Comparison

JSONPad vs Shahi

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

Head to head
About

JSONPad

Features
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JSONPad makes it easy to view, edit, and explore JSON directly on your device. Paste or type JSON directly, open a local file, or load data from a URL. Features: • Clear syntax highlighting, indentation guides, and collapsible sections • Edit JSON directly with continuous syntax validation • Quickly locate errors with precise line and column information • Search using plain text or complete RFC 9535 JSONPath expressions • Navigate between matches and copy JSONPath results • Copy or save edited documents • Smooth handling of large JSON files • Light and dark mode support Your documents are processed locally on your device. URL requests go directly from your device to the selected address and never through a JSONPad server.

About

Shahi

Features
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Your coding agents shouldn't stop just because you left your desk. Shahi turns the AI coding agents running on your own computer into a conversation on your phone. Read what they're doing like a chat, answer their questions with one tap, and start new work from anywhere, while your computer keeps going. WHAT YOU CAN DO • See every agent at a glance: which ones are working, which are done, and which are waiting on you. • Answer permission prompts and questions in one tap. Before anything is pressed, the answer is checked against the agent's live screen. • Read conversations as clean messages, including tool activity, instead of a terminal squeezed onto a small screen. • Reply, attach photos and files, and keep the conversation going. • Start a new agent in any project, with the permission mode you choose. • Open the real terminal whenever you need it. • Preview files and PDFs from your computer. WORKS WITH YOUR SETUP Shahi connects to herdr, the open-source terminal workspace for coding agents, on your own Mac or Linux computer. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and the other agents herdr runs. Setup takes two commands and one QR scan. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • End-to-end encrypted. The relay that connects your phone to your computer can't read your conversations. • Prefer no third party at all? Connect over your own SSH instead. • Your code and conversations stay on your computer. There's no account to create. • Open source, under the MIT license. WHAT YOU NEED A Mac or Linux computer running herdr with the free Shahi plugin. Get started at getshahi.dev.

Screenshots

JSONPad3 screens
Shahi4 screens

Verdict

The call

JSONPad and Shahi are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
JSONPad versus Shahi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJSONPadShahi
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperColin SchmaleYasser Aldosari

In-app purchases

None

JSONPad

No in-app purchases

None

Shahi

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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