Comparison

Flashduty vs Portbase

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

Head to head
About

Flashduty

Features
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Incident response can feel overwhelming, but you can handle it with ease. Flashduty is a powerful incident response tool designed for teams of all sizes. With real-time alerts, intelligent notification management, and seamless integrations, Flashduty empowers your team to react swiftly during critical moments, minimizing the impact of incidents. Key Features: • Real-Time Notifications: Stay updated with instant alerts for critical incidents. • On-Call Management: Effortlessly manage on-call schedules and rotations to ensure nothing is missed. • Escalation Handling: Resolve escalations quickly and effectively to restore normalcy faster. • Seamless Integrations: Connect with popular platforms to streamline workflows and enhance team collaboration. Trusted by modern teams, Flashduty enables you to focus on what truly matters while confidently handling every challenge.

About

Portbase

A native mobile client for MySQL and PostgreSQL, enabling quick production data lookups and database management on the go. It offers features like syntax highlighting, autocomplete, schema browsing, row editing, and data visualization.

Highlights
  • Connect to MySQL and PostgreSQL
  • SQL syntax highlighting and autocomplete
  • Live database and schema browsing
  • Inspect and edit query results
  • Build charts from SQL results
  • Save chart presets
Features
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Portbase is a database client for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQLite, Redis, ClickHouse and Elasticsearch on iPhone and iPad. • SQL consoles with autosaved drafts, completion, formatting, Explain and execution at the cursor. • Browse supported schemas, views, indexes, keys and DDL; follow related SQL rows. • Resize, pin, hide and sort result columns. Select and copy cell ranges. • MongoDB Find, Aggregation and Command editors with typed BSON document editing, table views and charts. • Create local SQLite databases or import a consistent snapshot. Files stay on this device. • Browse Redis keys with SCAN; inspect strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets and streams; manage expiration and reviewed writes. • Query ClickHouse over HTTP(S). Inspect Elasticsearch mappings, search documents and aggregations. • Inspect chart points, filter dates, open matching loaded rows and export PNG/PDF. • Save unlimited connections, queries and charts, with Trash and recovery. • TLS and SSH connection options. Connection secrets stay in this device’s Keychain. Operations vary by engine. Manual Commit/Rollback is available for MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL. CSV/JSON import and full query export are available for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and SQLite; other engines export loaded results. Tables display up to 10,000 rows. Charts inspect loaded results; full exports respect the query’s filters and limits. MongoDB document editing requires MongoDB 4.2 or later and a transaction-capable replica set or sharded cluster. Redis supports standalone endpoints, without Cluster/Sentinel discovery or scripting. SQLite commands commit individually; manual console transactions and temporary objects are unavailable.

Screenshots

Flashduty3 screens
Portbase4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Portbase at fortnightly against Flashduty's every 4 months. Flashduty's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flashduty ships an update every 4 months, Portbase fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Flashduty versus Portbase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlashdutyPortbase
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeijing Flashcat Cloud Technology Co.,Ltd.Kitta Co.

In-app purchases

None

Flashduty

No in-app purchases

None

Portbase

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flashduty free?
Flashduty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Portbase free?
Portbase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flashduty or Portbase have ads?
Neither Flashduty nor Portbase shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flashduty or Portbase?
Flashduty ships an update every 4 months, and Portbase fortnightly. Most recently, Flashduty was updated on September 27, 2026 and Portbase on September 26, 2026.

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