Comparison

kubenav vs KubeGlance

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

Head to head
About

kubenav

Manage Kubernetes clusters from your mobile device. View resource status, details, logs, and events. Edit, delete, and scale workloads, or get a shell into a container. Supports multiple clusters and cloud providers.

Highlights
  • Manage Kubernetes resources
  • View resource status and details
  • Access container logs and terminal
  • Edit, delete, and scale workloads
  • Support for multiple clusters
  • Prometheus metrics integration
Features
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kubenav is a mobile app to manage Kubernetes clusters. The app provides an overview of all resources in a Kubernetes cluster, including current status information for workloads. The details view for resources provides additional information. It is possible to view logs and events or to get a shell into a container. You can also edit and delete resources or scale your workloads within the app. - Available mobile: kubenav provides the same experience as kubectl for mobile. - Manage Resources: All major resources like Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Pods, etc. are supported. - Custom Resource Definitions: View all Custom Resource Definitions and mange Custom Resources. - Modify Resources: Edit and delete all available resources or scale your Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets. - Filter and Search: Filter the resources by Namespace and find them by their name. - Status Information: Fast overview of the status of workloads and detailed information including Events. - Resource Usage: View the requests, limits and current usage of Pods and Containers. - Logs: View the logs of a container or stream the logs in realtime. - Terminal: Get a shell into a container, right from your phone. - Manage multiple Clusters: Add multiple clusters via `kubeconfig` or your preferred Cloud Provider, including Google, AWS and Azure. - Port-Forwarding: Create a port-forwarding connection to one of your Pods and open the served page in your browser. - Prometheus Integration: kubenav allows you to view your Prometheus metrics directly in the dashboard and to build your own dashboards via the Prometheus plugin. Terms & Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kubenav.io/privacy.html

About

KubeGlance

Features
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KubeGlance is a native Kubernetes dashboard for iPhone, iPad, and Mac — a real client for the everyday questions: is my cluster okay, what are my pods doing, and what just changed? Import a kubeconfig and you are looking at your clusters in seconds. No account, no in-cluster agent, no telemetry. KubeGlance talks directly to your Kubernetes API servers with the credentials you already have, and it is read-only by default — you can leave it open against production without a second thought. ONE VIEW, EVERY CLUSTER Enable any set of contexts and pods, workloads, nodes, and events merge into a single live view, each row tagged with its source cluster. Name your clusters and color them — a red "prod" banner follows you everywhere. One unreachable cluster never blanks the others. BUILT FOR INCIDENTS Follow merged logs across all replicas of a workload — or hand-pick any pods, even across namespaces and clusters — in one chronological stream. Structured JSON and nginx lines parse into fields with level filters. Bookmark the line that matters and jump back to it. Search the whole buffer instantly, with regex when you want it. THE DETAILS THAT MATTER - Live pod tables with kubectl-accurate statuses (CrashLoopBackOff and friends) - Workload tables: Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs — ready over desired, trouble highlighted - Rollout history with revision compare: see exactly what each deploy changed - Search that speaks kubectl: type namespace:prod status:crash and filters become chips - CPU and memory from metrics-server; history and efficiency (reserved vs used, suggested requests) from Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics or Thanos, auto-detected - Cluster events feed with reason and namespace filters AFTER EVERY DEPLOY The checks you would otherwise run in a terminal, as views that appear only when your cluster has the capability: - GitOps: Flux Kustomizations and Helm releases with applied vs attempted revision and what blocks a reconcile, plus Argo CD apps with sync, health and drift - Autoscaling: HPA and KEDA merged per workload, with fallback, missing metrics and at-max called out, and replica and metric charts - Certificates: cert-manager and TLS secrets sorted by days left - Network: Services with the endpoints actually behind them, plus Ingress routing and Gateway API - Config: ConfigMaps and Secrets with the pods that read them, and which pods still run an older version - Releases: what image is running where, and when it rolled out - CronJobs with a last-run verdict, pod memory as a percent of its limit, and node pools against the provider ceiling - Storage: claims that never bound, volumes nobody mounts, namespace quotas and GPU claims - Resources: browse any kind the API server knows, with kubectl's own columns ALERTS Native notifications for crash loops, restart storms, NotReady nodes, stalled rollouts, failed jobs, expiring certificates, services without endpoints, and pods near their memory limit. Rules are scoped by cluster color, namespace and name patterns. Real-time on the Mac; best-effort background checks on iPhone and iPad. No kubeconfig handy? Tap "Try with a Demo Cluster" and explore with sample data — nothing real is contacted. Auth support: client certificates (mTLS) and bearer tokens, including inline PEM and multi-file kubeconfigs with kubectl merge semantics. KUBEGLANCE PRO — WHAT'S PAID, WHAT'S FREE Connecting your own clusters on iPhone and iPad requires a subscription: KubeGlance Pro. Current pricing and any free trial are shown in the app before you subscribe. Everything else is free — the built-in demo cluster, where you can explore the full app with sample data first, and the entire Mac app, which has no in-app purchases at all. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://kubeglance.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://kubeglance.com/privacy

Screenshots

kubenav4 screens
KubeGlance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: KubeGlance at every 8 days against kubenav's every 2 months. kubenav's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. kubenav sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and KubeGlance sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

kubenav ships an update every 2 months, KubeGlance every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
kubenav versus KubeGlance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterkubenavKubeGlance
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRico BergerFancygames, Ltd.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

kubenav

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Sponsor$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Sponsor$9.991 Year
2 purchases

KubeGlance

Subscriptions2
  • KubeGlance Pro3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • KubeGlance Pro3 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is kubenav free?
kubenav is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is KubeGlance free?
KubeGlance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do kubenav or KubeGlance have ads?
Neither kubenav nor KubeGlance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, kubenav or KubeGlance?
kubenav ships an update every 2 months, and KubeGlance every 8 days. Most recently, kubenav was updated on November 11, 2026 and KubeGlance on November 6, 2026.

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