a-Shell

Developer: Nicolas Holzschuch

Category: Developer Tools

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ASO Keyword Dashboard

Tracking 48 keywords for a-Shell in Apple App Store

Developer: Nicolas Holzschuch Category: developer tools Rating: 4.61

a-Shell tracks 48 keywords (3 keywords rank; 45 need traction). Key metrics: 67% top-10 coverage, opportunity 70.0, difficulty 41.4, best rank 4.

Tracked keywords

3 ranked • 45 not ranking yet

Top 10 coverage

67%

Best rank 4 • Latest leader 81

Avg opportunity

70.0

Top keyword: term

Avg difficulty

41.4

Lower scores indicate easier wins

Opportunity leaders

term

Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 42.9 • Rank 81

Competitors: 170
67.8
programs

Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 40.4 • Rank —

Competitors: 90
66.2
included

Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 41.5 • Rank —

Competitors: 114
67.1
native

Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 40.5 • Rank —

Competitors: 69
66.7
file

Opportunity: 72.0 • Difficulty: 44.7 • Rank —

Competitors: 205
69.8

Unranked opportunities

programs

Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 40.4 • Competitors: 90
included

Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 41.5 • Competitors: 114
native

Opportunity: 73.0 • Difficulty: 40.5 • Competitors: 69
file

Opportunity: 72.0 • Difficulty: 44.7 • Competitors: 205
files

Opportunity: 72.0 • Difficulty: 44.5 • Competitors: 191

High competition keywords

help

Total apps: 162,244 • Major competitors: 2,472

Latest rank: — • Difficulty: 54.9
using

Total apps: 114,639 • Major competitors: 1,562

Latest rank: — • Difficulty: 53.1
different

Total apps: 100,117 • Major competitors: 1,707

Latest rank: — • Difficulty: 52.3
multiple

Total apps: 76,382 • Major competitors: 1,126

Latest rank: — • Difficulty: 50.5
complete

Total apps: 72,748 • Major competitors: 1,229

Latest rank: — • Difficulty: 50.1

All tracked keywords

Includes opportunity, difficulty, rankings and competitor benchmarks

							Major Competitors
terminal	71	100	35	53 1,580 competing apps Median installs: 301 Avg rating: 3.8	4	4	16 major competitor apps
shell	69	100	28	44 461 competing apps Median installs: 800 Avg rating: 4.0	7	7	14 major competitor apps
term	73	100	43	68 11,950 competing apps Median installs: 523 Avg rating: 4.1	81	81	170 major competitor apps
commands	71	100	34	53 1,542 competing apps Median installs: 500 Avg rating: 4.0	—	—	31 major competitor apps
git	67	100	20	33 96 competing apps Median installs: 650 Avg rating: 4.3	—	—	0 major competitor apps
file	72	100	45	70 15,827 competing apps Median installs: 550 Avg rating: 4.0	—	—	205 major competitor apps
list	69	100	48	77 43,625 competing apps Median installs: 350 Avg rating: 4.0	—	—	500 major competitor apps
using	66	100	53	84 114,639 competing apps Median installs: 450 Avg rating: 4.0	—	—	1,562 major competitor apps
help	65	100	55	87 162,244 competing apps Median installs: 450 Avg rating: 4.1	—	—	2,472 major competitor apps
process	70	100	46	74 28,694 competing apps Median installs: 350 Avg rating: 4.0	—	—	230 major competitor apps
multiple	68	100	51	81 76,382 competing apps Median installs: 500 Avg rating: 4.0	—	—	1,126 major competitor apps
powers	71	100	38	56 2,305 competing apps Median installs: 950 Avg rating: 4.1	—	—	76 major competitor apps
ios	70	100	47	76 34,884 competing apps Median installs: 500 Avg rating: 4.0	—	—	439 major competitor apps
run	71	100	46	73 24,002 competing apps Median installs: 550 Avg rating: 4.1	—	—	501 major competitor apps
text	69	100	49	77 44,013 competing apps Median installs: 550 Avg rating: 4.0	—	—	618 major competitor apps
complete	68	100	50	81 72,748 competing apps Median installs: 550 Avg rating: 4.1	—	—	1,229 major competitor apps
fast	69	100	50	79 53,475 competing apps Median installs: 650 Avg rating: 4.1	—	—	969 major competitor apps
type	71	100	45	73 25,638 competing apps Median installs: 450 Avg rating: 4.0	—	—	292 major competitor apps
work	68	100	50	80 61,422 competing apps Median installs: 450 Avg rating: 4.1	—	—	881 major competitor apps
files	72	100	45	69 14,070 competing apps Median installs: 650 Avg rating: 4.0	—	—	191 major competitor apps
network	71	100	47	74 26,937 competing apps Median installs: 450 Avg rating: 4.0	—	—	420 major competitor apps
includes	70	100	47	75 33,641 competing apps Median installs: 450 Avg rating: 4.1	—	—	402 major competitor apps
full	68	100	51	80 68,898 competing apps Median installs: 600 Avg rating: 4.1	—	—	1,061 major competitor apps
different	67	100	52	83 100,117 competing apps Median installs: 550 Avg rating: 4.0	—	—	1,707 major competitor apps
allowing	71	100	44	73 24,226 competing apps Median installs: 400 Avg rating: 4.1	—	—	206 major competitor apps

App Description

a-Shell is a complete local terminal emulator, allowing to run most Unix commands on your iOS device. You can transfer files using scp and curl, edit them with vim and ed, process them using grep, awk and sed. You can work with git repositories using lg2.
Most commands are compiled for iOS native Arm64 format, making them fast and well integrated with the BSD Unix that powers iOS/iPadOS.

a-Shell includes Python, Lua, Perl, JavaScript, C, C++ for programming and TeX (texlive 2025, with Tikz and LuaTeX) for text processing.

There are also multiple network utilities: nslookup, ping, whois, ifconfig... Type help for help, help -l to get the full list of commands.

a-Shell can be controlled from Shortcuts: run commands in order, process files in a-Shell, get the results as text or files, transfer files to other apps...

a-shell uses iOS 13+ “multiple windows” ability, so you can run multiple shells at the same time, with different commands, in different directories. You can edit a file in one window with vim and process it in the other with python.

Compile your C or C++ programs to webAssembly using clang or clang++, and execute the resulting binary. A complete webAssembly SDK is included (WASI-libc).

a-Shell is the complete version. If you need a smaller app, and you don't need a C compiler, a TeX engine, or numpy and matplotlib, there is a-Shell mini.