PureTerm is a real terminal for your iPhone and iPad: connect to your own servers over SSH or Telnet and work as if you were sitting at the console.
FREE TRIAL: try the yearly plan free for 3 days. After the trial it renews at the yearly price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the trial ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings.
A REAL TERMINAL
Full PTY with xterm-256color emulation. vim, htop, nano, colors, mouse modes and live window resizing behave the way they should — this is not a fake command box.
SSH DONE RIGHT
- Log in with a password or an SSH key
- Generate modern ed25519 keys directly on your device (Pro)
- Import existing OpenSSH private keys — ed25519 or RSA, passphrase supported (Pro)
- Passwords and private keys are stored in the iOS Keychain, on this device only
TELNET TOO
Network gear, retro machines, BBS and MUD servers: plain Telnet is one tap away, with correct option negotiation and window-size support.
YOUR CREDENTIALS STAY YOURS
PureTerm has no account, no sign-up, no analytics and no servers of its own. The app connects only to the hosts you add yourself. Nothing about you or your servers is uploaded anywhere.
SAVED HOSTS
Keep each machine as a profile — name, address, port, username, auth method — and connect with a tap.
FREE AND PRO
Free: 1 saved host and sessions up to 60 seconds — enough to check a service or fix a config line. PureTerm Pro unlocks unlimited hosts, unlimited session length and SSH key management, from $0.99/month (yearly and lifetime options available).
WHO IT'S FOR
- Developers and sysadmins who need a quick shell from anywhere
- Homelab owners with a Raspberry Pi or NAS in the closet
- Anyone who loves a proper terminal — including the retro Telnet corners of the internet
No ads, no tracking, no dark patterns. Just a clean, fast terminal in your pocket.
Note: features listed under PRO require a separate purchase — an auto-renewable subscription (monthly or yearly) or a one-time Lifetime unlock.
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Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://hdappstudio.com/pureterm/privacy/
