PostgreSQL Client vs Clive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PostgreSQL Client
Access and manage your PostgreSQL databases directly from your iOS device. This app offers a clean interface for exploring, querying, and modifying data, with advanced features like AI-assisted query composition and ER diagrams. It supports secure connections and various data import/export options.
- Secure TLS/SSH connections
- AI-assisted query composition
- ER Diagram Viewer
- Advanced data grid for editing
- Data import/export
- Database object exploration
- Server status monitoring
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DB Compass for PostgreSQL allows you to access your PostgreSQL database directly and without any server setup. You can manage your data with a clean and simple iOS user interface. FEATURES: • Connection over TLS encryption and/or SSH tunnel • Database authentication supported: plain, MD5, SASL (SCRAM-SHA-256 and SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS) and OAuth (PostgreSQL 18+) • SSH authentication support Secure Enclave Key and U2F/FIDO NFC Key • Assisted table creation and alter structure • Explore, filter, sort, and quick search table data • Query script with A.I. assisted composition and plan analysis • Database objects (tables, views, procedures, etc.) • Database statistics, sessions manager, server status graphs • ER Diagram Viewer • Advanced data grid for browse, edit, conditional formatting • Blob field preview, import and export • Job Activity Monitor • User list and Privileges • Import and Export in multiple formats • iCloud Sync for SQL and JS scripts • SQL plan analysis • Execute queries with Shortcuts App • Charts & Widgets OpenAI, Gemini and Claude integration requires api key and is only available in allowed regions. Ollama and LM Studio integration requires your server to connect. Tested on PostgreSQL 9.5 to 18. -- This is a Premium app and some features may require an in-app lifetime unlock -- For feedback or suggestions contact info@dbcompass.net
Clive
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Clive is an SSH and Mosh terminal for iPhone and iPad that refuses to hang up. Every mobile terminal faces the same enemy: the phone itself. Switch apps to copy a 2FA code, let the screen lock, step out of Wi-Fi — and your connection is dead, your output gone, your job orphaned. Clive was built around a single obsession: your session should be exactly where you left it, every time you come back. KEEP YOUR REMOTE WORK RUNNING • Mosh sessions don't reconnect — they resume. Hours later, on a different network, your session syncs and carries on. • tmux mode makes plain SSH just as durable: your processes and scrollback live on the server, and Clive reattaches automatically. • Automatic reconnect with backoff retries when your network returns. Enable tmux to preserve the remote shell across SSH reconnects. • No battery-draining keep-alive hacks — just the right protocols, used properly. BUILT FOR THE AGE OF AGENTIC CODING Kick off a long job — an AI coding agent, a training run, a build — and walk away. Clive is your window back into it from the train, the couch, or the other side of the world. When your server is doing the work, your phone only has to watch. SSH AND MOSH, DONE PROPERLY • SSH or Mosh, selectable per host, with tmux on either. Multiple simultaneous connections — even to the same server. • xterm-256color, themes, and adjustable scrollback. • A custom keyboard with a joystick-style key bar, plus full hardware-keyboard support. YOUR FILES, RIGHT THERE • Built-in SFTP browser with a code editor, syntax highlighting, and Markdown rendering. • Rename files, create folders, delete remote items, and jump directly to a path. • Save-conflict warnings preserve your draft when remote content changes. Upload collisions offer keep-both or explicit replacement/merge. • Type "open" plus a file path at any prompt and the file appears. YOUR CONNECTIONS AND KEYS, PROTECTED • Verify and approve each new server's fingerprint. Changed host keys block the connection until you explicitly replace trust. • Generate keys on-device or import supported SSH keys. Private keys and passwords stay in Keychain storage. • Optional iCloud sync shares host metadata and eligible secrets through your own iCloud and iCloud Keychain. Secure Enclave private keys remain on their original device. • Face ID lock for the whole app. • No account, analytics, ads, or tracking. Diagnostic and device metadata is sent only when you choose to submit feedback. Clive Pro is a one-time purchase for themes, custom fonts, the SFTP browser, and file viewing/editing, with a seven-day full-access trial. The terminal, hosts, keys, and iCloud sync remain free. Pull out your phone. Get back to your remote work.
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Verdict
PostgreSQL Client and Clive are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. PostgreSQL Client sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Clive sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PostgreSQL Client ships an update every 3 weeks, Clive fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PostgreSQL Client | Clive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (154 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 74.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 154 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Filippo Maguolo | Philip Orange |
Bugs and requests
PostgreSQL Client
Reported bugs
13 issues- Chart creation resets fields
- Connection errors after no changes
- No access to tables/functions
- Connection lost immediately after switching apps
- Reconnecting process hangs up
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- SSH tunnel doesn't work
- Time fields incorrect (fixed, but new bug introduced)
- Cannot add new record with date/time field
- App crashes frequently on large tables
- SASL authentication not working (08P01)
- Free version unstable, crashes often
- Cannot connect to existing database after several months
- Face ID verification spins endlessly
Requested features
17 requests- Add Generate Random button for UUID
- Allow installation on M1/M3 Mac
- Add SSH tunnels with key authentication
- Show HINT in error handling
- Editor of procedure must resize to full screen
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- Calling procedure in background
- Opportunity to show Postgres log
- Debug of procedure
- Add column in index of materialized view
- Change SQL of materialized view
- Call function with SQL: Select func(params...)
- Params of func or procedure did not save
- Cannot edit table with primary key
- Delete multiple records with multi-select
- Set minimum width for grid columns
- Dark mode option
- Ability to install on M1 Mac
Clive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PostgreSQL Client
- PRO FEATURES$9.99
Clive
- Clive Pro$14.99
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