iWindowsProg vs NapCat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iWindowsProg
This app provides a comprehensive client for managing Windows desktops, servers, databases, Team Foundation Server, and Visual Studio instances directly from iOS devices. It allows for exploration, administration, querying, and development tasks remotely.
- Remote Windows desktop and server exploration
- TFS client for work items, builds, and source control
- Database client for MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, and more
- Visual Studio client for project management and compilation
- SQL keyword shortcuts and query saving
- Requires a free Windows Bridge Server
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iWindowsProg is the most powerful Windows, Database, Visual Studio & TFS client application for iOS devices. For detailed information please visit http://makeprog.com FEATURES WINDOWS CLIENT (INAPP) • You can easily explore Windows Desktops and Servers from iOS devices. • Available features are Windows Services, Event Logs, IIS, Active Directory, HyperVisor and ESX etc., TEAM FOUNDATION SERVER CLIENT (INAPP) • Connect to TFS Servers from iOS Devices. • Available features are Workitems, Builds, Changesets, Source Control, Workspaces, Pending Changes, Shelvesets, Labels, Branches, Users and Groups etc., • Support for TFS2010, TFS2012 and DevOps DATABASE CLIENTS (INAPP) • Visualize, search & script MySql, Sql Server, Oracle, PostgreSql, DB2 & Microsoft Access database objects. • Database objects can be viewed in Tiles & Table view. • Administer database by scripting. • Sql Server agent support. • Multi tab query runner with asynchronous & parallel query execution. • Send any kind of ad-hoc query and browse the results in table. • Fast access to SQL keywords using special SQL keyboard. • Save queries to iOS device and reuse. • Download queries using iTunes. • Simple GUI Table designer for MySql , Sql Server and Oracle. VISUAL STUDIO CLIENT (INAPP) • Connect to Visual Studio instance in Windows and explore Visual Studio projects. • Available features are Add/Edit/Delete Solution, Project & Project Items, Source Editor, Remote compile, Build & Error Window etc., • Run MS Unit test and visualize the results. • Explore/Reflect/Decompile assemblies using Object Browser. • Needs WindowsProg Bridge Extension to be installed in Visual Studio. • At present supports VB & C# Projects. • Support for Visual Studio 2010, 2012 Pro and above only. WINDOWSPROG BRIDGE SERVER (FREE) • This iOS application requires a Bridge Server to be installed in a Windows Machine to process the requests made by iOS Devices. • The Bridge Server is the one stop communication point for iWindowsProg and Windows, ESX, TFS, MySql, Sql Server, Oracle, PostgreSql, DB2, Microsoft Access & Visual Studio and it can be downloaded for free from http://makeprog.com • Refer to http://makeprog.com/Products/iWindowsProg/WindowsProgBridgeServer.aspx for more info and why it makes your servers stay secure. • Works Over 3G/4G. Privacy Policy : http://makeprog.com/documents/Privacy Policy.pdf Terms & Conditions : http://makeprog.com/documents/Terms and Conditions.pdf If you need any assistance/more information/feedback please contact us at support@makeprog.com
NapCat
Access and read your favorite GitHub repositories offline on any device. This app offers a powerful code editor and comfortable reading experience with syntax highlighting for over 90 languages. Enjoy your code anywhere, anytime.
- Offline Git client
- Code editor
- Syntax highlighting
- Starred repository access
- Supports 90+ languages
- Customizable themes
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Reading and exploring source code should be enjoyable and not limited to your desktop. NapCat is a GitHub client that lets you download your most-used or favorite projects for offline reading and coding on the go. Features: • Universal: one app for all your devices • Fully offline Git client • Powerful code editor • Private Coding Agent Built-In (*) • Comfortable offline reading with beautiful syntax highlighting • Quick access to starred repositories • Support for 90+ languages and 30 themes, so you can read comfortably in bright sunlight or late at night (**) What users say: "Oh @napcatapp, you're the best discovery I've made all month." -- @davidlesches "The best code reader ever for iOS: NapCat - A GitHub Client" -- @elia "If you're in the market for a free iPhone github code reader, I totally recommend NapCat" — @drewbiewubie "NapCat on iPad is great when you want to offline study something cool on github" — @siuying ----- • Full version: access to all themes • Full version: unlimited offline code storage • Full version: access to private repositories ----- * Agent run locally, only context is sent to LLM ** Access to all themes is available with the Full Version upgrade Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: NapCat at Free against iWindowsProg's $24.99. NapCat also leads on rating (3.7 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (67% vs 33%). iWindowsProg's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.5). On update cadence, ads and device support 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
NapCat is free to download; iWindowsProg costs $24.99 up front. NapCat sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. iWindowsProg asks for nothing beyond the download.
NapCat holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NapCat has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of iWindowsProg's written reviews are positive against 67% of NapCat's.
iWindowsProg ships an update every 3 months, NapCat every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iWindowsProg | NapCat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.7 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Balasubramanian Ramanathan | Shotdoor |
Customer experience
iWindowsProg
NapCat
In-app purchases
iWindowsProg
No in-app purchases
NapCat
- 1 Month Pro$1.991 Month
- 1 Year Pro$9.991 Year
- NapCat Upgrade$12.99









