SecureCRT vs OpenRoaming
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
OpenRoaming
This app enables free, seamless, and secure Wi-Fi access using your Google or Apple ID. Once activated, your device automatically connects to supported Wi-Fi networks globally without further action.
- Free Wi-Fi access
- Seamless connection
- Secure Wi-Fi
- Google/Apple ID login
- Automatic network attachment
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The OpenRoaming App configures your device with Free, Seamless and Secure Wi-Fi using your Google or Apple ID. This service can be leveraged in many Wi-Fi networks around the world. After activating the service on your device through the app, there is nothing more for you to do, your device will automatically attach to Wi-Fi where supported. Support: openroaming-app@external.cisco.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: OpenRoaming at Free against SecureCRT's $9.99. OpenRoaming also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 36%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). SecureCRT's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 27 months) and ratings volume (31 vs 5). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
OpenRoaming is free to download; SecureCRT costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.9 for SecureCRT against 3.0 for OpenRoaming. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SecureCRT has 31 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 36% of SecureCRT's written reviews are positive against 67% of OpenRoaming's.
SecureCRT ships an update every 4 months, OpenRoaming every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SecureCRT | OpenRoaming |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (31 ratings) | 3.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 27 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VanDyke Software | Cisco |
Customer experience
SecureCRT
OpenRoaming
In-app purchases
SecureCRT
No in-app purchases
OpenRoaming
No in-app purchases
