Comparison

Docker Server Admin vs DockerHub

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

Head to head
About

Docker Server Admin

Manage Docker containers, images, and Linux hosts remotely via SSH. Monitor system performance with detailed stats and control your environment with an integrated terminal and SFTP file explorer.

Highlights
  • Docker container monitoring & management
  • Linux host performance dashboard
  • Real-time CPU, memory, disk, and network stats
  • Integrated SSH terminal with jump host support
  • SFTP file explorer for remote file management
  • Docker image management
Features
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Docker Server Admin – Comprehensive Docker and Linux Host Management. Monitoring and management of Docker containers, images, and Linux hosts through a secure SSH connection. Docker Container Stats. Gain valuable insights into your Docker containers with detailed statistics: * CPU Usage: Visualize real-time CPU data with comprehensive charts. * Memory Usage: Track memory consumption with intuitive graphical representations. * Disk I/O: Monitor disk read/write operations through detailed charts. * Network I/O: Analyze network traffic with line charts showing data transfer rates. Linux Host Stats Dashboard. Keep your Linux hosts in check with a robust stats dashboard: * Load Averages: View load averages over 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 15 minutes. * CPU Load: Access charts displaying overall and per-core CPU load. * Memory, Swap & Disk Usage: Monitor memory, swap, and disk utilization in real-time. * Disk I/O: Get insights into disk transactions per second and read/write rates. * Network I/O: Track transmission (TX) and reception (RX) rates for comprehensive network monitoring. Docker Container Management. Easily manage your Docker containers with a user-friendly interface: * Container Overview: View a list of containers with names, IDs, statuses, and port mappings. * Container Control: Start, stop, restart, or remove containers as needed. * Inspect & Logs: Inspect container details and access logs for troubleshooting. Docker Image Management. Manage your Docker images with powerful tools: * Image Overview: Access a list of images, including names, IDs, and versions. * Image Control: Run containers from images, inspect image details, pull new images, or delete unwanted ones. SSH Terminal: The built-in SSH client offers full access to your host system's command line, empowering you to perform administrative tasks remotely: * Jump Host & Proxy Support: Connect securely via SSH jump hosts or SOCKS5 proxies, enabling you to manage servers in layered network environments. * Interactive Terminal: Experience a fully interactive terminal that supports real-time command execution, run complex scripts and commands with ease. * Command Management: Benefit from features such as command snippets, making it easy to reuse previous commands. * Copy and Paste Functionality: Quickly copy and paste text between your device and the terminal, simplifying the workflow when working with scripts or configuration files. * Startup & Batch Snippets: Automate your routine tasks with predefined startup snippets or execute batch commands across multiple sessions, saving time and increasing productivity. * Session Persistence: Keep your sessions active for long-running tasks, allowing you to disconnect and reconnect without losing your place. SFTP Explorer: Efficiently manage files on your server: * File & Directory Management: Upload, download, edit, move, rename, and delete files easily. * Streamlined Workflow: Perform operations on files and folders effortlessly, ensuring efficient handling of file transfers or system updates. * User-Friendly Navigation: Browse directories smoothly while managing file permissions directly from the app. The app is a docker third-party client, the app is not affiliated with Docker Corporation. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of use: https://septudio.com/terms-of-use Privacy policy: https://septudio.com/privacy-policy

About

DockerHub

Monitor and manage your Docker containers remotely over SSH. Gain insights into container health, performance, and activity with live instruments and a comprehensive health scorecard. Access terminals, browse filesystems, and customize the interface.

Highlights
  • Live performance instruments
  • Container health scorecard
  • Activity and burst detection
  • Fleet-wide server comparison
  • Real-time terminal access
  • Customizable themes
Features
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DockerHub manages the Docker containers on servers you already own. It speaks the real Docker Engine API over an ordinary SSH connection — the same mechanism the official docker CLI uses for `docker -H ssh://`. That means there is nothing to install on your servers, no port to open, and no daemon listening on TCP. WHAT YOU GET • Live instruments — radial gauges, segmented meters and sparklines driven by real readings from the daemon. Where a value cannot be measured it is shown as unknown, never as a zero that looks like a reading. • A health scorecard — eleven checks across availability, observability, security and hygiene: containers with no restart policy, ports published to the whole network, the Docker socket mounted into a container, running as root, floating image tags. The grade is explainable line by line. • Activity with the pattern visible — a density chart across 24 hours, repeated events collapsed into one row with their rhythm, and burst detection when several containers fail on one host inside the same minute. • Your whole fleet at once — every server connects on launch. A matrix compares servers against metrics and services against servers, so a database missing from one host is obvious. • Real terminal access — follow logs as they stream, open an interactive shell inside a container, browse its filesystem, read a full inspect. • Themes that are actually yours — every colour, radius, font scale and density is a token you can change. PRIVACY No account, no sign-in, no server of ours in the middle. Credentials are held in your device keychain and sent only to the server you are connecting to. Analytics is off unless you turn it on, and never records hostnames, credentials, container names or log contents. DockerHub is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Docker, Inc. Docker and Docker Hub are trademarks of Docker, Inc. The closing disclaimer is not optional. It is the standard way to make referential use explicit, and it costs nothing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ https://dockerhub-web.vercel.app/privacy

Screenshots

Docker Server Admin4 screens
DockerHub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: DockerHub at free against Docker Server Admin's free with in-app purchases. DockerHub also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Docker Server Admin's advantage is ratings volume (144 vs 2) and chart position (#198 vs unranked). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Docker Server Admin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year and DockerHub sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DockerHub holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Docker Server Admin has 144 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Docker Server Admin versus DockerHub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocker Server AdminDockerHub
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (144 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings144 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#198 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer婉媚 邵Elite Performance Exclusive LLC

Customer experience

Docker Server Admin

All ratings144 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral15.2%
Negative21.2%

DockerHub

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Docker Server Admin

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Card charged without open subscription
  • Support requests unanswered
  • Loading bar is annoying
  • CPU values don't change
  • Blue 'Add' button covers bottom menu
Show 4 more
  • Credential invalid errors
  • App crashes on startup
  • Incorrect memory usage reported
  • Cannot connect to Ubuntu servers

Requested features

2 requests
  • Network visualization
  • List of bash commands

DockerHub

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Docker Server Admin

Subscriptions1
  • Docker Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Docker Pro$59.99
2 purchases

DockerHub

Subscriptions2
  • DockerHub Pro Weekly$3.997 Days
  • DockerHub Pro Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Docker Server Admin free?
Docker Server Admin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DockerHub free?
DockerHub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Docker Server Admin or DockerHub?
DockerHub is rated higher. Docker Server Admin averages 4.7 out of 5 from 144 ratings, while DockerHub averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Docker Server Admin or DockerHub have ads?
Neither Docker Server Admin nor DockerHub shows ads.

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