GitDrive vs Bekonix Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GitDrive
This app transforms your iOS device into a Git-enabled mobile hard drive, syncing repositories to iCloud. It offers robust Git client functionality, including version tracing, branch viewing, and syntax coloring for various file types.
- Git server with concurrent user support
- Repository-based user authorization
- Shallow updates and cloning
- Transaction-controlled repository management
- iCloud repository syncing
- Graphical commit records
- Syntax coloring for 100+ languages
- GitHub integration
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The repository pushed from your PC to GitDrive will be automatically synced to iCloud. As a result, it turns the iOS device already in the palm of your hand into a Git-enabled mobile hard drive! GitDrive also has powerful Git client functionality; whether you need to trace file versions, view branches and tags, or apply syntax coloring to source code; from viewing Markdown files, to checking PDF, Word, or the various types of image and audio-video files; it can get the job done! Main Features: - Powerful Git Server supports Git Smart transfer protocol; supports access by 5-10 users concurrently (using iPad will increase concurrent user accessibility). - Support for repository-based user authorization control. - Shallow updates and cloning operations for the repository. - Repository management; every repository update operation will be controlled by transaction; if the operation is interrupted, all data will be immediately rolled back, or automatically rolled back when App is re-started, reliable and dependable! - iCloud repository syncing; no need to worry about data loss, because all repositories are backed up on the cloud! - Graphical commit record; all branches are available at a glance. - High-speed syntax coloring engine; supports syntax coloring for over 100 programming languages; will be updated periodically. - GitHub integration; simple to search and clone GitHub repositories. If you want to access server by domain, but don't want to manually modify the hosts file each time, then GitDrive Finder can help! Finder will search the app in LAN and automatically add the IP address and domain mapping to the hosts file. Anytime you switch between LAN connections and run the Finder, the IP address and domain mapping will be updated. Finder is located in the ‘finder’ directory, part of the Tutorial that is included with the App.
Bekonix Mobile
Create smart, connected products without coding. Design hardware, firmware, and mobile app controls from concept to final product. Ideal for makers and creatives to invent in real-time.
- No-code product design
- Hardware and firmware integration
- End-user mobile app control
- Interactive LED animation design
- Real-time product invention
- Bluetooth hardware control
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The no-code way to create smart, connected products from concept to final design. Our goal is really to help you create smart, connected projects and products from concept to final design. So that means everything from putting together the hardware components, the firmware, the behaviors and even the end-user mobile app to control it... The fact is, just setting up the environment to create hardware, software and app experiences is a daunting task. Add to that the programming obstacles even experienced teams face iterating a new product and you have a recipe for frustration. The Bekonix Platform lets you try out ideas in minutes that would take days or weeks the traditional way. What’s more, since no programming is required, motivated creatives can jump in and not just talk about making a smart, connected product but invent it in real-time. Quick development that anyone can do. This is why we chose a no-code, drag and drop approach so it’s not just about changing how things are made, it’s also about who can make them. We’d really like to help open up these capabilities to all kinds of motivated creatives to make all kinds of things. Tell a story with rich color transitions, sparkles, and natural motion effects. Set up fantastic home, business, and holiday lighting. Make retail displays and animated signs. Enhance your crafts. Create a work of art. Then control it from your iPhone or iPad. The Bekonix platform has three parts: • Bekonix Designer (Mac): Design interactive LED animations on a graphic timeline. • Bekonix OS (NEW!): Firmware installation for Adafruit Itsy Bitsy and Feather boards. • Bekonix Mobile (iOS): Control your hardware over Bluetooth. We worked hard to make it easy. Simply connect LEDs to your hardware and choose a preset on your iPhone or iPad. Because we're makers too, we included tons of advanced options for designers, artists, and people who want to get even more creative. Here's how it works: 1. Design your layout and lighting effects in Bekonix Designer. 2. Connect LEDs to your Bekonix OS hardware. (We support a wide variety of addressable LED strips, strings, matrices, and other formats, as well as sensors and other peripherals.) 3. Upload your projects from your computer to the hardware over Bluetooth. Then use Bekonix Mobile to select programs on your hardware, monitor sensor input, schedule programs to play on special days, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bekonix Mobile at none against GitDrive's 1. Bekonix Mobile also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 56%). GitDrive's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, monetization model 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. GitDrive sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bekonix Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
GitDrive holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GitDrive has 41 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of GitDrive's written reviews are positive against 67% of Bekonix Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GitDrive ships an update every 4 weeks, Bekonix Mobile every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GitDrive | Bekonix Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (41 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 磊 李 | Bekonix |
Customer experience
GitDrive
Bekonix Mobile
In-app purchases
GitDrive
- Unlimited Version$14.99
Bekonix Mobile
No in-app purchases









