Comparison

SecureCRT vs Contest Queue

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • SSH/Telnet remote access
  • Terminal emulation
  • Advanced session management
  • Session organization with folders
  • Import desktop sessions
  • Multiple simultaneous sessions
  • Customizable session settings
Features
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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

About

Contest Queue

Features
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Contest Queue keeps a barbershop contest running on time. One app holds the whole contest - competitors, hosts, stage managers, judges and presenters - and shows every one of them the same live information, in the view that fits their job. THE PATTERN KEEPS ITSELF CURRENT The pattern is the heart of it: who performs, where they need to be, and when. Add your competitors and warm-up rooms, drag them into their order of appearance, and Contest Queue builds the pattern for you; arrival, check-in, photos, warm-up and stage times, all worked backwards from the moment each competitor steps on stage. Then it maintains itself. The stage manager logs on- and off-stage times, Contest Queue works out whether you are ahead or behind, and every competitor's schedule shifts to absorb the delay. Nobody redoes the math in a hallway. A VIEW FOR EVERY ROLE • Competitors see the contest live from anywhere, and know exactly when to be where. No account needed. • Hosts check competitors in quickly. Anyone running late is flagged in red, and one tap calls their contact. • Stage managers log on and off stage, mark who is backstage and ready, and leave notes for the team. • Judges get a stripped-down view of who is next, with a green light to signal they are ready. • Presenters get the names, hometowns and details an emcee needs to work the crowd. • Admins get all of it, plus the setup behind it. NOTIFICATIONS WORTH KEEPING ON Tap the bell on any competitor for a heads-up before they take the stage, and an update if the running order slips. Link your account to a competitor and you will get check-in reminders too. Organizers can post announcements and notices to the whole convention. Notification Settings is one screen listing everything you will be told about, and how to turn any of it off. FOR ORGANIZERS • Build a convention with as many contests, quartets, choruses, judges and rooms as you need • Import competitors, judges, rooms and schedules from CSV • Keep convention events and rehearsals alongside the contests • Enter scores by hand, or photograph a score sheet and let Contest Queue read it • Publish live stream and score sheet links • Export a printable Order of Appearance carrying your convention's logo • Grant staff access by role, and let competitors link their own accounts with a claim code Start with a free trial. When you are ready, a convention is priced by how many competitors it has. FREE TO FOLLOW Watching costs nothing and needs no account. Anyone can open the Order of Appearance, follow along live, and see who is on stage right now. Built for barbershop conventions, and at home in any singing contest that runs on a schedule.

Screenshots

SecureCRT4 screens
Contest Queue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Contest Queue at Free against SecureCRT's $9.99. Contest Queue also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Contest Queue is free to download; SecureCRT costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SecureCRT ships an update every 4 months, Contest Queue every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SecureCRT versus Contest Queue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecureCRTContest Queue
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating2.9 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews35.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB48 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperVanDyke SoftwareMike Nelson

In-app purchases

None

SecureCRT

No in-app purchases

None

Contest Queue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SecureCRT free?
SecureCRT costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Contest Queue free?
Contest Queue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SecureCRT or Contest Queue have ads?
Neither SecureCRT nor Contest Queue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SecureCRT or Contest Queue?
SecureCRT ships an update every 4 months, and Contest Queue every 4 days. Most recently, SecureCRT was updated on September 23, 2026 and Contest Queue on September 17, 2026.

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