Nominative comparison · verified 2026-08-12

SSHHIP vs Termius

SSHHIP is a native iPhone and iPad SSH client with out-of-band multiplexer control and keyboardless Command Dial control. Termius is the category's broad, cross-platform, cloud-vault incumbent.

Capability	SSHHIP	Termius
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 Pro from $10/user/mo billed annually on the web (App Store IAP lists $15.00/mo and $119.00/yr) Termius pricing
Vendor backend	None. No SSHHIP account, relay, or cloud vault	Personal or team cloud vault with cross-device sync Termius pricing
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 Termius mobile terminal docs
Keyboardless control	Yes - Command Dial for mux actions, keys, snippets, and voice A long prompt still needs Keyboard or Voice.	Not documented - no equivalent radial or one-handed control surface found on the linked page Termius mobile terminal docs
tmux support	Attach + out-of-band control, focus pad, session picker	Works as a terminal; no documented tmux control surface Termius mobile terminal docs
herdr support	First-class attach + control against herdr's own object model	Not documented Termius mobile terminal docs
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 - the iOS changelog documents Mosh connections Termius iOS changelog
Port forwarding	No	Yes - listed in the free Starter tier Termius pricing
SFTP browser / Files	No browser or Files provider. Send Image upload only	Yes - SFTP in the free tier Termius pricing
Terminal themes	4 built-in themes, no custom themes	Yes - theme picker per host Termius mobile terminal docs
Terminal font size	Fixed 14pt, not user-adjustable	Adjustable - font, size, and pinch-to-zoom Termius mobile terminal docs
Cross-platform	iPhone + iPad only	iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux Termius pricing
Download size	14.3 MB (iOS 1.21.1) Apple iTunes lookup (2026-08-12)	233.9 MB (iOS 7.6.0) Apple iTunes lookup (2026-08-12)
Min iOS	17.0	17.0 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.	18,908 ratings · 4.70★ 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

Termius is the category's broad, cross-platform, cloud-vault incumbent. SSHHIP is a narrow iOS-only client with no backend and out-of-band multiplexer control.

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 Termius.

Where SSHHIP is worse

Termius has port forwarding, a full SFTP client, agent forwarding, and jump hosts. SSHHIP has none of those.
Termius runs on iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and Linux with vault sync between them. SSHHIP is iPhone and iPad only.
Termius ships Mosh on iOS. SSHHIP App Store builds are SSH-only.
Termius lets you pick a terminal theme and font size. SSHHIP has four themes and a fixed 14pt font.
Termius has 18,908 App Store ratings at 4.70★. SSHHIP has 1 rating.
Termius has a usable free tier. SSHHIP costs $29.99 after one month, with no free tier at all.

Primary sources

How this page is maintained

Termius 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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