Comparison

Twingate vs Instatus Updates

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

Head to head
About

Twingate

Provides secure, encrypted, least-privileged access to cloud or on-premise applications. It offers a more secure alternative to VPNs, allowing remote access without exposing public IPs and enabling 2FA/MFA with no application changes.

Highlights
  • Encrypted, least-privileged access
  • Access any cloud or on-premise resource
  • More secure than VPN
  • Remote access without public IPs
  • Enable 2FA/MFA with zero changes
  • Audited access to private resources
Features
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Twingate is the most secure way to provide encrypted, least privileged access to any cloud (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform) or on-premise application or resource. Twingate allows you to secure all access regardless of device platform or network. Far more secure than VPN, and using either your company’s identity provider or public identity authorities for authentication, Twingate allows you to remotely access any private application without exposing any public IPs. Twingate’s network performance is exceptional, access to private resources is audited, and you can enable 2FA/MFA on any resource with zero application changes required.

About

Instatus Updates

Features
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Instatus on your phone, for when something breaks and you're away from your desk. BE THE FIRST TO KNOW • Pages and monitor alerts as push notifications, with a phone call when you're on call • Acknowledge, hand off or ask for cover right from the notification • See who is on call now, who is next, and your own shifts for the week RESPOND WITHOUT A LAPTOP • Report an incident or post an update in seconds, from scratch or from a template • Pick affected components and their status; your status page and subscribers update with it • Comment for your team and follow the full timeline of every incident KEEP AN EYE ON EVERYTHING • Monitors with uptime, response times and the latest checks; pause, resume or check now • Component status at a glance, grouped the way your status page shows them • Schedule maintenance, start it early or move it YOUR WAY • Choose which teams' monitors, incidents and maintenance reach your phone • Widgets and a Live Activity for open incidents • Works offline with your last data, in light or dark Sign in by scanning the code on your Instatus dashboard. An Instatus account is required.

Screenshots

Twingate3 screens
Instatus Updates4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Twingate at every 5 weeks against Instatus Updates's every 5 months. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Twingate ships an update every 5 weeks, Instatus Updates every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Twingate versus Instatus Updates: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTwingateInstatus Updates
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwingate Inc.Instatus

In-app purchases

None

Twingate

No in-app purchases

None

Instatus Updates

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Twingate free?
Twingate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Instatus Updates free?
Instatus Updates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Twingate or Instatus Updates have ads?
Neither Twingate nor Instatus Updates shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Twingate or Instatus Updates?
Twingate ships an update every 5 weeks, and Instatus Updates every 5 months. Most recently, Twingate was updated on October 24, 2026 and Instatus Updates on October 27, 2026.

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