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SSHaven vs Moshi, SSHHIP, and TermRover

These apps all SSH into a machine you own so you can drive coding agents from a phone. The useful split is price model, whether the product is a terminal or a pilot board, and where credentials live.

How to read this page

Competitor products change. Treat the notes below as category context, not a live spec sheet. For SSHaven, every claim is what the app ships today: native SSH, Keychain secrets, a tmux agent fleet with wait notifications, $4.99 one-time, no SSHaven account.

Classic SSH suites (Termius, Blink, Prompt) are covered separately on SSHaven vs Termius, Blink, and Prompt.

At a glance

Criterion	SSHaven	Moshi	SSHHIP	TermRover
SSH to your own host	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Typical wedge	tmux agent pilot board	Agent inbox / hook layer	Out-of-band multiplexer control	Phone-first tmux terminal
Wait / approval alerts	Yes — Needs you	Positioned as a core feature	Terminal / dial first	Not the product headline
Vendor account to SSH	No	Not the usual model	No	Not the usual model
SSH secrets	On-device Keychain; no SSHaven vault	Direct to your host (verify current model)	Keychain / device-centric	Device-centric terminal
Price model	$4.99 one-time; no sub to connect	Free tier + paid Pro (sub or lifetime)	Trial, then a higher one-time unlock	Free core + paid Pro (year or lifetime)

Competitor columns are qualitative. Verify current pricing and features on each vendor’s site. SSHaven column is product fact.

Where each app is typically strong

Moshi — a mobile SSH/Mosh terminal plus an optional host hook for agent inbox, diffs, and approvals. People pick it when they want a dedicated agent-control layer on top of the PTY.
SSHHIP — a focused iPhone/iPad terminal that steers tmux or herdr on a separate SSH channel so multiplexer commands do not land in a coding agent’s stdin.
TermRover — a phone-first SSH + Mosh terminal with tmux (and similar multiplexers) under the thumb. Terminal comfort is the product; it does not try to interpret the agent.
SSHaven — a focused SSH client plus a tmux agent board (Running / Needs you / Finished) and wait notifications. Secrets stay on-device. Claude Code from iPhone is the intended workflow. $4.99 once.

One-time vs subscription

SSHaven’s price is a single App Store or Play Store purchase. There is no subscription required to connect, and no freemium cap on opening a shell. Moshi and TermRover publish free cores with paid Pro plans; SSHHIP publishes a trial then a lifetime unlock at a higher one-time price than SSHaven. Those numbers move — check the current listing before you buy.

Who SSHaven is for

Choose SSHaven if you want iPhone/iPad/Android SSH without creating a vendor account, you care that keys never go to our cloud, and you actually run agents in tmux on machines you own — then want a status board and a ping when they wait. Choose Moshi if the hook/inbox layer is the reason you buy. Choose SSHHIP if out-of-band multiplexer control is the reason. Choose TermRover if you want the slimmest phone terminal and will drive the agent as a raw PTY.