Refined GitHub vs Git Streak Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Git Streak Tracker
This app helps developers monitor and maintain their GitHub contribution streaks. It provides tools to track progress and stay motivated in their open-source coding journey. Aimed at enhancing focus and consistency in daily coding activities.
- Track contribution streak
- Monitor progress
- Stay motivated
- Enhance focus
- Coding consistency
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Unleash your inner coding ninja and elevate your GitHub game with Git Streak Tracker! This innovative app helps you stay on top of your contribution streak, ensuring you never miss a beat in your open source journey. Track your progress and watch your streak soar to new heights. Stay motivated and focused on your goals, and make every day count with Git Streak Tracker!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Git Streak Tracker at every 4 days against Refined GitHub's every 6 weeks. Git Streak Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (83% vs 73%). Refined GitHub's advantage is ratings volume (88 vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Git Streak Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Refined GitHub has 88 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Refined GitHub's written reviews are positive against 83% of Git Streak Tracker's.
Refined GitHub ships an update every 6 weeks, Git Streak Tracker every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Refined GitHub | Git Streak Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (88 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sindre Sorhus | Ck Collab LLC |
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Refined GitHub
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In-app purchases
Refined GitHub
No in-app purchases
Git Streak Tracker
No in-app purchases
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