# Echo SSH and mosh client for iOS

14 Hacker News commenters recommended Echo SSH and mosh client for iOS and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a focused, high-quality iOS terminal that works well with external keyboards and avoids feature creep, at a $3 price. Critics mention the app hanging on long conversations.

## Why people recommend it

- Works well with external keyboard (2 comments): "Echo works great with an external keyboard fwiw. My daily driver is using it with the iPad and keyboard" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47065199)) "I want my iPhone terminal to be built for use w/ external keyboard." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47065054))
- Focused, high-quality iOS terminal (2 comments): "Really interesting to see a high quality terminal for iOS finally exist." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46959870)) "Finally an ios terminal app without the feature creep." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067067))
- Enjoyable to use (2 comments): "I bought it when it came out and enjoy using it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47070005)) "This is really, really nice." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47065192))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Mosh](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mosh.md): 61 recommend
- [SSH](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ssh.md): 57 recommend
- [Termius](https://hackerapproved.com/p/termius.md): 33 recommend
- [Moshi SSH and Mosh terminal for iOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/moshi.md): 16 recommend
- [JuiceSSH](https://hackerapproved.com/p/juicessh.md): 12 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Echo SSH and mosh client for iOS", https://hackerapproved.com/p/echo-ios-ssh-and-mosh-client/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).