ZLGithubClient vs GiteeClient
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
GiteeClient
Manage your Gitee repositories, issues, and pull requests on the go. View notifications, private messages, and team information. Access your starred and watched repositories, as well as your followers and friends list.
- Manage issues and pull requests
- View and filter repositories
- Track notifications and private messages
- Manage SSH keys
- View followers and friends
- Access starred and watched repositories
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已完成功能 issues列表/修改issues状态/评论issues/发布issue pull requests列表/审查测试合并/查看提交记录/评论 仓库列表、筛选仓库、查看仓库issues/pr/提交记录/成员 通知和私信列表、回复私信 查看加入的团队(团队更多功能开发中) 查看公钥/删除/复制/添加 粉丝与好友列表查看 个人Star和Watch的仓库列表查看 【开源地址】 https://gitee.com/xuguangjian/gitee_ios 【隐私政策】 https://www.xugj520.cn/archives/privacy_policy.html 【用户协议】 https://www.xugj520.cn/archives/user-agreement.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ZLGithubClient at 74% against GiteeClient's 24%. ZLGithubClient also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). GiteeClient's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.5). On price, update cadence, 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.
GiteeClient holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of ZLGithubClient's written reviews are positive against 24% of GiteeClient's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ZLGithubClient ships an update every 2 months, GiteeClient every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.
| Parameter | ZLGithubClient | GiteeClient |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.3% of reviews — better | 23.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 猛 朱 | 广建 徐 |
Customer experience
ZLGithubClient
GiteeClient
In-app purchases
ZLGithubClient
No in-app purchases
GiteeClient
No in-app purchases
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