing locked behind a paywall. ā–  CJK input Type Korean, Japanese, and Chinese in the terminal. The keyboard opens in the language you set the app to (when that keyboard is enabled on your device), and a language toggle is provided for physical keyboards. ā–  Sessions survive a quick switch Switch to another app for a moment and come back — your session is still there. iOS pauses apps in the background, so if the server drops a long-idle connection, reconnect from the same tab in one tap. ā–  Everything you would expect - SFTP file manager: upload, download, rename, delete - Command snippets: save what you type often, run it in one tap - Profile backup: export and import as a password-protected file - Bundled coding fonts: D2Coding (fixed-width Hangul), JetBrains Mono - Colour schemes and adjustable text size ā–  Authentication Password, private keys (PEM/OpenSSH), and keyboard-interactive. Import key files from your device and they are stored safely. On first connection the host key fingerprint is shown for you to verify, and you are warned if a stored key ever changes. It is never accepted silently. ā–  How your data is stored Connection details never leave your device. The whole database is encrypted and its key is held in the iOS Keychain. Passwords and key passphrases get a second layer of encryption on top. Nothing is sent to the developer. This app has no server. ā–  Languages English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Spanish, Arabic Open-source licence notices are available in the app's settings.

Screenshots

MuxPod4 screens
OSTerm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MuxPod at 13.0 against OSTerm's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

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

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
MuxPod versus OSTerm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMuxPodOSTerm
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFurukawa Masakidongmin song

In-app purchases

None

MuxPod

No in-app purchases

None

OSTerm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MuxPod free?
MuxPod is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OSTerm free?
OSTerm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MuxPod or OSTerm have ads?
Neither MuxPod nor OSTerm shows ads.

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