Nominative comparison · verified 2026-08-12

SSHHIP vs Moshi

SSHHIP is the minimal agent-oriented terminal: no vendor backend, out-of-band mux control, and a Command Dial so most of that work never needs the software keyboard. Moshi is the feature-maximal one, with a vendor service behind its notifications.

Capability	SSHHIP	Moshi
Price model	Full access for one month, then a $29.99 one-time lifetime unlock Competitors with monthly plans can be cheaper to start.	Free tier, then $7.99/mo, $69.99/yr, or a $249.00 lifetime unlock Moshi pricing The pricing page showed $199 as a limited lifetime offer on the verify date; the App Store catalog price was $249.00.
Vendor backend	None. No SSHHIP account, relay, or cloud vault	Vendor service participates in the notification and agent-tracking path Moshi site
Out-of-band multiplexer control	Yes - separate SSH exec channel, never the interactive PTY	Not described as a separate exec channel, but it does jump directly to a window or tab Moshi site
Keyboardless control	Yes - Command Dial for mux actions, keys, snippets, and voice A long prompt still needs Keyboard or Voice.	Limited - tap to jump to a tmux window or herdr tab; no documented radial control for keys or mux actions Moshi site
tmux support	Attach + out-of-band control, focus pad, session picker	Yes - jump straight to any tmux window Moshi site
herdr support	First-class attach + control against herdr's own object model	Yes - jump straight to any herdr tab Moshi 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 in the app name and the headline feature Moshi on the App Store
Port forwarding	No	Pro-only automatic HTTP dev-server preview tunneled over SSH, not general-purpose -L forwarding Moshi browser preview docs
SFTP browser / Files	No browser or Files provider. Send Image upload only	Repo file browser at any commit; no Files.app provider documented Moshi site
Terminal themes	4 built-in themes, no custom themes	573 themes Moshi themes
Terminal font size	Fixed 14pt, not user-adjustable	Terminal font and font size are selectable Moshi personalization docs
Cross-platform	iPhone + iPad only	iOS and Android Moshi site
Download size	14.3 MB (iOS 1.21.1) Apple iTunes lookup (2026-08-12)	78.6 MB (iOS 3.12.1) Apple iTunes lookup (2026-08-12)
Min iOS	17.0	18.0 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.	453 ratings · 4.72★ 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

Moshi is the feature-maximal agent-operations terminal with a vendor service behind its notifications. SSHHIP is the minimal one with nothing behind it.

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 Moshi.

Where SSHHIP is worse

Moshi ships Mosh, so a session survives network switches. SSHHIP App Store builds reconnect instead.
Moshi has an agent kanban, a diff viewer, a repo file browser, and Pro-only automatic HTTP dev-server preview. SSHHIP has none of that.
Moshi pushes notifications and approvals to Live Activity, Dynamic Island, and Apple Watch. SSHHIP cannot tell you anything while it is closed - by design, because that would need a server.
Moshi also jumps directly to a tmux window or herdr tab, so SSHHIP is not the only client that takes multiplexers seriously.
Moshi runs on Android as well as iOS. SSHHIP is iPhone and iPad only.
Moshi has a free tier (including jump-host auth) and 573 terminal themes. SSHHIP has no free tier and four themes.
Moshi has 453 ratings at 4.72★. SSHHIP has 1 rating.

Primary sources

How this page is maintained

Moshi 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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