Comparison

Jira Data Center vs Astren

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Jira Data Center

Collaborate and track tasks for self-hosted Jira instances from anywhere. Manage projects, view boards, and update issues on the go. Stay informed with real-time notifications and communicate with your team.

Highlights
  • Manage projects
  • View, create, and edit issues
  • View boards and transition issues
  • Collaborate with comments and mentions
  • Real-time notifications
  • Respond to project updates
Features
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The Jira Data Center and Server app lets teams who use Jira collaborate and give updates from anywhere. This mobile app works with self-hosted: - Jira Core (Server) and Jira Software (Data Center and Server) instances running Jira 8.3 and later - Jira Service Management (Data Center and Server) instances running versions 4.15 and later. For more info on how to use this app, see: https://go.atlassian.com/jira-dc-server-app. With the app, you can: - Manage projects from your fingertips - Respond to project updates and important conversations - View, create, and edit your issues, wherever you are - View boards and transition issues to get the work moving - Collaborate on the go by commenting, and mentioning your teammates - Get real-time notifications about activity in your projects Do I need the this app or the Cloud app? To check if this is the right app for your site, open Jira in your browser and go to Help ( ? ) > About Jira. If your Jira version number is 8.3 or later you can use this app! If your version number starts with 1000, then you'll need the Jira cloud app instead. Feedback Shake your device with the app open to message the product team. We want to hear from you! Prior to login, we collect some anonymous info from the app to help us make sure the app is working well.

About

Astren

This app combines notes, audio recordings, and guitar tabs into a single platform for songwriters. It offers a full text editor, in-note audio recording, and a built-in tab editor, keeping all your musical ideas organized and accessible.

Highlights
  • Text editing suite
  • Inline audio recording
  • Built-in guitar tab editor
  • Local and iCloud file storage
  • Share notes, recordings, or tabs
  • Light and dark mode
Features
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A notes app built for songwriters. Most songwriters work out of multiple apps. A notes app for lyrics and ideas, a recorder for audio, a second note or audio file to notate the music. It works, but it's messy, and keeping everything organized is a job in itself. Astren brings your notes, your recordings, and your guitar tabs into one place, so your ideas and the music behind them are always together. WRITE • A full text editing suite for capturing ideas the moment they show up • Headers, bold, italic, checklists, and hyperlinks RECORD • Record audio directly within your notes • Recordings live as inline tokens, right next to the lyrics or arrangement they belong to • Loop a riff and write to it NOTATE • A built-in guitar tab editor for notating exactly what you just played • Fast, intuitive, and stored right alongside everything else YOUR FILES, YOUR WAY • Astren stores everything in your phone's Files app, locally or in iCloud • Your work is yours, always SHARE ANYTHING • Share a full note, a recording, or a tab directly from the app • A collaboration tool as much as it is a writing tool NOT JUST FOR SONGWRITING Astren is a fully capable notes platform. Grocery lists, to-do lists, whatever you need. The songwriting tools are there when you need them, and out of the way when you don't. Light and dark mode supported.

Screenshots

Jira Data Center4 screens
Astren4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Astren at 100% against Jira Data Center's 19%. Astren also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1). Jira Data Center's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (71 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Astren holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jira Data Center has 71 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of Jira Data Center's written reviews are positive against 100% of Astren's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jira Data Center ships an update every 2 months, Astren every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Jira Data Center versus Astren: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJira Data CenterAstren
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (71 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings71 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAtlassianJUSTIN ALEXANDER WEISS

Customer experience

Jira Data Center

All ratings71 ratings
Positive25.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative70.4%
Written reviews129 reviews
Positive18.6%
Neutral17.1%
Negative64.3%

Astren

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Jira Data Center

No in-app purchases

None

Astren

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jira Data Center free?
Jira Data Center is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Astren free?
Astren is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Jira Data Center or Astren?
Astren is rated higher. Jira Data Center averages 2.1 out of 5 from 71 ratings, while Astren averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Jira Data Center or Astren have ads?
Neither Jira Data Center nor Astren shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jira Data Center or Astren?
Jira Data Center ships an update every 2 months, and Astren every 5 months. Most recently, Jira Data Center was updated on November 4, 2026 and Astren on October 31, 2026.

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