Mittens vs Pip Up
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mittens
Receive instant push notifications for your GitHub activity. Stay updated on issues, pull requests, and comments without constantly checking the platform. This app ensures you never miss an important update.
- GitHub push notifications
- Real-time updates
- Issue tracking
- Pull request alerts
- Comment notifications
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Mittens brings you push notifications from GitHub.
Pip Up
This app allows you to display web content, local photos, and notes in a floating window that always stays on top of your screen. It's designed for multitasking and quick reference, ensuring your essential resources are always accessible.
- Always-on-top floating windows
- Display web content, photos, and notes
- Draw and record ideas quickly
- Supports to-do lists and pagination
- Capture and show content in a floating window
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▣ Show your content on a screen that *always* stays on top for iPhone and iPad. ▣ What does the app do? The app provides a seamless solution for projecting web content, local photos, and drawing notes, ensuring these resources are always on top of the screen and available for multitasking and quick reference. ▣ Features: ‣ Support with pagination: Web, Photos, Text, Drawing Board, TO-DO List... and more to be added. ‣ Capture almost any content and show it in another floating window. ‣ Select any local photo/image and paste it. ‣ Draw and record ideas quickly on the go. ▣ FAQ If you have any questions or suggestions, please provide your feedback via Apple App Review. ▣ Does it drain my battery? ‣ No, it uses Picture in Picture mode to serve the content, and only uses minimal CPU resources in the background. ▣ What does it do with my privacy? ‣ We do not handle or collect user data in any form. All data is stored locally on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mittens at 5.0 against Pip Up's 4.0. Mittens also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Pip Up's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Mittens holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Mittens ships an update every 5 weeks, Pip Up every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mittens | Pip Up |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ali Zahid | Kunliang Wu |
Customer experience
Mittens
Pip Up
In-app purchases
Mittens
No in-app purchases
Pip Up
No in-app purchases
