--- title: "Shell Keyboard - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United Arab Emirates | Apple App Store" description: "Shell Keyboard adds the keys a terminal actually needs — the ones iOS's default keyboard leaves out. Working over SSH or in a local shell needs Ctrl, Esc, Tab, arrow keys, and function keys, none of " --- # Shell Keyboard — United Arab Emirates ![Shell Keyboard App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/e2/77/d1/e277d1fd-e550-1e77-3c55-71e1e5348a2b/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-1-85-220.png/400x400bb.png) **Developer:** [Unknown](https://apptail.io/developer/unknown-JqDSl) **Category:** Developer Tools **Rating:** N/A (0 ratings) **Price:** 2.99 د.إ.‏ **Bundle ID:** com.techartvn.shellkey **Store:** Apple App Store **Country:** United Arab Emirates **Version:** 1.0 (released 2026-09-16) **Original Release:** 2026-09-16 **App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ae/app/app/id6811290737) **AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/shell-keyboard-pknC/united-arab-emirates](https://apptail.io/app/shell-keyboard-pknC/united-arab-emirates) ## Shell Keyboard Description Shell Keyboard adds the keys a terminal actually needs — the ones iOS's default keyboard leaves out. Working over SSH or in a local shell needs Ctrl, Esc, Tab, arrow keys, and function keys, none of which exist on the standard iOS keyboard. Shell Keyboard is a custom keyboard built specifically for terminal apps like Blink, Termius, Prompt, a-Shell and iSH — it sends the exact ASCII control codes and ANSI/VT escape sequences your terminal expects, the same bytes a physical keyboard would send. WHAT'S INCLUDED • A dedicated terminal layer: Ctrl, Alt, Esc, Tab, arrow keys, Home/End/PgUp/PgDn, and the punctuation a shell prompt uses constantly • Ctrl and Alt as proper modifiers — latch one for a single keypress, or double-tap to lock it on, like a hardware keyboard • A full function-key layer: tap fn and the top row becomes F1 through F12, while every other row stays exactly where it was • Arrow keys that match the app you're in — Normal for shells, Application for vim, tmux, less and htop, or Move the Cursor for ordinary text fields • Return or Enter: long-press the Return key to switch between a carriage return and a line feed • A plain QWERTY layer and a complete symbols layer, for ordinary text — hostnames, paths, commit messages — without leaving the keyboard • A searchable reference inside the app, listing every key alongside the exact escape sequence and hex bytes it sends • Every key emits the exact byte sequence a real terminal expects BUILT FOR PRIVACY Shell Keyboard never asks for Full Access. It cannot reach the network. It never reads, stores, or transmits anything you type — every key it sends is decided from the key you tapped, and nothing else. No analytics, no crash reporting, no account. GOOD TO KNOW In a terminal or editor running inside a web browser — code-server, Jupyter and the like — the keys that send a multi-character escape sequence don't get through: the arrow keys, F1 through F12, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, Shift+Tab and Alt combinations. Everything that sends a single byte works there normally, including every Ctrl combination, Esc, Tab, Return and ordinary typing. Web pages listen for key press events and iOS only lets a keyboard extension insert text, so this is an iOS limitation that applies to every third-party keyboard, not something an app can work around. WHO IT'S FOR Anyone who SSHes from an iPhone or iPad — sysadmins, developers, and anyone tired of missing Ctrl+C. ## Shell Keyboard Screenshots - [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/a6/67/a7/a667a7fe-9169-526f-81b5-b0a1f765ae46/1-terminal-layer.png/1320x2868.png) - [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/ad/ca/72/adca72dd-930d-8764-0a88-119b83b23193/2-function-keys.png/1320x2868.png) - [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/ae/a6/ed/aea6ed58-cade-5c5e-a6ed-d354daaed390/3-arrow-modes.png/1320x2868.png) - [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/9f/6c/5c/9f6c5c42-b1d9-dc7b-276c-b4c8ba01808e/4-letters.png/1320x2868.png) - [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/a3/f1/5d/a3f15d2d-5e13-d02a-adf1-807aee43ba24/5-symbols.png/1320x2868.png) - [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/ec/71/d3/ec71d346-6b84-6705-68b3-c4547fb81a22/6-reference.png/1320x2868.png) ## Shell Keyboard Store Rankings | Chart | Country | Category | Rank | |-------|---------|----------|------| | Top Paid | United Arab Emirates | Developer Tools | #1 | | Top Paid | Spain | Developer Tools | #4 | | Top Paid | Brazil | Developer Tools | #5 | | Top Paid | Denmark | Developer Tools | #7 | | Top Paid | Germany | Developer Tools | #15 | | Top Grossing | Denmark | Developer Tools | #19 | | Top Paid | Netherlands | Developer Tools | #25 | | Top Grossing | United Arab Emirates | Developer Tools | #26 | | Top Paid | United States | Developer Tools | #31 | | Top Grossing | Spain | Developer Tools | #42 | | Top Grossing | Brazil | Developer Tools | #63 | | Top Paid | United Arab Emirates | Overall | #96 | ## Shell Keyboard Available In - [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/shell-keyboard-pknC/united-arab-emirates) - [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/shell-keyboard-pknC/brazil) - [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/shell-keyboard-pknC/germany) - [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/shell-keyboard-pknC/denmark) - [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/shell-keyboard-pknC/spain) - [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/shell-keyboard-pknC/netherlands) - [United States](https://apptail.io/app/shell-keyboard-pknC/united-states) --- ## About AppTail [AppTail](https://apptail.io) is a mobile app intelligence platform providing app analytics, ASO (App Store Optimization) tools, keyword tracking, competitor analysis, revenue estimates, and review monitoring for iOS App Store apps. 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