SLauncher vs Ocean Dashboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SLauncher
Manage your AWS virtual machines and services directly from your iPhone or iPad. Respond to critical alerts instantly, control EC2 instances, ECS services, S3 buckets, Route 53 records, and CloudFront distributions with a user-friendly interface.
- Manage EC2 instances, security groups, and volumes
- Control ECS clusters, services, and tasks
- Browse and manage S3 buckets and objects
- Configure Route 53 hosted zones and record sets
- Invalidate CloudFront caches and manage distributions
- Support for multiple AWS accounts and instant region switching
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That 3 AM alert doesn't care that you're away from your desk. SLauncher lets you respond in seconds — stop runaway containers, scale a failing service, invalidate a bad cache, roll back a DNS change — all from your iPhone and iPad. EC2 — Launch instances, manage security groups, attach volumes, allocate Elastic IPs. Full lifecycle control from start to terminate. ECS — Drill from cluster to service to task in three taps. Scale deployments with a stepper. Stop a crashing container with a swipe. S3 — Browse every bucket across every region. Folder navigation that feels native. Preview object metadata, copy keys, check storage classes. Route 53 — Hosted zones, record sets, search and filter by name or type. View and edit your entire domain configuration at a glance. CloudFront — Distribution status, origins, aliases, and one-tap cache invalidations. Deploy edge changes with confidence. Built for incidents. Useful every day. Multiple AWS accounts. Instant region switching. Favorite pinning. Direct API calls only — no middleman, no analytics SDKs, no third-party servers. Your credentials stay on-device, always.
Ocean Dashboard
Monitor and manage your DigitalOcean cloud infrastructure from a native mobile application. View droplet status, track resource usage with live charts, and set up custom alert policies. Securely access account and billing information.
- Droplet management
- Resource monitoring with live charts
- Custom alert policies
- Account and billing overview
- Secure API token storage
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Ocean Dashboard — Monitor and manage your DigitalOcean resources from one clean, native app. Features: - Droplet management: View status, region, networking, and hardware details - Resource monitoring: Track CPU, load average, memory, disk, and bandwidth with Live refresh and interactive detail charts - Alert policies: Create and manage threshold alerts for a specific Droplet or all Droplets, with search and filtering - Account and billing: Quickly check your balance, billing data, and account information - Secure storage: Keep your API token protected in the system Keychain Ocean Dashboard is a third-party companion app built for DigitalOcean users. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by DigitalOcean. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Ocean Dashboard at free against SLauncher's free with in-app purchases. SLauncher's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. SLauncher sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months and Ocean Dashboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SLauncher | Ocean Dashboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Argsment Limited | 光辉 梁 |
Customer experience
SLauncher
Ocean Dashboard
In-app purchases
SLauncher
- Subscribe Quarterly$4.993 Months
- Subscribe Anuually$19.991 Year
Ocean Dashboard
- Ocean Dashboard Pro$1.99









