Comparison

Grafana vs Digel

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

Head to head
About

Grafana

Manage and respond to critical system events from anywhere. Designed for on-call engineers, it offers reliable alert notifications and reminders to simplify incident response duties.

Highlights
  • Incident management
  • On-call reminders
  • Alert notifications
  • System event response
  • On-the-go management
Features
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Grafana is the official mobile app for Grafana Cloud. Stay connected to your observability and incident response workflows wherever you are. With the Grafana mobile app, you can: • Ask Grafana Assistant questions and continue recent conversations • Browse dashboards and view starred dashboards and panels • Receive reliable push notifications for alerts and incidents • Acknowledge, resolve, silence, or escalate alert groups • See who is on call and review upcoming schedules • Respond to incidents and keep the timeline updated • Page a team or trigger a manual alert An existing Grafana Cloud account is required. Available features depend on the products enabled for your stack and your permissions. The app does not support Grafana OSS. Learn more at https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/irm/irm-mobile-app/.

About

Digel

Features
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Digel puts your factory's maintenance operations in your pocket. Built for production teams who need to stay on top of issues — whether you're on the floor, in the control room, or away from your desk. TRIAGE AND ACT FASTER New issues land in your triage queue with full context. Accept, snooze, or dismiss right from your phone. No more walking back to a workstation to check what's waiting. TRACK EVERY WORK ORDER See all active issues across your site. Filter by project, asset, assignee, or priority. Drill into any issue for the full picture: description, linked assets, checklists, comments, and activity history. KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT MATTERS Your personal dashboard shows your assigned issues, overdue items, and priority breakdowns at a glance. Project summaries with completion metrics help you spot bottlenecks before they escalate. WORKS OFFLINE Digel is built for the factory floor where connectivity isn't guaranteed. Create and update issues offline, everything syncs automatically when you're back online. Background sync keeps your data fresh even when the app is closed. CONNECTED TO YOUR OPERATIONS The Digel mobile app connects to the same platform your engineers use on the web. Issues, assets, and process context flow seamlessly between desktop and mobile. Link work orders to specific assets in your plant hierarchy for full traceability. BUILT FOR PRODUCTION TEAMS - Maintenance technicians: Receive and act on work orders in the field - Shift leads: Sort incoming issues and assign them to the right people - Operations managers: Monitor issue backlogs and team workload - Engineers: Track issue resolution and link to process context KEY FEATURES - Issue triage with accept, snooze, and dismiss actions - Create and edit work orders with priority, due dates, and assignments - Filter issues by project, asset, assignee, and overdue status - Maintenance dashboard with priority breakdowns and project metrics - Full offline support with automatic background sync - Real-time updates via live event stream - Asset linking from your plant's knowledge graph - Comments and activity timeline for every issue Learn more at https://www.digel.io.

Screenshots

Grafana4 screens
Digel4 screens

Verdict

The call

Grafana and Digel are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Grafana ships an update fortnightly, Digel every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Grafana versus Digel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrafanaDigel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (63 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings63 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrafana LabsDigel

In-app purchases

None

Grafana

No in-app purchases

None

Digel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grafana free?
Grafana is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Digel free?
Digel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grafana or Digel have ads?
Neither Grafana nor Digel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grafana or Digel?
Grafana ships an update fortnightly, and Digel every 3 weeks. Most recently, Grafana was updated on October 10, 2026 and Digel on September 28, 2026.

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