Contributions for GitHub vs ZLGithubClient
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Contributions for GitHub
Visualize your GitHub contribution activity with interactive widgets and an Apple Watch app. This free, open-source tool offers a clear overview of your coding engagement, with more features planned for future updates.
- GitHub contribution graph widgets
- Apple Watch app
- Open-source
- Free to use
- Supports multiple Apple devices
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Featured on Product Hunt as 4th on 2016.11.22! "Contributions for GitHub" is an app with Widgets / Apple Watch apps to show your GitHub contributions graph. Current version 2.0 is a major rewrite and still has features to be added. Stay tuned. This app is free and open-source. For more please visit https://github.com/JustinFincher/GitHubContributionsiOS
ZLGithubClient
This open-source client leverages GitHub's APIs to help users discover and interact with repositories and developers. It allows for searching, tracking trending projects, browsing code, and managing issues and pull requests.
- Search repositories and developers
- View trending projects
- Browse repository code
- Manage issues and pull requests
- Follow developers
- View latest events
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ZLGithubClient is an open source client based on the GitHub REST API V3 and GraphQl API V4. The basic functions are as follows: 1. Search for open source repositories and developers you want to know 2. Support daily/weekly/monthly open source repository and developer trending list 3. Support to browse open source repositories (Commits, Issues, Watchers, Pull Requests, etc.). Support to fork，watch and star open source repositories 4. Support to browse code of public and private repositories 5. Support to browse the basic information of the developers and follow developers 6. Support to view the latest events of repositories followed and developers watched 7. Simply look up Notification 8. Fixed repositories in the workboard 9. Review the Issue and Pull Request processed by the logged user in the workboard
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Contributions for GitHub at 4.3 against ZLGithubClient's 3.5. Contributions for GitHub also leads on device support (5 vs 3). ZLGithubClient's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (74% vs 60%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Contributions for GitHub sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. ZLGithubClient asks for nothing beyond the download.
Contributions for GitHub holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Contributions for GitHub's written reviews are positive against 74% of ZLGithubClient's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Contributions for GitHub ships an update every 6 weeks, ZLGithubClient every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Contributions for GitHub | ZLGithubClient |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | 3.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 74.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 昊天 郑 | 猛 朱 |
Customer experience
Contributions for GitHub
ZLGithubClient
In-app purchases
Contributions for GitHub
- Buy me a coke$0.99
- Buy me a coffee$4.99
- Buy me a meal$8.99
ZLGithubClient
No in-app purchases
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