iSH Shell Downloads & RevenueiSH Shell · App Store
iSH Shell is #20 in Developer Tools Free in United States and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 20 events in the last 12 months
- 📈iSH Shell entered the top 10Top Free · Developer Tools · AE
- ✏️iSH Shell added hidden keywords: commandswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️iSH Shell added hidden keywords: emulatorwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️iSH Shell added hidden keywords: emulatorwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️iSH Shell added hidden keywords: blinkwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️iSH Shell added hidden keywords: terminal, emulatorwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️iSH Shell added hidden keywords: termixwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️iSH Shell added hidden keywords: commandswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️iSH Shell added hidden keywords: tmux, commandswords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️iSH Shell added hidden keywords: terminewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️iSH Shell added hidden keywords: tmuxwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈iSH Shell entered the top 10Top Free · Developer Tools · IT
- ✏️iSH Shell added hidden keywords: tmuxwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️iSH Shell added hidden keywords: websshwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈iSH Shell entered the top 10Top Free · Developer Tools · JP
- ✏️iSH Shell added hidden keywords: tmux, termius, sshwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️iSH Shell added hidden keywords: termius, ssh, tmux, putty +1 morewords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️iSH Shell added hidden keywords: terminalwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🆕iSH Shell first spotted by AppInsider#15 in Top Free · Developer Tools · Germany
- 🆕iSH Shell released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Developer Tools FreeiSH Shell on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
iSH Shell declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
iSH Shell downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where iSH Shell's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Hidden keywords
iSH Shell shows up in App Store search (US) for 4 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Developer ToolsFree | #20 |
 Japan | Developer ToolsFree | #18 |
 United Kingdom | Developer ToolsFree | #15 |
 China | Developer ToolsFree | #30 |
| Germany | Developer ToolsFree | #18 |
 Canada | Developer ToolsFree | #17 |
 India | Developer ToolsFree | #18 |
 France | Developer ToolsFree | #23 |
 Australia | Developer ToolsFree | #19 |
 Italy | Developer ToolsFree | #18 |
 Brazil | Developer ToolsFree | #24 |
 South Korea | Developer ToolsFree | #39 |
 Saudi Arabia | Developer ToolsFree | #15 |
 Russia | Developer ToolsFree | #23 |
 United Arab Emirates | Developer ToolsFree | #12 |
 Indonesia | Developer ToolsFree | #25 |
Apps near iSH Shell on the chart
Developer Tools Free, around #20.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about iSH Shell
From the 53 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (74% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and its features and content. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Useful: “Makes iPad Actually Useful”
- Features & content: “If this were fixed, it would be a perfect tool for remote coding and automation tasks”
- Speed & performance: “That means, it is fast!!!”
- Ease of use: “Easy to set up, extremely pleasant to use”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “outdated, too many bugs, update please”
About iSH Shell
https://github.com/ish-app/ish/
