Shelly vs Nan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shelly
A powerful and user-friendly SSH client for mobile devices. It offers robust terminal emulation, gesture controls, and customizable keyboard shortcuts for efficient remote server management. Supports key-based authentication and iCloud sync.
- Hardware accelerated text rendering
- Robust terminal emulation
- Gesture control for navigation
- Customizable keyboard toolbar
- Key file authentication
- iCloud sync support
- Terminal color themes
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SSH client designed for usability and performance. RELIABLE AND FAST • Hardware accelerated text rendering. • Robust terminal emulation based on the PuTTY engine. • Works great with programs such as 'screen' and 'irssi'. CONTROL WITH GESTURES • Default gestures optimized for irssi. Just swipe to switch channels or to scroll up and down. • Fully customizable. Any keypress or action can be attached to any gesture. EASY CONNECTING • Save user credentials and configure a remote command such as ‘screen -rd’ to connect with one tap. • 3D touch support. Connect directly from the iOS home screen. CUSTOMIZABLE KEYBOARD • Easily bind custom actions to buttons on the keyboard toolbar. • Works with custom iOS keyboards such as SwiftKey. OPEN LINKS AND SELECT TEXT • Familiar iOS text selection experience. Long-press on text to show the selection controls. • Copy and paste text. • Select a URL to easily open it in the web browser. OTHER FEATURES • iCloud sync support. • Terminal color themes. Choose your favorite from the several themes included or make your own. • Key file authentication support. Import an existing private key, or create a new key and export the public key. • Host key verification and management. • Agent forwarding (OpenSSH servers only). • Keep connections alive while the app is in the background. • Connection history with optional realtime location data. • Plenty of other configuration options. Please note that some features require a paid upgrade. You can try all features for free for a limited time.
Nan
This tool captures and decrypts network traffic at the TCP/IP layer, offering advanced features for detecting TLS connections and WebSocket traffic. It allows selective capture of HTTPS traffic to prevent application malfunctions.
- TCP/IP layer capture
- System proxy bypass
- TLS connection detection
- HTTPS capture and decryption
- WebSocket decryption
- IP packet assembly
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Why You Need This: - Capture on TCP/IP layer, NOT system proxy. Avoid some applications not going through the proxy - Detect TLS connection and ALPN - Only capture and decrypt HTTPS the address you specify, to prevent certain applications from malfunctioning due to addresses that cannot be captured by packet capture. - Also support decrypt WebSocket How it works: - This app captures all IP packets (IP layer) - Next assemble into TCP stream (TCP layer) - Probe TLS connections and ALPN information to help you determine if there's any possibility of packet capture. - Next assemble into HTTPS/WebSocket packet (Application layer) if you MITM it
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Shelly at Free against Nan's $34.99. Shelly also leads on ratings volume (273 vs 9) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Nan's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (89% vs 76%). On rating, update cadence, ads and chart position 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
Shelly is free to download; Nan costs $34.99 up front. Shelly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Nan asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nan holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shelly has 273 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Shelly's written reviews are positive against 89% of Nan's.
Shelly ships an update every 2 months, Nan every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shelly | Nan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $34.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (273 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 273 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #153 | #93 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 177 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Touch Foo | TxThinking, Inc. |
Customer experience
Shelly
Nan
Bugs and requests
Shelly
Reported bugs
4 issues- Saved profiles get overwritten unexpectedly
- Toolbar persists even with auto-hide enabled
- Cursor movement issues with hardware keyboard
- Inability to copy/paste with Magic Keyboard
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for port forwarding
- Implement Mosh protocol support
- Allow customization of default font
- Provide option for multiple app instances
- Add ability to remap hardware keyboard keys
Nan
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shelly
- Upgrade To Pro$3.99
Nan
No in-app purchases
