Tanuki for GitLab vs NativeLab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tanuki for GitLab
A native client for interacting with GitLab repositories. Manage your projects, issues, and merge requests efficiently from your iOS device.
- Native GitLab client
- Manage repositories
- Track issues
- Review merge requests
- iOS compatible
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Easy to use, native, GitLab client.
NativeLab
This app provides a native mobile interface for managing GitLab projects, issues, and merge requests. It offers features like project browsing, issue triage, and merge request reviews with a clean, fast design. Users can customize themes, text sizes, and languages for a personalized experience.
- Browse GitLab projects with search
- Triage issues with filters
- Review merge requests with diff viewer
- Customizable themes and text sizes
- Supports gitlab.com and self-hosted instances
- Secure OAuth authentication
- Built-in demo mode
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NativeLab is a native GitLab client for iPhone. Review merge requests, follow pipelines, triage issues and clear your to-dos without fighting the mobile website. MERGE REQUESTS • Read the full diff with line numbers • Comment on any line, reply to threads and resolve them • Approve or unapprove, and merge (or merge when the pipeline succeeds) • Pipeline status, reviewers, approvals and merge blockers at a glance PIPELINES • Pipeline list per project with filters • Jobs grouped by stage: retry, cancel and play manual jobs • Live job logs with collapsible sections INBOX • Your GitLab to-do list: review requests, mentions, assignments, failed pipelines • Swipe to mark done • Optional background alerts and an app badge ISSUES • Filter by state and label • Markdown descriptions, task lists and images • Read and post comments MADE FOR YOUR PHONE • Opens instantly: data is cached on your device and refreshed in the background • Home Screen widget for review requests and failed pipelines • Face ID lock • Light and dark mode, three text sizes, six languages ANY GITLAB • gitlab.com with one-tap sign in • Self-hosted GitLab with a personal access token • Multiple accounts and instances • Try everything first in demo mode, no account needed PRIVATE BY DESIGN NativeLab talks directly to your GitLab. Tokens stay in the iOS Keychain on your device. No analytics, no NativeLab account. Free during launch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: NativeLab at Free against Tanuki for GitLab's $0.99. NativeLab also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Tanuki for GitLab's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months) and chart position (#116 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
NativeLab is free to download; Tanuki for GitLab costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NativeLab holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Tanuki for GitLab ships an update every 9 days, NativeLab every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tanuki for GitLab | NativeLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #116 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Felix Schindler | Altug Sogutoglu |
Customer experience
Tanuki for GitLab
NativeLab
In-app purchases
Tanuki for GitLab
No in-app purchases
NativeLab
No in-app purchases
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