Termphin vs JuiceSSH
JuiceSSH was many people's first mobile SSH client. It was last updated in February 2021 and removed from Google Play in December 2025, so it can no longer be installed. Termphin is a free, actively developed SSH client whose shell keeps running on the server when the connection drops.
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Which one is for you
Pick Termphin if you want
- Maintained
Termphin ships regular updates. Modern servers keep dropping old key exchange and cipher choices, and a client frozen in 2021 falls behind them.
- Sessions that survive the network
Termphin runs your shell under a small open-source agent on the server. Lose signal or close the app, and reattach to the same session.
- SFTP, snippets and jump hosts
A file browser with an editor, saved commands with their run history, and jump hosts, all included for free.
Pick JuiceSSH if you want
- You still have it installed
An existing install keeps working until an Android update breaks it. It will not receive fixes, including security fixes.
- Mosh, Telnet and a local shell
JuiceSSH did all three in one app. Termphin does SSH only.
- AWS and team features
JuiceSSH had an AWS integration and team features. Team sharing is coming to Termphin but is not there today.
Moving from JuiceSSH
- Get your private key out
Copy the private key file you use with JuiceSSH to the device, or generate a new key in Termphin.
- Import it
Termphin imports Ed25519, RSA and ECDSA private keys, with a passphrase if it has one.
- Add your hosts
Each host is a profile with address, user and key. There is no JuiceSSH import, so this step is by hand.
Sources
Every JuiceSSH fact on this page comes from these, checked on . Plans change - if something here is out of date, tell us at [email protected].