Contributions for GitHub vs Refined GitHub
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
Refined GitHub
Enhance your GitHub experience with this Safari extension. It streamlines the interface and introduces over 200 features, including improved link detection, visible whitespace, and one-click tools for common tasks. Gain deeper insights into code, pull requests, and repository history.
- Linkifies issue/PR references and URLs
- Makes whitespace characters visible
- Reduces tab size to 4 spaces
- One-click merge conflict fixers
- Reaction avatars for comments
- View source of Markdown files
- Build/CI status icon next to repo name
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Refined GitHub is a Safari extension that simplifies the GitHub.com interface and adds useful features. ■ Highlights - Linkifies issue/PR references and URLs in code. - Makes whitespace characters visible. - Reduces tabs’ size to 4 spaces instead of 8. - Adds one-click merge conflict fixers. - Adds reaction avatars showing who reacted to a comment. - Adds a button to revert all the changes to a file in a PR. - Adds a build/CI status icon next to the repo’s name. - Adds a button to view the source of Markdown files. - Shows PRs that touch the current file. - Highlights the most useful comment in conversations. - Shows the first Git tag a merged PR was included in. - Adds a link to an automatic changelog for each tag/release. - Adds possible related pages and alternatives on 404 pages. - Displays the age of the repository in the sidebar. And so much more! 200+ features. See the developer website for a full list of features. The GITHUB and REFINED GITHUB trademarks are owned by GitHub, Inc. and used under license.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Refined GitHub at none against Contributions for GitHub's 3. Refined GitHub also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (88 vs 6). Contributions for GitHub's advantage is device support (5 vs 3) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. Refined GitHub asks for nothing beyond the download.
Refined GitHub holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Refined GitHub has 88 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Contributions for GitHub's written reviews are positive against 73% of Refined GitHub's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Contributions for GitHub | Refined GitHub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.6 (88 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 88 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 昊天 郑 | Sindre Sorhus |
Customer experience
Contributions for GitHub
Refined GitHub
In-app purchases
Contributions for GitHub
- Buy me a coke$0.99
- Buy me a coffee$4.99
- Buy me a meal$8.99
Refined GitHub
No in-app purchases
Questions
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