Paid for this app before? Too bad now…
Cannot use the app without signing up for a new subscription. Considering it cost over $20 to purchase the previous version, very disappointed.
Blink Shell, Build & Code
The Pro tool for developers
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Try the new Blink Build: on-demand cloud development environments, powered by containers, so you can Code, Compile and Deploy from anywhere.
Blink+ now also includes Blink Code, our Microsoft Visual Studio Code* integration, you can code on local or remote projects. Always with a premium Blink experience: Never disconnected thanks to Mosh, SSH featuring tunnels, keys and agent, in a blazing fast terminal.
What the Blink community is saying:
“The way to use VS Code on the iPad” - programminglife.io
“In some ways, I prefer my iPad / Blink / Digital Ocean setup to coding on my Mac“ - TheVerge
"I have tried a number of terminals on iOS and this is really The One." - Twit.tv
“Connections still come up when I get back to a client project after a weekend off.“ - The Sweet Setup
What our users love the most from Blink Shell:
- Mosh connections that even survive a device reboot.
- Most complete SSH implementation on iOS.
- Code command for VS Code integration.
- Blazingly fast terminal and SFTP transfers.
- Includes Pragmata Pro with ligatures.
Blink Code integrates with VS Code:
- Code on local projects, or seamlessly on remote machines.
- Fully-loaded code editor.
- A coding experience fitted to your device, that connects to VS Code for web, GitHub Codespaces, GitPod or your own VS Code server.
Blink Shell has a fully loaded SSH toolset:
- SSH with PKI support: DSA, RSA, ECDSA & ED25519 keys.
- Support for Secure Enclave Keys and Certificates.
- Port forwarding with local, remote & dynamic tunnel support.
- SOCKS5 proxy for a private VPN.
- Agent Forwarding.
- Complete SSH Config file support.
- ControlMaster and pooled connections.
- Files.app integration for SFTP remote hosts.
- SFTP with copy-on-change.
Blink has been the leading developer tool in the AppStore for +5 years, so there is a lot more:
- External Display support.
- Legendary Hardware Keyboard support, even remap shortcuts and keyboard codes.
- Local & iCloud Blink Shell folders for Files.app access across devices.
- Host sync over iCloud.
- Link-files from other applications and work with them in Blink.
- Cool themes and fonts, and install your own!
- Smart Keys on SW Keyboard to navigate with touch.
- FaceCam command to create tutorials and streams.
- Bell notifications.
- Supports multiple windows and multiple tabs.
- Network & UNIX CLI tools, check our docs for more information.
Blink is open source software. Participate in our community, and don’t forget to leave us your feedback and your feature(s) requests. Enjoy!
http://blink.sh
http://twitter.com/blinkshell
http://GitHub.com/blinksh
Terms of Use: https://blink.sh/blink-gpl
Privacy Policy: https://blink.sh/pp
* Blink Code is not affiliated nor endorsed by Microsoft.
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Blink+ now also includes Blink Code, our Microsoft Visual Studio Code* integration, you can code on local or remote projects. Always with a premium Blink experience: Never disconnected thanks to Mosh, SSH featuring tunnels, keys and agent, in a blazing fast terminal.
What the Blink community is saying:
“The way to use VS Code on the iPad” - programminglife.io
“In some ways, I prefer my iPad / Blink / Digital Ocean setup to coding on my Mac“ - TheVerge
"I have tried a number of terminals on iOS and this is really The One." - Twit.tv
“Connections still come up when I get back to a client project after a weekend off.“ - The Sweet Setup
What our users love the most from Blink Shell:
- Mosh connections that even survive a device reboot.
- Most complete SSH implementation on iOS.
- Code command for VS Code integration.
- Blazingly fast terminal and SFTP transfers.
- Includes Pragmata Pro with ligatures.
Blink Code integrates with VS Code:
- Code on local projects, or seamlessly on remote machines.
- Fully-loaded code editor.
- A coding experience fitted to your device, that connects to VS Code for web, GitHub Codespaces, GitPod or your own VS Code server.
Blink Shell has a fully loaded SSH toolset:
- SSH with PKI support: DSA, RSA, ECDSA & ED25519 keys.
- Support for Secure Enclave Keys and Certificates.
- Port forwarding with local, remote & dynamic tunnel support.
- SOCKS5 proxy for a private VPN.
- Agent Forwarding.
- Complete SSH Config file support.
- ControlMaster and pooled connections.
- Files.app integration for SFTP remote hosts.
- SFTP with copy-on-change.
