Comparison

Cloudflare Remote vs Switchyard for Railway

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

Switchyard for Railway

Features
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Switchyard is the Railway companion for your phone. Check on your stuff, watch deploys land, and unbreak production from anywhere — without opening your laptop. Not a dashboard replacement. A focused tool for the moments away from your desk when you need to know what's happening — and fix it when it isn't. WHAT YOU GET · Live deploy progress — watch builds and rollouts as they happen · Log tail — chat-style live logs with search and filters, build vs. deploy · Activity feed — every deploy, crash, and alert across all your projects in one place · Spend at a glance — workspace total, projection to end of period, per-project breakdown · Variables — read-only list with copy-to-clipboard · Metrics — CPU, memory, network, and disk sparklines RECOVER FROM ANYWHERE · Rollback to a previous deployment · Redeploy the latest · Restart a service All with the standard iOS confirmation, no scary modals. BUILT LIKE AN IOS APP Native gestures, swipe to refresh, long-press menus, skeleton placeholders, diffable lists. No webview shortcuts. The logs view is fast — because bad log UX kills the app. SIGN IN WITH RAILWAY OAuth login. Pick which workspaces and projects to share at consent. Tokens live in the iOS Keychain. No pasted account tokens, no servers in the middle. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO (YET) Configuration still belongs on the web — variable editing, settings, custom domain DNS, and project creation deep-link to the dashboard. We're honest about that. No dead ends. Switchyard is an independent third-party app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Railway Corp. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Cloudflare Remote4 screens
Switchyard for Railway4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Switchyard for Railway at none against Cloudflare Remote's 4. Cloudflare Remote's advantage is chart position (#25 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Cloudflare Remote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Switchyard for Railway asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Cloudflare Remote versus Switchyard for Railway: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloudflare RemoteSwitchyard for Railway
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (86 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings86 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#25 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmre KelesTraduko AB

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
None

Switchyard for Railway

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cloudflare Remote free?
Cloudflare Remote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Switchyard for Railway free?
Switchyard for Railway is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cloudflare Remote or Switchyard for Railway have ads?
Neither Cloudflare Remote nor Switchyard for Railway shows ads.

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