JuiceSSH
Ranked 6 of 13 SSH clients by recommenders
Android SSH client people praise for reliable everyday use, quick port forwarding and an SSH-focused interface. Critics say paid pro features were removed without refunds and the app has gone unsupported.
Android SSH client people praise for reliable everyday use, quick port forwarding and an SSH-focused interface. Critics say paid pro features were removed without refunds and the app has gone unsupported.
47 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 35
- approval share
- 26%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Reliable daily use on Android
“Really great terminal app that I used in Android for a very long time with some interesting features.”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back” “I bought JuiceSSH years ago on Android and it worked great, but I agree it's degraded”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back” “I bought Juice pro many years ago and use it daily on my phone and Tablet.”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back” - Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back”
- Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back”
Convenient SSH-focused features
“It's far quicker and easier to hit a toggle in JuiceSSH to turn on a port forward”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back” “It has an SSH focused GUI which can be more convenient”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
App degraded and unsupported
“I bought JuiceSSH years ago on Android and it worked great, but I agree it's degraded”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back” “Looks like it's really lost its backend servers.”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back” “it worked great, but I agree it's degraded”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back” - Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back”
- Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back”
- Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back”
Paid features removed without refund
“all the plugins (part of the pro feature set) rely on separate apk downloads from the Play Store, which all appear to be dead/delisted”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back” “The seller unilaterally taking back something you previously bought, especially without a refund, is a rug pull.”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back” “it was advertised as a permanent purchase means that it is, no matter how long you got to use it”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back” - Comment from 1 Feb 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back”
- Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back”
People switched to alternatives
“maybe dont rely on a poorly maintained app for making secure connections to your systems?”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back” “Same thing happened to me so I coded my own with claude instead of paying them again”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back” “I don't find it more useful than Termux, especially for being so much heavier.”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back” - Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back”
Other SSH clients people recommend
The four most recommended other SSH clients, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosh | 61 | 10 | 86% | 12 | — | Approved |
| SSH | 57 | 17 | 77% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Termius | 33 | 16 | 67% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Moshi SSH and Mosh terminal for iOS | 16 | 2 | 89% | 8 | — | Approved |
| JuiceSSHThis page | 12 | 35 | 26% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
40 of the 52 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“really have no intention of open sourcing or refunding”
“Do you consider it piracy when the user paid for a lifetime license, which then quits working”
“I don't like developers who fleece me out of my purchases.”
“I paid to support development. Really backfired.”
“any Google Play app is allowed to just pull the plug on features after four months and pocket the money”
“Keyboard in Juice is/was very good too. Just a bar over your Android keyboard with all the special characters that are normal when using bash.”
“I bought JuiceSSH years ago on Android and it worked great, but I agree it's degraded”
“they removed the cloud key backup at some point without notification so I lost all of the keys I had stored”
“obviously malicious/unethical approach caused you problems”
“You have legal ways to fight it: request a refund, report it to the store, write a review”
“having some issues and seeing the writing on the wall regarding JuiceSSH”
“Feature people PAID!!!! for suddenly stopped working.”
“Current behavior is bad but the community pirating the app does not seem right either.”
“I stopped using JuiceSSH Pro more than a year ago once I realized this.”
“It's far quicker and easier to hit a toggle in JuiceSSH to turn on a port forward”
“Then the price increases and pro features stop working.”
“I bought Juice pro many years ago and use it daily on my phone and Tablet.”
“I quickly dropped JuiceSSH when I discovered Termux.”
“Thank you for reminding me about risks of cloud key storage”
“this is about juicessh becoming unusable and no longer having any support”
“it was advertised as a permanent purchase means that it is, no matter how long you got to use it”
“A non-working product with unanswered emails will allow you to easily get your money back”
“Support is unresponsive, this looks like an exit scam.”
“all the plugins (part of the pro feature set) rely on separate apk downloads from the Play Store, which all appear to be dead/delisted”
“Same thing happened to me so I coded my own with claude instead of paying them again”
“It has an SSH focused GUI which can be more convenient”
“maybe dont rely on a poorly maintained app for making secure connections to your systems?”
“it just works and was very easy to set up when I first used it”
“The seller unilaterally taking back something you previously bought, especially without a refund, is a rug pull.”
“Control-D works fine for me.”
“The SSH deal has been altered. Pray I don't alter it any further.”
“it worked great, but I agree it's degraded”
“people that already paid lost their pro features unless they pay _again_”
“It is extremely flaky on GrapheneOS, at least on my Pixel 8 Pro.”
“I would not use an SSH client written by someone that feels it's OK to break the terms of the contract this way”
“Looks like it's really lost its backend servers.”
“Really great terminal app that I used in Android for a very long time with some interesting features.”
“you’re one breach away from a security nightmare”
“I don't find it more useful than Termux, especially for being so much heavier.”
“I bought JuiceSSH too but I didn't use it that much.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.