Tanuki for GitLab vs TerminalWidget
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.
TerminalWidget
Display script output directly on your home screen widgets. Visualize data with progress indicators, charts, and tables. Control scripts via Shortcuts or URL schemes, with iCloud sync for Mac and iOS.
- Script output in widgets
- Progress indicators, charts, graphs
- iCloud sync for Mac and iOS
- Control via Shortcuts
- URL scheme support
- Universal purchase
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Scripters rejoice! Now you can have output from your scripts, AppleScripts, and Shortcuts display in widgets on iOS (and sync to and from your Mac via iCloud). You can see progress indicators, charts, graphs, icons, tables, and more. All controllable via Shortcuts or with a URL scheme (and a CLI on Mac). This is a universal purchase for the Mac, iOS, and Watch apps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tanuki for GitLab at $0.99 against TerminalWidget's $19.99. Tanuki for GitLab also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.5) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). TerminalWidget's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Tanuki for GitLab costs $0.99 and TerminalWidget $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tanuki for GitLab holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Tanuki for GitLab's written reviews are positive against 80% of TerminalWidget's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tanuki for GitLab ships an update every 5 days, TerminalWidget every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tanuki for GitLab | TerminalWidget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #103 — better | #156 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Felix Schindler | Brett Terpstra |
Customer experience
Tanuki for GitLab
TerminalWidget
In-app purchases
Tanuki for GitLab
No in-app purchases
TerminalWidget
No in-app purchases
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