Blink has been the leading developer tool in the AppStore for +5 years, so there is a lot more:
- External Display support.
- Legendary Hardware Keyboard support, even remap shortcuts and keyboard codes.
- Local & iCloud Blink Shell folders for Files.app access across devices.
- Host sync over iCloud.
- Link-files from other applications and work with them in Blink.
- Cool themes and fonts, and install your own!
- Smart Keys on SW Keyboard to navigate with touch.
- FaceCam command to create tutorials and streams.
- Bell notifications.
- Supports multiple windows and multiple tabs.
- Network & UNIX CLI tools, check our docs for more information.
Blink is open source software. Participate in our community, and don’t forget to leave us your feedback and your feature(s) requests. Enjoy!
http://blink.sh
http://twitter.com/blinkshell
http://GitHub.com/blinksh
Terms of Use: https://blink.sh/blink-gpl
Privacy Policy: https://blink.sh/pp
* Blink Code is not affiliated nor endorsed by Microsoft.
In-Apps
- Blink+
- $24.99
- Blink Plus
- $25.99
- Blink+Build Basic
- $12.99
- Blink Shell Classic
- $0.00
- Build Basic - 50 credits/month
- $9.99
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User Rating
2.47 out of 5
36 ratings in Canada
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Classic?
Just came to find out I have to pay a subscription now for what should just be a local term emu, and I can't even use a classic version.
Classic?
The App Store details under the In-App Purchases section displays the option of Blink Shell Classic for $0.00 but that option is impossible to find after opening the app. The app is actually just a multi page advertisement of itself unless you subscribe for a recurring fee. Why do this? How can I use the free, classic version? Until then, goodbye Blink.
Wants be to purchase it again and again.
Purchased the old version then I was upgraded to this new version. Now I do not have access to what i purchased anymore and the paywall is asking me to spend a yearly fee to just use the basics of the application.
No functionality…
This app now doesn’t have any functionality unless you sign up for a subscription. Contrary to all their marketing, it is no longer “free”. I want to rate it 5 stars for it’s excellence but 1 star for it’s deceptive business practises. It’s too bad they dont think they can make enough money out of an excellent product alone, that they have to insult their user base with this subterfuge.
Waste of time
Demands a yearly subscription fee upfront after wading through intro dunning brag pages - completely non-functional with committing to subscription.
Hands down the best SSH client
If you need a SSH client, this is hands down the best option on iOS. The interface is superclean, it’s pack-full of features, it’s in constante development. Do yourself a favour and just buy it.
Great app, great migration
Blink is rock solid. It's by far the best remote shell app I've tried. The team also handled migration to a new app really well. Moving my data from one app to the other was just a couple buttons, and they didn't charge me anything to keep using premium features. All in all, 10/10 experience! Bonus points for external monitor support, the feature I never thought I would use but I end up using constantly! I screen mirror my iPad's screen to my Mac monitor, then use Blink + tmux to get a couple terminal panes on the big screen. It's way better than I expected.
Blink silently moves to RevenueCat
I’ve truly enjoyed using Blink, and while I understand using something like RevenueCat, I don’t want yet another middleman between me and the developer with “non-identifiable” information that always eventually turns out to identify end-users. As per their privacy policy, RevenueCat also tracks end user device information, such as the “last seen time that the end user used [the] app”, “additional attribution or metadata associated with an end user.” And while this does not affect Blink directly, RevenueCat isn’t shy about embedding Facebook event code on their front page. I understand Apple has made subscription/purchases very difficult for developers, and small teams can get crushed under that, but I can’t get behind RevenueCat, unfortunately. Again, thanks for a great app. Fortunately there is a little competition in this space and I can chose another app (once version 14 is no longer viable), but I will definitely reinstall it in the future once Apple gives you better tools to manage this stuff without having to rely on a dubious third-party. Still rating it highly because the app itself is truly so good.
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App Info
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Publisher
- Blink Shell, Inc
- Languages
- English
- Recent version
- 17.3.0 (1 week ago )
- Released on
- Feb 9, 2022 (2 years ago )
- Also available in
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom, China, Canada, South Korea, Australia, Russia, France, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Brazil, Sweden, New Zealand, Portugal, Czechia, Poland, Ukraine, Austria, Singapore, Turkey, Hong Kong, Denmark, Taiwan, Belgium, Israel, India, Saudi Arabia, Romania, Hungary, Finland, Thailand, Vietnam, Argentina, Norway, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Indonesia, Colombia, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Ireland, Greece, Chile, South Africa, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Nigeria
- Last updated
- 1 week ago