Easy SSH vs Ledge Notebook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Easy SSH
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Easy SSH puts your servers' command line in your pocket ā securely, in Arabic and English, with no account and no tracking. WHY EASY SSH ⢠A real terminal: Tab completion, Ctrl, Esc and arrow keys, colours, free scrolling through history, search and copy. ⢠Key-based login: generate an ed25519 key inside the app and copy the public key to your server in one step, or import your existing OpenSSH / PEM key. Password login is supported too. ⢠Host-key pinning: the server fingerprint is stored on first connection and checked before every authentication, so nobody can impersonate your server on public Wi-Fi. ⢠Live monitoring with charts: CPU, memory, disk, load, network and top processes, refreshed every few seconds, with a 48-hour history on your phone and the server's own sysstat log when available. ⢠18 ready-made packs (130 commands), all read-only: server health, Docker, systemd services, network, logs, nginx, PostgreSQL, Git, Redis and more. No pack command deletes data or changes server state. ⢠Your own shortcuts: one-tap buttons for the commands you repeat, with placeholders prompted at run time. ⢠Live sessions: leave the terminal and the session stays connected; automatic reconnect when the network drops. ⢠A complete in-app guide: what SSH is, your first connection, keys and fingerprints, security tips and troubleshooting. ⢠Light and dark themes, adjustable font size, full right-to-left support. PRIVACY FIRST No sign-up, no analytics, no ads. Your servers and keys live only in your device's secure storage (Keychain). The only connection the app makes is your own encrypted SSH session to your server. WHO IS IT FOR System administrators, DevOps engineers, developers and site owners who want to check a Linux server, read a log or run a command while away from their desk ā on a VPS, a cloud instance, a Raspberry Pi or a home lab. Support: subs@origami.sa
Ledge Notebook
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Ledge is a Markdown notebook that runs the code in your notes. Write the commands for a deploy, a fix or a setup once, with the reasoning beside them, and run each block with a tap. The output appears right under the block. On iPhone and iPad, Ledge opens the notes on your own server: a Linux machine or a Mac running the free Ledge server, reached over SSH. Your notes, shells and commands stay on your machine. RUN ANYTHING ⢠Shell, Python, Node, TypeScript, Ruby, PHP and Redis blocks run with the tools on your server ⢠Add SQL or any other language by naming the command that runs it, such as psql or mysql ⢠Prompt blocks hand a request to an AI agent on your server, such as Claude Code, which can read your notes ⢠Answer a running command's prompts by typing into its output, with ^C, ^D, Esc and arrow keys above the keyboard ⢠Each note keeps its own shell, so a cd or an exported variable carries into the next block ⢠Give a note its own working directory, environment and secrets, kept outside the note ⢠Run a note's blocks on another machine over SSH with one line at the top of the note ⢠Mark a risky block to ask before it runs ⢠A command keeps running on the server after you lock the phone, and its output is waiting when you come back WRITE AND ORGANIZE ⢠Markdown with live preview, tables, checklists and images, including photos from the camera ⢠Link notes to each other, with outline, backlinks and tags panels ⢠Workspaces, folders, favorites and full-text search ⢠Use the same notes from Ledge for Mac and from every phone and iPad you pair PRIVATE AND SECURE ⢠You stay in control of your notes: they live on your own machine, not on our servers or anyone else's ⢠No Ledge account, no sign-up and no third party in between ⢠Sign in with a key made in the Secure Enclave that never leaves the device, or with a password kept in the keychain ⢠Each server's host key is confirmed on the first connection and checked on every one after ⢠Lock sensitive notes with a passphrase ⢠Add a server by scanning the QR code it prints WHAT YOU NEED A Mac or a Linux machine you can reach over SSH, with the Ledge server installed. One command installs it, with no root access, no open port and no background service. The guide in the app walks you through it. Ledge is free and open source.
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Verdict
Easy SSH and Ledge Notebook are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters ā price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them ā 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Easy SSH | Ledge Notebook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yasse Baghdadi | Dan Stevens |
In-app purchases
Easy SSH
No in-app purchases
Ledge Notebook
No in-app purchases
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