Porcelain Git vs Cup for Gitea
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Porcelain Git
A fast, native Git client for iPhone and iPad that provides full Git engine functionality. It allows secure cloning, staging, diff viewing, and branch management directly on your device.
- Full Git engine powered by libgit2
- Secure HTTPS and SSH cloning
- Stage and unstage individual files
- Unified diff viewer with syntax highlighting
- Branch management
- Fetch, pull, and push functionality
- Direct iOS Files app access
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Porcelain is a clean, native, and fast Git client designed for iPhone and iPad. KEY FEATURES: • Full Git engine powered by libgit2 • Clone repositories over HTTPS, signing in with a personal access token • Anonymous clone for open-source repositories • Preview the web page in your repository: one tap opens index.html with its styles, scripts, and links working • Open that preview in a browser on your Mac or any device on the same Wi-Fi • Create and edit files, and rename files and folders • Stage and unstage individual files • Unified diff viewer with hunk headers and color-coded changes • Commit history graph • Branch management: create, list, and switch branches • Fetch, pull, and push with safe divergence handling • Secure credentials stored exclusively in your device's Keychain • Direct access to repository files via the iOS Files app • Built for iPhone and iPad, with split view on iPad
Cup for Gitea
A native client for Gitea, offering a streamlined and user-friendly experience for managing your code repositories. This application provides essential functionality for developers on the go.
- Native Gitea client
- Easy to use
- Streamlined experience
- Repository management
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Easy to use, native, Gitea client.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Porcelain Git at 5.0 against Cup for Gitea's 3.7. Porcelain Git also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 3). Cup for Gitea's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Porcelain Git holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 96% of Porcelain Git's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cup for Gitea's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Porcelain Git ships an update weekly, Cup for Gitea every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Porcelain Git | Cup for Gitea |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Seokhyeon Nam | Felix Schindler |
Customer experience
Porcelain Git
Cup for Gitea
In-app purchases
Porcelain Git
No in-app purchases
Cup for Gitea
No in-app purchases
