Nominative comparison · verified 2026-08-12

SSHHIP vs Blink Shell

SSHHIP is a native, touch-first client that controls the multiplexer from outside the PTY, mostly from the Command Dial. Blink is an open-source power-user terminal with Mosh, tunnels, and total keyboard customisation.

Capability	SSHHIP	Blink
Price model	Full access for one month, then a $29.99 one-time lifetime unlock Competitors with monthly plans can be cheaper to start.	Two weeks free, then Blink+ at $19.99/year (Build add-ons priced separately) Blink Shell site
Vendor backend	None. No SSHHIP account, relay, or cloud vault	No vendor vault for core SSH; Build add-ons use Blink infrastructure Blink Shell site
Out-of-band multiplexer control	Yes - separate SSH exec channel, never the interactive PTY	Not documented - no separate control surface found on the linked page Blink Shell site
Keyboardless control	Yes - Command Dial for mux actions, keys, snippets, and voice A long prompt still needs Keyboard or Voice.	No - customizable hardware and software keyboard is the documented control surface Blink customisation docs
tmux support	Attach + out-of-band control, focus pad, session picker	Works as a full terminal; no documented tmux control surface Blink Shell site
herdr support	First-class attach + control against herdr's own object model	Not documented Blink Shell site
Mosh (iOS App Store build)	No - App Store builds are SSH-only Mosh exists in the codebase but is fail-closed off for App Store distribution.	Yes - Mosh is a headline feature Blink Shell site
Port forwarding	No	Yes - tunnels (-L), ProxyCommand, ssh-agent Blink Shell site
SFTP browser / Files	No browser or Files provider. Send Image upload only	Yes - SFTP with a Files.app provider Blink Shell site
Terminal themes	4 built-in themes, no custom themes	User-authored themes, installable from a URL Blink customisation docs
Terminal font size	Fixed 14pt, not user-adjustable	Custom fonts and sizes, installable from a URL Blink customisation docs
Cross-platform	iPhone + iPad only	Apple platforms only Blink Shell site
Download size	14.3 MB (iOS 1.21.1) Apple iTunes lookup (2026-08-12)	230.0 MB (iOS 18.6.3) Apple iTunes lookup (2026-08-12)
Min iOS	17.0	17.6 Apple iTunes lookup (2026-08-12)
Ratings (as of verify date)	1 rating · 5.00★ Apple iTunes lookup (2026-08-12) Too few to mean anything. Rating structured data is deliberately omitted.	415 ratings · 3.10★ Apple iTunes lookup (2026-08-12)

Control surface

Keyboardless control

The Command Dial is the whole control surface: multiplexer actions, common keys, pane focus, snippets, voice, and Send Image. The software keyboard appears only when you pick Keyboard.

Typing a long command still needs Keyboard or Voice. The full command palette remains one puck-tap away.

SSHHIP on iPhone with the Command Dial open over a live Claude Code session, showing the radial control surface in the corner

Where SSHHIP is different

Blink is an open-source power-user terminal with Mosh, tunnels, and total customisation. SSHHIP is a narrow, native, touch-first client that controls the multiplexer from outside the PTY.

Multiplexer controls ride a separate SSH exec channel
No SSHHIP account, relay, or cloud vault
Keyboardless control: Command Dial as the control surface for multiplexer actions, common keys, pane focus, snippets, voice, and Send Image. The keyboard appears only when you pick Keyboard.
14.3 MB native download versus much larger category norms

The Command Dial is a taste-dependent interaction choice, not a universal win. Typing a long command still needs Keyboard or Voice. The full command palette remains one puck-tap away.

"Different" is not "better". If the rows in the other card matter more to you than the rows here, buy Blink Shell.

Where SSHHIP is worse

Blink ships Mosh. SSHHIP App Store builds are SSH-only, so a network change means reconnect-and-reattach.
Blink has tunnels (-L), ProxyCommand, and ssh-agent. SSHHIP has no port forwarding, jump hosts, or agent forwarding.
Blink has an SFTP Files.app provider. SSHHIP does not.
Blink themes and fonts are fully user-authored. SSHHIP has four themes and a fixed 14pt font.
Blink is open source with a public community. SSHHIP's app source is not public.
Blink's hardware-keyboard remapping is far deeper than anything SSHHIP offers.

Primary sources

How this page is maintained

Blink Shell cells come from the vendor's own pages and from Apple's public lookup data on 2026-08-12. Where a capability could not be found on those pages, the cell says "Not documented" rather than "No" - absence of documentation is not proof of absence. The SSHHIP column is checked against repository source 1.20.1; the shipping App Store build is 1.21.1. Nothing here is a benchmark, and no cell is a quote from the vendor.

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Get SSHHIP

Full access for one month, then a $29.99 lifetime unlock. No account. No SSHHIP backend.

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