Blink Shell, Build & Code
by Blink Shell, Inc
- Developer Tools
- Free
- Small & simple · 90
- Rating
- 3.1
- 421 ratings
- Top 22%among 236 Developer Tools apps
- Last update
- Sep 17, 2026
- Version 18.7.1
- Size
- 221 MB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Tracked since
- Oct 9, 2026
Estimated revenue
A model estimate with a likely range, not a reported figure.
$270K/ month
Monthly gross store revenue (USD)
Where this falls on the revenue bands
- Likely range
- $49K–1.8M
- $250K–1M
- Confidence
- Low confidence
- Chart day Oct 24, 2026
- From Developer Tools grossing #13
Unverified model estimate. Neither Apple nor the developer has published this number, and the real figure can be several times higher or lower. Low confidence: the real figure can be a band higher or lower.
How this estimate is made
Rank: we take the app's best Top Grossing rank on the latest chart day. Category ranks are converted into an equivalent overall rank, because a #10 in Finance earns far less than a #10 overall.
Curve: that equivalent rank is read off a rank-to-revenue curve anchored on public company revenue and market-data reports for the US iPhone App Store.
Country: the curve is scaled per country (Japan is roughly a third of the US, Türkiye under 1%). Where we have no scale, such as China, there is no estimate.
Range: the likely range widens with country, category and chart depth. It is a plausible span, not a statistical confidence interval.
Not included: ads, payments outside the App Store, and any difference between gross sales and what the developer keeps. Low confidence means indirect data; medium means several independent sources agree.
Full methodScreenshots
As shown on the App Store listing.
About this app
Text from the App Store listing.
Do Blink! Transform your iOS device into a pro-grade terminal. Blink is the first professional, desktop-grade terminal for iOS that leverages the support of Mosh and SSH. Thus, we can guarantee stable connections, crazy-fast speeds, and full configurations. It can and should be your all-day-long tool.
Start your 14-day free trial now!
But, Blink is much more. Now with Blink Code and Blink Build**, your entire development workflow fits in your pocket.
What the Blink community is saying:
“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
“The way to use VS Code on the iPad” - programminglife.io
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 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 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 Build (Requires a $7.99/month subscription)
Creates remote runtimes that can be accessed on all your devices. You can use Build in your day-to-day workflows whether you need to do development, DevOps or just play around with new tooling.
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.
** Blink Build requires a separate subscription to make use of our Virtual Machines.
What’s new
Release notes for the latest version, as written by the developer.
v18.7.1
- Bringing back the `blinkshell` xcallback-url so your workflows are not interrupted. A new version is coming, please check out https://github.com/blinksh/blink/issues/2253
Rank history
Daily position in the US charts. #1 is at the top.
- Best rank
- #12
- Current rank
- #13
- Days charting
- 7 of 7
On the charts today
Small & simple score
How realistic it is for a small team to build something like this.
90/100
Small & simple
- Developer size100% · 25
Developer: 1 app on the charts
- Audience size100% · 20
Ratings: 421
- App size25% · 10
Size: 221 MB
- Price model80% · 15
Price model: free with in-app purchases
- Demand proof100% · 30
Best rank #1, 131 countries
An indicator, not a fact. We can't see team size. Calculated Oct 24, 2026 · method i2
How the score worksGap check · UK
Is this US chart app missing in UK?
It showed up on a UK chart in the last 30 days, so it is not a gap.
Store not checked yet
This is a candidate, not a verdict. Charts show at most 100 apps, so not charting does not mean no demand. Check the UK store before you decide.
See all gapsVersion history
- 18.7.1LatestReleased Sep 17, 2026