Ghounter vs ZLGithubClient
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ghounter
This app provides a Safari Extension to display download counts on public GitHub Releases pages. It helps developers track the number of downloads for their repositories directly within their browser.
- Displays download counts on GitHub Releases
- Safari Extension integration
- Tracks repository downloads
- Works with public releases
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Ghounter contains a Safari Extension that displays the download count on any public Releases page in GitHub. If you have a repository and want to know how many downloads it has check out Ghounter.
ZLGithubClient
This open-source client leverages GitHub's APIs to help users discover and interact with repositories and developers. It allows for searching, tracking trending projects, browsing code, and managing issues and pull requests.
- Search repositories and developers
- View trending projects
- Browse repository code
- Manage issues and pull requests
- Follow developers
- View latest events
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ZLGithubClient is an open source client based on the GitHub REST API V3 and GraphQl API V4. The basic functions are as follows: 1. Search for open source repositories and developers you want to know 2. Support daily/weekly/monthly open source repository and developer trending list 3. Support to browse open source repositories (Commits, Issues, Watchers, Pull Requests, etc.). Support to fork，watch and star open source repositories 4. Support to browse code of public and private repositories 5. Support to browse the basic information of the developers and follow developers 6. Support to view the latest events of repositories followed and developers watched 7. Simply look up Notification 8. Fixed repositories in the workboard 9. Review the Issue and Pull Request processed by the logged user in the workboard
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ZLGithubClient at 3.5 against Ghounter's 3.0. ZLGithubClient also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (74% vs 50%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ZLGithubClient holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Ghounter's written reviews are positive against 74% of ZLGithubClient's.
Ghounter ships an update every 9 months, ZLGithubClient every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ghounter | ZLGithubClient |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 74.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jorge Garcia Armero | 猛 朱 |
Customer experience
Ghounter
ZLGithubClient
In-app purchases
Ghounter
No in-app purchases
ZLGithubClient
No in-app purchases
