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Best SSH Client Apps for iPhone (2026)
Quick answer
Termius - Modern SSH Client is the top-ranked of the 20 tiered SSH client apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 85,491 ratings.
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Key takeaways
- Termius ranks #1 of the 20 tiered SSH client apps, S tier with a score of 96 out of 100.
- The highest-ranked free app with no in-app purchases is Easy SSH (#5).
- Termius has the most App Store ratings here: 85,491, averaging 4.7/5.
- 7 of the 20 tiered apps reach S or A tier.
What belongs in this list
Connect to remote servers over SSH from an iPhone and run commands in a terminal.
Not here: a remote desktop app alone; a local-only terminal or shell alone; a general AI chatbot alone; a server monitoring dashboard alone; a file transfer tool alone
How we pick
For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Apps whose maker has verified ownership get a small score component, because an active maker is a sign the app is kept up to date. It never decides a tier on its own. Updated daily. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. Read the full method →
Compare every app
| # | App | Tier | Score | Rating | Ratings | Price | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Termius - Modern SSH ClientBest overall | S | 96.0 | 4.7 | 85,491 | Free + IAP | |
| 2 |  WebSSH - Sysadmin ToolboxMost recently updated | S | 93.4 | 4.8 | 12,784 | Free + IAP | |
| 3 | S | 92.9 | 4.8 | 4,510 | Free + IAP | ||
| 4 | S | 92.3 | 4.6 | 8,216 | Free + IAP | ||
| 5 |  Easy SSHBest free | A | 88.1 | 4.8 | 499 | Free download | |
| 6 |  Multiplex - SSH tmux Terminalprovisional | A | 84.7 | 5.0 | 1 | Free + IAP | |
| 7 | A | 80.0 | 4.4 | 1,253 | Free + IAP | ||
| 8 | B | 79.9 | 4.4 | 68 | Free + IAP | ||
| 9 | B | 77.8 | 3.3 | 1,048 | Free + IAP | ||
| 10 |  ServerSSH - Tmux & Mosh Clientprovisional | B | 74.0 | 4.0 | 2 | Free + IAP | |
| 11 | C | 65.3 | 4.7 | 1,125 | Free + IAP | ||
| 12 |  La Terminal: Mosh & SSH Clientprovisional | C | 64.7 | 4.7 | 313 | Free + IAP | |
| 13 |  VVTerm: Native SSH Clientprovisional | C | 63.1 | 4.9 | 32 | Free + IAP | |
| 14 |  Shepherd: AI Agents & SSHprovisional | C | 62.1 | 5.0 | 7 | Free + IAP | |
| 15 |  Moku: SSH & AI Agent Terminalprovisional | C | 60.0 | 5.0 | 1 | Free + IAP | |
| 16 |  iTmux: Your AI Coding Terminalprovisional | D | 57.2 | 3.0 | 1 | Free + IAP | |
| 17 |  Shellter: SSH & SFTP Clientprovisional | D | 53.0 | 4.0 | 1 | Free download | |
| 18 |  iTerminal - SSH Telnet Clientprovisional | D | 51.7 | 4.5 | 849 | Free + IAP | |
| 19 |  ViSH - AI Coding Terminalprovisional | F | 46.3 | 3.0 | 2 | Free + IAP | |
| 20 |  Remote Terminal: SSH & Tmuxprovisional | F | 38.6 | n/a | 0 | Free + IAP |
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Questions people ask
What is the best SSH client app for iPhone?
Termius - Modern SSH Client, S tier, ranked #1 of 20, rated 4.7 by 85,491 people.
Which SSH client apps are free?
20 of 20 are free to download: Termius - Modern SSH Client (S), WebSSH - Sysadmin Toolbox (S), SSH Client - Secure ShellFish (S), xTerminal - SSH Terminal Shell (S) and more. 18 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.
Which SSH client app has the best App Store rating?
SSH Client - Secure ShellFish at 4.8 from 4,510 ratings.
How many SSH client apps reach S or A tier?
7 of 20.