App Store Connect vs GitHub
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
App Store Connect
Manage your apps and submissions directly from your iPhone or iPad. Monitor sales, respond to reviews, manage testers, and generate marketing assets on the go. Receive important notifications about your app's performance and status.
- App status and submission management
- Tester group and build management
- Sales and trends monitoring
- Customer ratings and reviews
- Marketing asset generation
- Key event notifications
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Manage your apps on the go with the App Store Connect app for iPhone and iPad. • View the status of your apps and manage App Store submissions. • Manage tester groups, add new builds and testers, view screenshot and crash feedback. • View key sales and trends information to monitor app performance. • View and respond to your latest customer ratings and reviews. • Generate marketing assets to promote your apps’ biggest moments, such as getting featured in select placements on the App Store, or when you’re submitting a new app launch or new version. • Receive notifications about key events, such as app status changes, new customer reviews, tester feedback, and featuring in select placements on the App Store.
GitHub
Manage your code projects, review changes, and collaborate with your team on the go. This app allows you to stay updated with notifications, respond to issues, and browse files and code from anywhere.
- Browse notifications
- Read, react, and reply to Issues and Pull Requests
- Review and merge Pull Requests
- Organize Issues with labels and assignees
- Browse files and code
- Discover trending repositories
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There’s a lot you can do on GitHub that doesn’t require a complex development environment – like sharing feedback on a design discussion, or reviewing a few lines of code. GitHub for iOS lets you move work forward wherever you are. Stay in touch with your team, triage issues, and even merge, right from the app. We’re making these tasks easy for you to perform, no matter where you work, with a beautifully native experience. You can use GitHub for iOS to: • Browse your latest notifications • Read, react, and reply to Issues and Pull Requests • Review and merge Pull Requests • Organize Issues with labels, assignees, projects, and more • Browse your files and code • Discover new and trending repositories ——— Terms of Service: https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-privacy-statement
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: App Store Connect at none against GitHub's 4. GitHub's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (63% vs 55%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. GitHub sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. App Store Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for App Store Connect against 4.8 for GitHub. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15K and 38K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of App Store Connect's written reviews are positive against 63% of GitHub's.
App Store Connect ships an update every 3 months, GitHub weekly. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | App Store Connect | GitHub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15K ratings) | 4.8 (38K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.1% of reviews | 63.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15K | 38K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #10 | #2 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Apple Inc. | GitHub |
Customer experience
App Store Connect
GitHub
User reviews
App Store Connect
From 15K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Convenient app for managing apps
- 🚀 Quick response and easy to use
- 📢 Helpful for responding to reviews
- 🔍 Provides good overview of app performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 🕰️ Delayed data and analytics
- 🔍 Limited functionality compared to website
- 🔒 Login issues and frequent sign-outs
GitHub
From 38K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great app design
- 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
- 🚀 Fast and responsive
- 👍 Helpful for on-the-go tasks
- 🚀 Efficient for reviewing PRs and issues
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🔍 Limited functionality compared to website
- 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find features
- 🔍 Lacks key features like code editing and wiki support
- 🔍 Intercepts GitHub links, forcing use of app
Bugs and requests
App Store Connect
Reported bugs
4 issues- Reviews section crashes the app
- Trends data not updating correctly
- Login fields sometimes disabled
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for TestFlight management
- Improve trends and analytics features
- Allow custom date ranges for data
- Provide more detailed app metrics
- Add translations for reviews
GitHub
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues and inability to switch accounts
- Inconsistent behavior when navigating between app and website
- Notifications not always loading correctly
- Inability to view all files in large pull requests
- Crashes when trying to perform certain actions
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for multiple accounts
- Improve search and filtering capabilities
- Implement code editing and file management
- Integrate GitHub Actions and Insights
- Allow viewing and managing GitHub projects
In-app purchases
App Store Connect
No in-app purchases
GitHub
- GitHub Pro$3.991 Month
- Copilot Pro$10.001 Month
- Copilot Pro+$39.991 Month
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- Copilot Max$99.001 Month
