Comparison

Cloudflare Remote vs NeonLens

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

Head to head
About

Cloudflare Remote

Manage your Cloudflare DNS and domains from your iPhone. Control DNS records, firewall rules, SSL settings, and monitor traffic with a secure and intuitive interface. Offers real-time analytics and advanced security features for professionals.

Highlights
  • Manage unlimited DNS records
  • Real-time traffic analytics
  • Create and manage Firewall Rules
  • SSL/TLS management
  • Cache purge functionality
  • Multi-account support
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Cloudflare Remote is a mobile control room for your Cloudflare account, built for people who need to fix things without waiting until they are back at a laptop. Manage DNS, firewall rules, cache behaviour, tunnels, Workers, SSL and analytics from your iPhone, in a fast native interface. DNS & DOMAINS • Manage records of every common type (A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SRV, PTR) • Create, edit and delete records instantly, with the proxy toggle on each one • Export a whole zone as a BIND file, or import one • DNSSEC status and configuration • Multi-account support with fast switching ANALYTICS • Requests, bandwidth, unique visitors and threats • Cache hit ratio, cached against uncached traffic • HTTP status distribution and top countries • 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days SECURITY • Firewall rules with Cloudflare's own expression language • WAF managed rulesets • IP access rules by IP, CIDR, country or ASN • Rate limiting rules • Live security events, with the rule that caught each request • Security level, up to Under Attack mode • SSL/TLS mode, certificates and minimum TLS version PERFORMANCE & RULES • Cache rules and transform rules • Page rules and redirect rules • Cache purge, everything or by URL • Development mode • Browser cache TTL, Brotli, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, IPv6, WebSockets, Always Online TUNNELS & ZERO TRUST • Cloudflare Tunnel health, active connections and their locations • Public hostnames you can add and edit in place • Protect any hostname with Zero Trust Access, and decide who may reach it DEVELOPERS • Workers & Pages deployments, with one-tap rollback and retry • Workers scripts and the routes bound to each domain • R2 buckets AVAILABILITY • Load balancers with their origin pools • Health checks EMAIL ROUTING • Forward addresses on your domain to a personal inbox • Manage routing rules and destinations AUDIT • See who changed what on the account, and when PRIVACY & SECURITY • Your API key or token is kept in the device Keychain, pinned to that device, so it is excluded from iCloud and iTunes backups • It is sent to nobody but Cloudflare's own API. There is no server behind this app to send it to • Optional Face ID, Touch ID or passcode lock in front of the app • Sign in with a scoped API Token and grant only the permissions you choose • No analytics SDK, no advertising SDK, no tracking, no usage data collected SUBSCRIPTIONS Premium unlocks every domain on your account, plus tunnels, Access, Workers & Pages, R2, cache rules, transform rules and load balancers. Available monthly, yearly, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. A multi-account add-on is included with lifetime. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. IMPORTANT Cloudflare Remote needs a Cloudflare account, which it manages but does not create. This is an independent third-party client built on the Cloudflare API and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Cloudflare, Inc. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

NeonLens

Manage your serverless Postgres databases on the go with this native iOS dashboard. Browse project lists, view branches and endpoints, and inspect table data with filtering and sorting. Unlock detailed analytics with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Mobile Neon DB dashboard
  • View project lists and compute status
  • Browse branches, endpoints, and roles
  • Table viewer with row data
  • Filter, sort, and copy data
  • Read-only access for data integrity
  • Unlockable consumption analytics
Features
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NeonLens is a native iOS app for managing your Neon databases on the go. If you use Neon for serverless Postgres, this gives you a proper mobile dashboard without the browser. Connect with your Neon API key and you get your full project list with live compute status. Drill into any project to see branches, endpoints, databases, and roles. The table viewer lets you browse actual row data directly from your phone, paginate through rows, filter columns, sort by any field, and copy values with a long press. The app is entirely read only so no worries about data integrity! Your API key is stored in the iOS Keychain and never leaves your device. No backend, no analytics, no accounts. Just you and the Neon API. Pro features (one-time purchase): Unlock detailed consumption analytics for your account. See daily compute hours charted across your billing period, storage and data transfer gauges with warning indicators when you're approaching limits, and a per-project breakdown sorted by usage so you know exactly what's eating your quota.

Screenshots

Cloudflare Remote4 screens
NeonLens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Cloudflare Remote at 86 against NeonLens's 1. Cloudflare Remote also leads on chart position (#65 vs #196). NeonLens's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cloudflare Remote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and NeonLens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NeonLens holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cloudflare Remote has 86 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Cloudflare Remote versus NeonLens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudflare RemoteNeonLens
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (86 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings86 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#65 — better#196
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmre KelesAlexander Hurley

Customer experience

Cloudflare Remote

All ratings86 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

NeonLens

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

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Cloudflare Remote

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Multi-Account Add-on$4.99
  • Lifetime$34.99
1 purchases

NeonLens

One-time1
  • NeonLens Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Cloudflare Remote free?
Cloudflare Remote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NeonLens free?
NeonLens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cloudflare Remote or NeonLens?
NeonLens is rated higher. Cloudflare Remote averages 4.8 out of 5 from 86 ratings, while NeonLens averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cloudflare Remote or NeonLens have ads?
Neither Cloudflare Remote nor NeonLens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cloudflare Remote or NeonLens?
Cloudflare Remote ships an update every 4 weeks, and NeonLens every 4 weeks. Most recently, Cloudflare Remote was updated on October 6, 2026 and NeonLens on October 12, 2026.
Which is more popular, Cloudflare Remote or NeonLens?
Cloudflare Remote currently peaks at #65 in the App Store charts, and NeonLens at #196. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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