SecureCRT vs ZBX Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SecureCRT
This app provides secure remote access and terminal emulation for business applications on mobile devices. It offers advanced session management, allowing users to organize connections and import settings from desktop versions. Supports various emulation types and customizable session configurations.
- SSH/Telnet remote access
- Terminal emulation
- Advanced session management
- Session organization with folders
- Import desktop sessions
- Multiple simultaneous sessions
- Customizable session settings
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SecureCRT is a go-anywhere SSH/Telnet app with rock-solid remote access and terminal emulation on your iPhone and iPad. SecureCRT has advanced session management that lets you create folders to organize sessions and import sessions from your desktop version of SecureCRT. SecureCRT makes it easy to: - Access business applications securely on UNIX, Linux, or VMS from your iPhone or iPad with rich emulation support. - Configure, manage, and customize sessions to keep on top of your workload. - Depend on the open standard Secure Shell (SSH2) protocol. Key Features: - Choose from emulations like VT100/102/220, ANSI, SCO ANSI, Wyse 50/60, Xterm, and Linux console - Customize session settings for firewalls, logon data, authentication, agent, emulation, ANSI, font, and more - Import sessions from your desktop version of SecureCRT - Run multiple sessions at a time - Connect to the same host multiple times - Organize sessions into folders - Troubleshoot connections with trace options
ZBX Viewer
Monitor your Zabbix server events and status directly from your mobile device. View triggers, graphs, host status, and browse through groups and hosts. Receive push notifications for important events and manage multiple Zabbix instances with ease.
- View Triggers
- View Graphs
- View Host Status
- Browse Groups
- View Events
- Push Notifications
- Multiple Zabbix Instances
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ZBX Viewer application for viewing events of your Zabbix server. Capabilities: Viewing Triggers View Graphs View Host Status Browse Groups Viewing Hosts Viewing Events Viewing Items View Server Version Push Notifications Multiple Zabbix instances Favorites hosts, items and graphs Your Comments and suggestions are welcome
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ZBX Viewer at Free against SecureCRT's $9.99. ZBX Viewer also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.9) and review sentiment (68% vs 36%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
ZBX Viewer is free to download; SecureCRT costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ZBX Viewer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of SecureCRT's written reviews are positive against 68% of ZBX Viewer's.
SecureCRT ships an update every 4 months, ZBX Viewer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SecureCRT | ZBX Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (31 ratings) | 4.5 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.9% of reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VanDyke Software | Vladimir Andryushin |
Customer experience
SecureCRT
ZBX Viewer
In-app purchases
SecureCRT
No in-app purchases
ZBX Viewer
No in-app purchases
