GitFeed vs Primal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GitFeed
This app provides a streamlined interface for interacting with your GitHub account. You can view your activity feeds, manage repositories by watching or starring them, follow users, and discover trending projects and popular developers by language.
- GitHub account feeds
- Watch and star repositories
- Follow users
- Trending projects
- Discover popular developers by language
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Maybe the most useful Github client in the world for now. Written with Facebook's React-Native. Features: 1. Feeds with your Github's account. 2. Watch, star repos, Follow users. 3. What's trending now. 4. The famous users in someplace with the specific language.
Primal
Experience a next-generation social media platform built on Nostr and Bitcoin. Enjoy rich media feeds, long-form articles, and integrated Bitcoin wallet functionality. Discover content easily and authorize other Nostr apps with remote login.
- Rich media feeds with playback
- Built-in Bitcoin wallet
- Long form articles
- Extensive content discovery
- Advanced search
- Remote Login for Nostr apps
- Configurable ambient sounds
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Next generation social media powered by Nostr and Bitcoin. Primal features rich feeds with media playback, built-in wallet, long form articles, extensive content discovery, advanced search. Primal can also be used to authorize activity in compatible Nostr apps using Remote Login. During an active remote session, Primal can play user-configurable ambient sounds that continue while the app is in the background. Our terms of use are available at: http://primal.net/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GitFeed at none against Primal's 5. GitFeed also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 87%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). Primal's advantage is ratings volume (936 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Primal sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. GitFeed asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GitFeed against 4.9 for Primal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Primal has 936 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of GitFeed's written reviews are positive against 87% of Primal's.
| Parameter | GitFeed | Primal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (936 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 87.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 936 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kaiwei Xie | Primal Systems Incorporated. |
Customer experience
GitFeed
Primal
Bugs and requests
GitFeed
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Primal
Reported bugs
3 issues- Losing relay connections when switching to desktop
- Issues with account creation and sign-in process
- Inconsistent display of reactions from other Nostr apps
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more Nostr reaction types
- Implement robust community/subreddit features
- Improve cache management and clearing options
- Provide better account management and sign-out options
In-app purchases
GitFeed
No in-app purchases
Primal
- Primal Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
- Primal Pro Monthly$69.991 Month
- Primal Premium Yearly$69.991 Year
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- Primal Pro Yearly Subscription$749.991 Year
- Prepaid Nostr Zaps$4.99
