Docker Management vs Nautik for Kubernetes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Docker Management
Monitor and manage Docker events and resources remotely via SSH. Receive real-time notifications for container, image, and volume changes. Offers extensive control over Docker operations directly from your mobile device.
- Receive Docker event notifications
- Connect via SSH with password or key
- Manage containers (start, stop, remove)
- Monitor container resource usage and logs
- Build and manage Docker images
- Manage Docker volumes and networks
- Customize notification triggers and silence windows
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Receive notifications of docker events such as "start,create,delete,tag etc" of "container/image/volume/network" directly to your mobile. Connect via ssh to your Linux/MacOS machine to monitor/manage your docker. This application allows you to: - add multiple servers - connect through password or ssh key - receive notifications on docker events - ability to customize notification triggers - select events to be notified - choose what to exclude/include - pick a silence window (to not receive notifications) - list containers - create containers - start containers (multiple at once) - stop containers (multiple at once) - restart containers (multiple at once) - remove containers (multiple at once) - inspect containers - view resource usage of containers - view logs of containers (real time) - search on logs of containers - enter shell of containers - list images - vulnerability image scanning - build images - search images on registries - pull images (also from private registries) - remove images (multiple at once) - inspect images - list volumes - remove volumes (multiple at once) - inspect volumes - list networks - remove networks (multiple at once) - inspect networks - docker compose - list projects - start project - stop project - restart project - remove project Features - Server info is stored on phone only (the data is wiped out once the app is removed) - Receive notifications on docker events - Run "docker system prune" to clean up unnecessary resources NOTE No docker daemon or docker api is required to be enabled for this app, simply connect via ssh. It is strongly recommended NOT to open unnecessary ports on your server (such as enabling docker daemon) as it can expose your server to more security threads. Q/A Q: Why I can not connect with non-root users? A: The docker commands are executed by the app without "sudo" so you will need to add your non-root user to the docker group with the following command: sudo usermod -aG docker $USER sudo reboot Q: How to connect to Docker Desktop on MacOS? A: On MacOS, enable 'Remote Login' and if using non-root user, add user to the docker group. Q: How to connect to Synology server? A: If using non-root user, then add user to docker group on your server: sudo synogroup --add docker sudo synogroup --memberadd docker $USER sudo chown root:docker /var/run/docker.sock Q: How to connect to QNAP server? A: If non-root user, then add user to docker group on your server: sudo addgroup $USER administrators Terms of Use (EULA) - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Found a bug? Send an email to: nevis.applications@gmail.com
Nautik for Kubernetes
A comprehensive Kubernetes IDE for Apple devices, offering multi-cluster and multi-namespace management, real-time resource watching, and an integrated terminal. It streamlines Kubernetes operations with features like log viewing, port forwarding, and Helm integration, enhanced by Apple Intelligence for summaries and explanations.
- Multi-cluster and multi-namespace management
- Real-time resource watching and updates
- Integrated log viewer with ANSI colors
- Built-in terminal for pods and nodes
- Port forwarding with robust reconnection
- Apple Intelligence for resource summaries
- Integrated Helm client
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Nautik is the premier full-featured Kubernetes IDE designed exclusively for the Apple ecosystem. Its features include: - Multi-cluster mode: Viewing the resources of multiple clusters at once. - Multi-namespace mode: Viewing the resources of multiple namespaces of multiple clusters at once. - Rendering built-in resources and custom resources in beautifully designed native detail views. - Automatic resource watching with real-time updates. - Log viewer: Watching and searching logs of multiple pods and containers in one combined stream, including ANSI colors and font styles. - Integrated terminal: Attaching shells to both pods and nodes. - Port forwarding: Forwarding ports of pods and services to the device's localhost, including multiplexing and robust reconnection behavior—even over app restarts. - Apple Intelligence: Explain resources, summarize resource lists, summarize logs, and summarize the overall state of your cluster. - File provider support: Browse the file system contents of pods, nodes, and PVCs through the Finder and Files app. - Integrated Helm client to view, install, uninstall, upgrade and rollback Helm releases, pull charts from custom Helm repositories, and edit the configuration values of installed charts. - Editing resources as YAML source with the integrated, customizable text editor. - Creating new resources. - Deleting resources, cordoning and uncordoning nodes, evicting pods, restarting deployments, daemonsets, statefulsets and replicasets. - Scaling workload replicas up and down. - Manually triggering, suspending and resuming cron jobs - Convenient secret editing with automatic base64 decoding and encoding. - Accessing clusters stored on a local kubeconfig file, on the local system keychain, and optionally syncing stored clusters between devices via iCloud Keychain. - Multiple overview dashboards with time series charts powered by an internal Prometheus client. - Widgets for home screen, lock screen and desktop with workload statuses and Prometheus time series charts. - Rendering related events for resources and related pods for workloads. - Multi-window support. - Tabbing support (on macOS). - Handoff support. - Focus filter support. - Integration with Siri and Shortcuts. - Authentication via OpenID Connect. - Easy integration with Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean and Talos Omni to automatically import and authorize clusters. - File provider support allowing you to browse node, pod and PVC filesystems through the Finder and Files app. - Many customization options like optional request gzipping, proxy URL support, or custom list sorting. The terms of service can be found here: https://nautik.io/tos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nautik for Kubernetes at 4.6 against Docker Management's 3.0. Nautik for Kubernetes also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 40%) and chart position (#109 vs unranked). Docker Management's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Docker Management sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Nautik for Kubernetes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nautik for Kubernetes holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nautik for Kubernetes has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Docker Management's written reviews are positive against 79% of Nautik for Kubernetes's.
Docker Management ships an update monthly, Nautik for Kubernetes every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Docker Management | Nautik for Kubernetes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | — | #109 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 324 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nevis Shkenza | DWRPD Software UG haftungsbeschraenkt |
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Docker Management
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In-app purchases
Docker Management
- Docker Monthly Pro$1.991 Month
- Docker Yearly Pro$12.991 Year
- Small Donation$2.99
- Good Donation$9.99
- Docker Lifetime$29.99
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- Pretty Good Donation$49.99
- The Best Donation$99.99
Nautik for Kubernetes
- Nautik Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
- Nautik Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Nautik Pro (Lifetime)$149.99
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