NapCat vs Git+ for GitLab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Git+ for GitLab
Manage GitLab projects on the go. View notifications, respond to issues and pull requests, organize projects with labels, and browse your code and files from your mobile device.
- View project notifications
- Respond to issues and pull requests
- Organize projects with labels
- Browse files and code
- Manage assignees and projects
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Git+ is your ultimate mobile app that lets you interact with your projects like as if you were using desktop. See the latest happenings wherever you are, reply to project issues so they can be taken care of faster, manage and organise projects with labels, browse your files, code and more ! Git+ allows you to see latest notifications. Read, react, reply to Issues, Pull Requests and all of that good stuff. Issues organization with labels, assignees, projects, all the goodies and browse your files and code as you would expect
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NapCat at 67% against Git+ for GitLab's 0%. NapCat also leads on rating (3.7 vs 1.0). Git+ for GitLab's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. NapCat sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Git+ for GitLab asks for nothing beyond the download.
NapCat holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of NapCat's written reviews are positive against 0% of Git+ for GitLab's.
NapCat ships an update every 4 months, Git+ for GitLab every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NapCat | Git+ for GitLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (7 ratings) — better | 1.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shotdoor | Marek Gvora |
Customer experience
NapCat
Git+ for GitLab
In-app purchases
NapCat
- 1 Month Pro$1.991 Month
- 1 Year Pro$9.991 Year
- NapCat Upgrade$12.99
Git+ for GitLab
No in-app purchases









