Gopher Client vs iDOS 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gopher Client
Access the Gopherspace with this modern browser for iOS. Browse text files, images, and directories, and utilize search systems to find information. It offers a clean interface with adjustable text size and bookmarking capabilities.
- Clean browser interface
- Access Gopher servers
- Supports text files and images
- Opens WWW links in Safari
- Gopherspace search systems
- Bookmarks
- Adjustable text size
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"gopher n. 1. Any of various short tailed, burrowing mammals of the family Geomyidae, of North America. 2. (Amer. colloq.) Native or inhabitant of Minnesota: the Gopher State. 3. (Amer. colloq.) One who runs errands, does odd-jobs, fetches or delivers documents for office staff. 4. (computer tech.) software following a simple protocol for burrowing through a TCP/IP internet." - From RFC 1436 describing Gopher Way back in the early 1990's, Gopher was a major part of the internet. Over the years it has waned, but there are still quite a few Gopher servers running. This is is a modern Gopher browser for iOS. Built from the ground up, it lets you access the wealth of data available via Gopher from your favorite devices. What this offers: - Clean, browser style user interface - Access to Gopher servers - Supports text files, images, directories - Opens WWW links in Safari - Supports Veronica-2, Contrition, and other search systems for searching the Gopherspace - Bookmarks - Adjustable text size & optional "reflow" of text documents for improved readability Limitations: - This does not support binary files other than images - This does not support the non-standard Gopher+ extensions, or CSO selectors
iDOS 3
Experience classic DOS games and applications on your iPhone and iPad. This app emulates a DOS PC, offering modern controls for enhanced playability. It also supports productivity tasks like word processing and programming.
- On-screen keyboard with custom layouts
- Virtual gamepad with customizable bindings
- Trackpad mouse emulation
- MT-32 emulation and MIDI support
- Bluetooth keyboard and gamepad support
- Bluetooth mouse support
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Play classic DOS games on your iPhone and iPad! iDOS turns your device right into a powerful DOS gaming PC, with modern game control to make your old favorites as playable as possible. You can also use iDOS for non-gaming purposes, such as word processing, casual programming. Apps in the DOS days are often simpler and surprisingly productive. KEYBOARD iDOS provides a PC compatible on-screen keyboard with carefully designed layouts for different devices and orientations. The keyboard has a sliding control in landscape mode so that you can keep it from covering critical part of the screen. Bluetooth keyboard is fully supported on iOS 14+. GAMEPAD iDOS provides a virtual gamepad with key bindings that are fairly common in DOS games. You can customize the bindings. The DPAD works in 8-axis way. It can also be toggled into a joystick. External bluetooth game controllers are supported. Make sure your game controller is connected (System Settings->Bluetooth). To customize button bindings, go to iDOS in landscape mode, tap on bluetooth icon on the auto-hiding top bar. MOUSE The screen area serves as a trackpad for moving mouse pointer. Tap on the screen for left click. If direct touch is enabled, the mouse pointer will move to where you tap. Hold one finger on the screen, and tap with another finger for right click. On-screen mouse buttons are also provided for your convenience. Bluetooth mouse are fully supported on iOS 14+. AUDIO iDOS supports mt32 emulation, MIDI sound fonts, cuesheet based CDimage with compressed audio tracks (ogg/mp3/flac). SUPPORT - Visit https://litchie.com/dospad for more information - Send email to idos@litchie.com - Follow the developer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/litchiedev - iDOS is open source, report issue on https://github.com/litchie/dospad
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Gopher Client at Free against iDOS 3's $4.99. Gopher Client also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (79% vs 69%). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Gopher Client is free to download; iDOS 3 costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Gopher Client against 4.3 for iDOS 3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 51 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Gopher Client's written reviews are positive against 69% of iDOS 3's.
Gopher Client ships an update fortnightly, iDOS 3 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gopher Client | iDOS 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (27 ratings) — better | 4.3 (51 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better | 69.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 51 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charles Childers | 潮激 李 |
Customer experience
Gopher Client
iDOS 3
In-app purchases
Gopher Client
No in-app purchases
iDOS 3
No in-app purchases







