Comparison

Contributions for GitHub vs GitBeat

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • GitHub contribution graph widgets
  • Apple Watch app
  • Open-source
  • Free to use
  • Supports multiple Apple devices
Features
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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

About

GitBeat

Features
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Track your developer life activities with GitBeat! GitBeat visualizes your GitHub contributions through beautiful graphs and rankings. Understand your daily commit activities intuitively and view your development journey in an organized, easy-to-understand format. Key Features • Detailed statistical analysis of GitHub contributions • Real-time ranking displays • Clean UI with dark mode support • Multi-language support (Japanese/English) • Intuitive and simple operation Perfect for • Developers who code daily • Engineers who want to visualize GitHub activity • Team members checking contribution levels • Learners tracking programming progress • Open source project contributors Your daily efforts, made visible. View and understand your development activities clearly with GitBeat.

Screenshots

Contributions for GitHub4 screens
GitBeat3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GitBeat at none against Contributions for GitHub's 3. Contributions for GitHub's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (5 vs 3). On price and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Contributions for GitHub sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. GitBeat asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Contributions for GitHub versus GitBeat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContributions for GitHubGitBeat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer昊天 郑Hikaru Aohara

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Contributions for GitHub

One-time3
  • Buy me a coke$0.99
  • Buy me a coffee$4.99
  • Buy me a meal$8.99
None

GitBeat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Contributions for GitHub free?
Contributions for GitHub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GitBeat free?
GitBeat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Contributions for GitHub or GitBeat have ads?
GitBeat shows ads; Contributions for GitHub does not.

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