Shelly vs Detect Edge
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.
Detect Edge
Collect, label, and upload time series sensor data from your Thingy:53 device to Edge Impulse. This tool streamlines the process for edge AI development.
- Collect time series sensor data
- Label data for AI
- Upload to Edge Impulse
- Supports Thingy:53 device
- Streamlined edge AI workflow
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The fastest way to collect, label, and upload time series sensor data from your Thingy:53 to Edge Impulse
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Detect Edge at 5.0 against Shelly's 4.4. Detect Edge also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Shelly's advantage is ratings volume (273 vs 1) and chart position (#186 vs unranked). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Shelly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Detect Edge asks for nothing beyond the download.
Detect Edge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shelly has 273 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shelly ships an update every 2 months, Detect Edge weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shelly | Detect Edge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (273 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 273 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #186 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Touch Foo | Detect Labs |
Customer experience
Shelly
Detect Edge
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
Detect Edge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shelly
- Upgrade To Pro$3.99
Detect Edge
No in-app purchases
