Comparison

AnySSH vs Knife Terminal

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

Head to head
About

AnySSH

Features
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AnySSH is a free, open-source SSH client for iPhone and iPad, built for working on real remote machines. Connect to a host, open a real terminal, check git, browse files, and attach to tmux or herdr sessions from one native app. - Terminal: SwiftTerm engine, JetBrains Mono, touch gestures, hardware keyboard, accessory key bar, reconnect and session restore. - Git: status, commit history, and syntax-highlighted diffs, read straight from the host. - Files: a remote browser with viewers for source, JSON, Markdown, images, SVG, and video. - Sessions: tmux and herdr support, jump between sessions and panes, saved command snippets, job-finish notifications, and a lock-screen Live Activity. No backend, no account, no telemetry. Keys and passphrases live only in the iOS Keychain on your device. MIT-licensed and open source: www.getanyssh.com

About

Knife Terminal

Features
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Knife Terminal mirrors the terminal sessions on your Mac to your iPhone. It is the phone-side companion to the free, open-source Knife Terminal app for macOS. Run Claude Code (or any command-line tool) in Knife Terminal on your Mac, and every tab follows you out the door: โ€ข Live mirror โ€” each session's screen rendered natively, with real colors, text selection and copy โ€ข Chat view โ€” Claude Code sessions read like a messages thread: your prompts, Claude's replies, tool activity โ€ข Reply from anywhere โ€” type into any session from your phone; a push notification tells you when a session is waiting on you โ€ข Usage at a glance โ€” 5-hour, weekly and per-model usage bars, one tap away โ€ข Open projects remotely โ€” start a new session in any recent project without touching the Mac โ€ข Private by design โ€” everything syncs through your own private iCloud database. No accounts, no analytics, no servers of ours; we never see your data. Requires the free, open-source Knife Terminal app for macOS: github.com/cheewee2000/knife-terminal

Screenshots

AnySSH4 screens
Knife Terminal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Knife Terminal at 17.0 against AnySSH's 26.0. 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
AnySSH versus Knife Terminal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnySSHKnife Terminal
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDailyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size63 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJUAN PATRICIO MARROQUIN GAVELANCW&T

In-app purchases

None

AnySSH

No in-app purchases

None

Knife Terminal

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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