Nautik for Kubernetes vs Code
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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 supports Helm, YAML editing, and seamless integration with major cloud providers.
- Multi-cluster and multi-namespace management
- Real-time resource watching and updates
- Integrated log viewer and terminal
- Port forwarding and Helm client
- YAML source editing and resource creation
- Cloud provider integration
- Customizable dashboards and widgets
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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
Code
This app provides a comprehensive developer suite on your mobile device, including a code editor with syntax highlighting and autocompletion, a file explorer, and integrated Git, SSH, and FTP/SFTP clients. It allows you to work on projects anywhere, transforming your device into a portable workstation.
- Code editor with themes and syntax highlighting
- File explorer for easy navigation
- Integrated Git for version control
- Terminal with Bash support
- SSH client for remote connections
- FTP/SFTP support
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Code, Work Anywhere! This app has an entire developer suite embedded in this app, and it's fully native! ## Code Editor - Various Themes - Colored Syntax - Autocompletion - Minimap - Row Diff indicator ## File Explorer Move between your file like if you were at your main workstation. ## Git - Clone - Commit - Fetch - Push - Pull - Tag and more! ## Terminal An integrated Shell that support most of the commands available ( Yes, Curl is supported ;-) ) ## SSH Connect to a remote machine with no problems ## FTP / SFTP Since some of you was needing this, we've added support for it! The only app that will allow you to use your device like a real workstation! Code! Privacy Policy: https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/apppurchases-6fa17.appspot.com/o/PrivacyPolicy.html?alt=media&app=Code Terms of Service: https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/apppurchases-6fa17.appspot.com/o/TermsAndConditions.html?alt=media&app=Code Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nautik for Kubernetes at 4.6 against Code's 4.0. Nautik for Kubernetes also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 38%) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). Code's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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. Nautik for Kubernetes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Code sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nautik for Kubernetes holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Nautik for Kubernetes's written reviews are positive against 38% of Code's.
Nautik for Kubernetes ships an update every 3 weeks, Code every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nautik for Kubernetes | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (15 ratings) — better | 4.0 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better | 38.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #200 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 320 MB | 743 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DWRPD Software UG haftungsbeschraenkt | Morella Folesani |
Customer experience
Nautik for Kubernetes
Code
In-app purchases
Nautik for Kubernetes
- Nautik Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
- Nautik Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Nautik Pro (Lifetime)$149.99
Code
- Code Pro3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Code Pro3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Code Pro$2.997 Days
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- Code Pro3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Code Pro - Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Code Pro3 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Code Pro$14.991 Year
- Code Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Code Pro - Monthly3 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Code Pro$19.991 Year
- Code Pro$34.991 Year
- Code Pro3 Days trial$69.991 Year









