CommitCat vs Forgejo Heatmap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CommitCat
This app is a minimalist timer designed for developers to build coding habits. It features a cute pixel-art cat that tracks your progress based on GitHub commits, offering a fun way to stay motivated.
- Minimalist timer interface
- GitHub commit integration
- Pixel-art cat companion
- Commit success tracking
- Coin collection for cats
- Habit building tool
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A Cute and Minimal Timer App for Developers! This is a simple timer app featuring an adorable pixel-art cat that integrates with your latest GitHub commits. It's super easy to use: 1. Link your GitHub account (optional — you can use the app without linking it) 2. Tap the Start button to begin the timer 3. Code for 30 minutes and push your commit to GitHub 4. Tap the Stop button, and your cat will tell you whether you succeeded — based on whether a commit was made! 5. Gather coins to collect a variety of cats! (Note: The cat moves every time you press a button!) If you're looking to build a steady coding habit, give it a try just for fun. We're always grateful for your feedback. We will continue improving the app to give developers a small boost of motivation to get started.
Forgejo Heatmap
Visualize your Git commit history with a heatmap widget. This tool is compatible with any public Forgejo instance, including Codeberg, to display your contribution patterns.
- Commit history heatmap
- Forgejo account integration
- Compatible with public Forgejo instances
- Supports Codeberg
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Forgejo Heatmap offers the heatmap widget you know and love to forgejo accounts. Its compatible with any public facing forgejo instance, including Codeberg.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CommitCat at 5.0 against Forgejo Heatmap's 3.0. Forgejo Heatmap's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CommitCat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of CommitCat's written reviews are positive against 100% of Forgejo Heatmap's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CommitCat ships an update every 6 weeks, Forgejo Heatmap fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 7, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CommitCat | Forgejo Heatmap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LEE JAEYOUNG | Mia Lina Koring |
Customer experience
CommitCat
Forgejo Heatmap
In-app purchases
CommitCat
No in-app purchases
Forgejo Heatmap
No in-app purchases
