Comparison

Balloonsdays vs dock

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

Head to head
About

Balloonsdays

Never forget a loved one's birthday again. This app displays upcoming birthdays throughout the year and offers a home screen widget for quick access to the next celebrations.

Highlights
  • Birthday tracking
  • Yearly birthday view
  • Home screen widget
  • Loved one reminders
  • Intuitive interface
Features
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Remember the birthdays of your loved ones. See the birthdays over the course of the year. Add a home screen widget with the next birthdays.

About

dock

Manage your self-hosted Docker stacks remotely from your iPhone or iPad. Monitor container performance, deploy updates, and access logs and SSH terminals. Features enhanced monitoring for security, backups, and resource management.

Highlights
  • Remote Docker stack management
  • Live container performance monitoring
  • Stack deployment and updates
  • Integrated SSH terminal
  • Enhanced monitoring dashboard
  • Image vulnerability scanning
  • Backup and snapshot management
Features
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dock-g is the native iOS companion for Dockge – the popular self-hosted Docker stack manager. Built for homelab enthusiasts who want full control over their containers, wherever they are. Connect to your Dockge server and see all running stacks at a glance, including live CPU, RAM and disk usage. Start, stop, restart, update or remove stacks in seconds. Dive into Compose YAML, environment variables, service status and live logs – all right inside the app. Search your stacks, refresh with pull-to-refresh, and create new stacks straight from your iPhone or iPad. N E W : R E S O U R C E S T A T I S T I C S Find out what your host is really doing. The new Resource Usage view shows CPU, RAM and disk usage per stack – ranked, with a clear donut chart on top. Switch between CPU, RAM and Disk with a tap, spot resource hogs at a glance, and refresh the numbers live from your Dockge host. D O C K G E E N H A N C E D – A D V A N C E D M O N I T O R I N G dock-g automatically detects Dockge Enhanced and unlocks a full set of advanced features. Monitoring Dashboard: One screen, four tiles – backup status, pending image updates, critical CVEs and your next scheduled scan. Each tile takes you straight to the matching detail view. Image Watcher: Track Docker image updates across all your stacks. Filter by status – updates available, errors, ignored – and trigger a fresh check with a single tap. Trivy CVE Scanner: Scan every image in your homelab for known vulnerabilities. Browse results by severity (Critical, High, Medium, Low), filter by tapping the severity cards, and open any CVE directly in your browser. Backup & Snapshots: Run Restic backups on demand, monitor their history and browse snapshots file by file. Restore individual files or entire snapshots right from your iPhone. Schedules, on-save triggers and restore tests can all be configured directly in the app. Docker Resources: Manage images, volumes and containers – inspect sizes and states, stop containers, delete resources and prune dangling images, with a confirmation step before every destructive action. Crash Loop Detection: Surfaces containers that restart too often. Set per-container ignore rules for 1 hour, 24 hours or permanently – keeping your monitoring clean and relevant. B U I L T - I N S S H T E R M I N A L No third-party app required. dock-g includes a full SSH client, built from the ground up with Apple's Network.framework and CryptoKit. It works on your local network only (RFC 1918) – no accidental cloud exposure. Host keys are verified with Trust on First Use and stored in the Keychain. A special-keys bar brings Ctrl, Tab, Esc, pipe, tilde and arrow keys to your iPhone, and four terminal themes are available: Default, Solarized Dark, Monokai and Nord. On launch, dock-g automatically reconnects to your last server, and from the services view you can jump straight into any running container via docker exec. P R I V A C Y B Y D E S I G N dock-g is a one-time purchase with no subscription and no tracking. Your server credentials never leave your device – authentication tokens are stored exclusively in the iOS Keychain. Requires Dockge 1.x or Dockge Enhanced on your local network. Supports iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Balloonsdays4 screens
dock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: dock at every 10 days against Balloonsdays's every 2 months. Balloonsdays's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Balloonsdays costs $0.99 and dock $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Balloonsdays ships an update every 2 months, dock every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Balloonsdays versus dock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBalloonsdaysdock
Price$0.99 — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDominik HauserSven Uwe Hanold

Customer experience

Balloonsdays

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

dock

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Balloonsdays

No in-app purchases

None

dock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Balloonsdays free?
Balloonsdays costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is dock free?
dock costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Balloonsdays or dock have ads?
Neither Balloonsdays nor dock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Balloonsdays or dock?
Balloonsdays ships an update every 2 months, and dock every 10 days. Most recently, Balloonsdays was updated on October 23, 2026 and dock on October 13, 2026.

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