Comparison

Uptime Kuma Manager vs Foredeck

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

Head to head
About

Uptime Kuma Manager

Monitor your services from your phone by connecting to your Uptime Kuma servers. Receive instant notifications for downtime and view service status with clear indicators. Securely manage credentials and access protected servers.

Highlights
  • Connect to multiple Uptime Kuma servers
  • Background push notifications
  • Color-coded service status indicators
  • Secure credential storage (Keychain)
  • Cloudflare Access support
Features
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Uptime Kuma Manager allows you to connect to your Uptime Kuma servers and monitor the services directly from your phone. With a clean and simple interface, you can quickly view the status of your services and receive notifications when they go down. Features: • Connect to multiple Uptime Kuma servers • Stay informed with Background Push Notifications • View the status of your services with color-coded indicators • Securely store Uptime Kuma server credentials with Keychain • Support for Cloudflare Access protected servers — connect through Cloudflare Zero Trust with service token authentication Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://github.com/rebornix/uptime-kuma-monitor/blob/main/ukm-privacy.md

About

Foredeck

Features
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Foredeck is the first touch-native Kubernetes console for iPhone and iPad. Add a cluster from its kubeconfig and you get the view you would have on a laptop: what is running, what is wrong, and the actions your credential is allowed to take. The Deck A cluster opens as a map. Namespaces are hexagons packed edge to edge, each application a ring split by the health of its replicas, each pod a ring split by its containers. Tap to fly into a namespace, an application, a pod, a container; the panel beside it shows usage against requests and limits, recent events, and how traffic reaches the thing you are looking at — Ingress, Gateway, HTTPRoute or VirtualService, through the Service and its endpoints, down to the pods. The same map can be grouped by node instead of by namespace. The Overview Every resource type the cluster serves, as lists: workloads, network, configuration, storage, RBAC, cluster resources, and your own custom resources. A CRD gets the same lists, details, YAML and health treatment as a Pod, because health is read from the conditions every controller publishes. Watch live Foredeck lists once and then watches, applying changes as the API server sends them. Logs stream and follow, from one container or from every replica of a workload at once, with the previous instance readable after a crash. Detailed statuese CrashLoopBackOff, ImagePullBackOff, Init:0/2, Pending because nothing can schedule it — the container-level reason, not just "Running". Work with the cluster - touch native Scale, restart, roll out, cordon, evict, delete, edit YAML with syntax highlighting and search, tune requests and limits with sliders, deploy from a template. Each one appears only after the cluster confirms your credential may do it, and any cluster can be marked read-only. Convenient best practices at your fingertips One pass over a namespace checks the things that cause incidents: missing probes, absent resource requests, a single replica behind a Service, images pinned to latest, Pod Security Admission left unset — and sets the enforce, audit and warn levels for you, with the consequences spelled out before anything is applied. New yet so familiar Go to (Command-K on a keyboard) finds a namespace, an application, a pod, a resource type or an object by name, and understands the shorthands your fingers already know: ns, deploy, sts, svc, ing, cj. Storing locally Cluster addresses and preferences live in the app's own storage; tokens, passwords and client certificate keys live in the iOS Keychain, marked to stay on the device. Foredeck talks only to the clusters you add. Demo cluster Built in No cluster to hand? One runs on the device, with a few things going wrong in it, so you can see the whole app before connecting anything. Note on kubeconfig Credentials must be self-contained. A kubeconfig written by "aws eks update-kubeconfig" or by gcloud carries a command to fetch a token rather than a token, and iOS cannot run one; client certificates and bearer tokens work everywhere. Foredeck says so at import and shows the commands that produce a usable credential for EKS, GKE, AKS, DigitalOcean, Yandex Cloud and hand-built clusters. The cluster also has to be reachable from the phone — connect your VPN first. FOREDECK PRO $2.99 a month, $19.99 a year, or $39.99 once. Launch offer: the first year for $3.99, then $19.99 a year. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://kozlovskyaid.github.io/foredeck-site/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://kozlovskyaid.github.io/foredeck-site/privacy.html Kubernetes is a registered trademark of The Linux Foundation. Foredeck is an independent client, not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by The Linux Foundation or the Kubernetes project.

Screenshots

Uptime Kuma Manager4 screens
Foredeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Foredeck at none against Uptime Kuma Manager's 2. Foredeck also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). Uptime Kuma Manager's advantage is chart position (#135 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Uptime Kuma Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Foredeck asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Uptime Kuma Manager ships an update every 9 days, Foredeck daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Uptime Kuma Manager versus Foredeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUptime Kuma ManagerForedeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (43 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings43 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#135 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeng LyuAndrei Kozlovskii

Bugs and requests

Uptime Kuma Manager

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Spinner works, nothing else
  • App cannot connect
  • Connection not working
  • Freezing when adding server with TLS
  • iOS app seems limited to push notifications
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  • Test notifications work once, then fail
  • Cannot see monitors or groups in iOS app
  • Authentication options not working (2FA rejection)
  • Graph construction incorrect for longer periods
  • Widget shows entries as unreachable, doesn't update well
  • App doesn't recognize installation
  • Does not work with HTTPS
  • App freezes when adding server with TLS

Requested features

13 requests
  • One-time in-app purchase for notifications
  • Simple mode for history view (❌ or ✅)
  • Watch support
  • More widgets with customization
  • One-time purchase option for lifetime unlock
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  • Critical notification option (bypass sleep focus)
  • Two decimal points for Uptime %
  • Custom headers for Cloudflare Zero Trust access
  • Lifetime unlock option
  • iCloud syncing
  • User-adjustable yellow threshold for service checks or match web interface display
  • Support for Apple Watch with status viewing
  • Groups displayed correctly

Foredeck

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Uptime Kuma Manager

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Subscription Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Premium Subscription Yearly$9.991 Year
None

Foredeck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Uptime Kuma Manager free?
Uptime Kuma Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Foredeck free?
Foredeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Uptime Kuma Manager or Foredeck have ads?
Neither Uptime Kuma Manager nor Foredeck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Uptime Kuma Manager or Foredeck?
Uptime Kuma Manager ships an update every 9 days, and Foredeck daily. Most recently, Uptime Kuma Manager was updated on October 30, 2026 and Foredeck on October 26, 2026.

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