Comparison

SLauncher vs Ocean Dashboard

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Droplet management
  • Resource monitoring with live charts
  • Custom alert policies
  • Account and billing overview
  • Secure API token storage
Features
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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/

Screenshots

SLauncher3 screens
Ocean Dashboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SLauncher versus Ocean Dashboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSLauncherOcean Dashboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArgsment Limited光辉 梁

Customer experience

SLauncher

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ocean Dashboard

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SLauncher

Subscriptions2
  • Subscribe Quarterly$4.993 Months
  • Subscribe Anuually$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Ocean Dashboard

One-time1
  • Ocean Dashboard Pro$1.99

Questions

Is SLauncher free?
SLauncher is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ocean Dashboard free?
Ocean Dashboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SLauncher or Ocean Dashboard have ads?
Neither SLauncher nor Ocean Dashboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SLauncher or Ocean Dashboard?
SLauncher ships an update every 2 weeks, and Ocean Dashboard every 2 weeks. Most recently, SLauncher was updated on October 13, 2026 and Ocean Dashboard on October 21, 2026.

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