Comparison

Lumen Playground vs Filaire

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

Head to head
About

Lumen Playground

Features
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Lumen Playground is the living SwiftUI catalog for Lumen UI, a cross-platform primitive design system. Search the public component library, exercise real native controls, and compare Lumen's semantic light and dark themes directly on iPhone or iPad. Every example is built with the same LumenUI package available to application developers. Explore: • Foundations, actions, forms, feedback, data display, navigation, and native presentations • Interactive loading, disabled, selected, validation, overlay, and empty states • Native Dynamic Type, VoiceOver semantics, focus behavior, and platform conventions • Shared Lumen icons, colors, spacing, typography, and visual treatments • Direct links to implementation documentation and public support The catalog works without an account and does not include advertising, analytics, tracking, or data collection.

About

Filaire

Features
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Filaire is a native SSH terminal and tmux client for iPad and iPhone. • TMUX, BUILT IN Attach to or create a tmux session when you connect. Switch windows, split and zoom panes from a pull-down control bar, swipe with three fingers to change windows, and use your own prefix key. • SECURE BY DEFAULT Lock hosts behind Face ID or Touch ID. Generate Ed25519 and RSA keys on-device and keep them in the iOS Keychain. Forward your SSH agent to remote servers and approve each signature with Face ID or Touch ID, so private keys never leave your device. • MADE FOR IPAD One window per host, with Split View, Slide Over and Stage Manager. Drag a host out to open it in its own window, and reconnect to recent hosts from Home Screen quick actions. • NETWORKING Jump hosts (ProxyJump), local and SOCKS5 port forwarding, and automatic reconnection when your network changes. • KEYBOARD, TOUCH & TRACKPAD Hardware keyboard shortcuts, a customizable on-screen key bar, mouse support, trackpad scrolling and pinch to zoom. • COMPANION CLI: FIL Install fil on your servers to copy to your device's clipboard, open links, preview files in Quick Look, send notifications and use your forwarded SSH agent. • THEMES Solarized Dark, Solarized Light, Dracula, Nord and Monokai. Filaire is open source.

Screenshots

Lumen Playground4 screens
Filaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

Lumen Playground and Filaire are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lumen Playground ships an update every 2 weeks, Filaire fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Lumen Playground versus Filaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumen PlaygroundFilaire
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSantiago Molina OrozcoTeam OT

In-app purchases

None

Lumen Playground

No in-app purchases

None

Filaire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lumen Playground free?
Lumen Playground is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Filaire free?
Filaire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lumen Playground or Filaire have ads?
Neither Lumen Playground nor Filaire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lumen Playground or Filaire?
Lumen Playground ships an update every 2 weeks, and Filaire fortnightly. Most recently, Lumen Playground was updated on October 25, 2026 and Filaire on October 24, 2026.

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