Comparison

Refined GitHub vs UCoW

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

Head to head
About

Refined GitHub

Enhance your GitHub experience with this Safari extension. It streamlines the interface and introduces over 200 features, including improved link detection, visible whitespace, and one-click tools for common tasks. Gain deeper insights into code, pull requests, and repository history.

Highlights
  • Linkifies issue/PR references and URLs
  • Makes whitespace characters visible
  • Reduces tab size to 4 spaces
  • One-click merge conflict fixers
  • Reaction avatars for comments
  • View source of Markdown files
  • Build/CI status icon next to repo name
Features
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Refined GitHub is a Safari extension that simplifies the GitHub.com interface and adds useful features. ■ Highlights - Linkifies issue/PR references and URLs in code. - Makes whitespace characters visible. - Reduces tabs’ size to 4 spaces instead of 8. - Adds one-click merge conflict fixers. - Adds reaction avatars showing who reacted to a comment. - Adds a button to revert all the changes to a file in a PR. - Adds a build/CI status icon next to the repo’s name. - Adds a button to view the source of Markdown files. - Shows PRs that touch the current file. - Highlights the most useful comment in conversations. - Shows the first Git tag a merged PR was included in. - Adds a link to an automatic changelog for each tag/release. - Adds possible related pages and alternatives on 404 pages. - Displays the age of the repository in the sidebar. And so much more! 200+ features. See the developer website for a full list of features. The GITHUB and REFINED GITHUB trademarks are owned by GitHub, Inc. and used under license.

About

UCoW

This app provides a unified interface to access various online code editing and development environments. It enhances usability with custom keybars, shortcut access, and improved cursor control for mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Unified access to online code instances
  • Customizable keybar with cursor control
  • Full keyboard shortcut support
  • Optimized performance for iPad
  • Quick switching between instances
  • Multi-instance and window support
Features
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The Ultimate Code Wrapper gives you the ability to access all your Code-Server, OpenVSCode Server, gitpod, github.dev, vscode.dev*, github codespaces, github1s, jupyter notebooks, jetbrains projector and stackblitz online instances in one place "with tweeks". That means you can use all defined and global shortcuts without the limitation of a browser. UCoW also adds a custom Keybar, including an innovative new "cursor control stick" to the virtual keyboard. Short features overview: • Access to all keyboard shortcuts (physical keyboard required) • Extra Key-bar with many onscreen shortcuts (including a virtual stick to move the cursor without a trackpad/mouse) • Best possible performance on iPad devices • Quick switch between multiple code-server instances • Optimized Trackpad support • Multi instance and window support • Editor scale/zoom support ••• ! ••• This app requires a self hosted code-server instance or an account at one of the supported services ••• ! ••• Supported Services: • Code-Server (self-hosted) You can download code-server at: https://github.com/cdr/code-server • NEW! OpenVSCode Server (self-hosted) Download it at: https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server • NEW! Support for VSCode and Jupyter Notebook Add-On in Home Assistant (www.home-assistant.io) • NEW! Join a live share (VSCode Extension) on https://VSCode.dev via URL or Liveshare id • Gitpod (gitpod.io) • Github Codespaces (github.com/features/codespaces) • Github1s (github1s.com) • Stackblitz (stackblitz.com) • VSCode.dev* (github.dev) • Jetbrains Projector (jetbrains.com/projector) • Jupyter Notebooks (jupyter.org) • more services will follow soon * IMPORTANT! for VSCode.dev (VS Code Server & Liveshare) there is an new separate App available on the AppStore. Please check out: "VSCoW - Code Wrapper" for this case. ••• ! ••• An internet connection is required to work ••• ! ••• An external keyboard is recommended to use the app since selection with the touch cursor is not supported in VSCode at this moment. This is a wrapper app only and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft Corporation.

Screenshots

Refined GitHub2 screens
UCoW4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Refined GitHub at Free against UCoW's $3.99. Refined GitHub also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (75% vs 54%). UCoW's advantage is chart position (#130 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (14.5 vs 16.4). On update cadence, 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

Refined GitHub is free to download; UCoW costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Refined GitHub holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Refined GitHub has 81 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Refined GitHub's written reviews are positive against 54% of UCoW's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Refined GitHub ships an update every 6 weeks, UCoW every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Refined GitHub versus UCoW: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRefined GitHubUCoW
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.6 (81 ratings) — better3.8 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better54.2% of reviews
Number of ratings81 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#130 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.414.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSindre SorhusChristoph Gogolin

Customer experience

Refined GitHub

All ratings81 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral6.2%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral9.4%
Negative15.6%

UCoW

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive54.2%
Neutral12.5%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Refined GitHub

No in-app purchases

None

UCoW

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Refined GitHub free?
Refined GitHub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UCoW free?
UCoW costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Refined GitHub or UCoW?
Refined GitHub is rated higher. Refined GitHub averages 4.6 out of 5 from 81 ratings, while UCoW averages 3.8 from 12 ratings.
Do Refined GitHub or UCoW have ads?
Neither Refined GitHub nor UCoW shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Refined GitHub or UCoW?
Refined GitHub ships an update every 6 weeks, and UCoW every 3 weeks. Most recently, Refined GitHub was updated on September 24, 2026 and UCoW on September 23, 2026.

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