Comparison

Ocean for DO vs Foredeck

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

Head to head
About

Ocean for DO

Manage your cloud infrastructure on the go. Monitor droplet stats, databases, load balancers, and apps. View logs in real-time and manage domains and volumes.

Highlights
  • Manage Droplets
  • Monitor Databases
  • Control Load Balancers
  • View App Logs
  • Manage Domains
  • Resize Volumes
Features
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Manage your DigitalOcean droplets, databases, spaces and much more. Take your infra anywhere you go with Ocean, the third party client for DigitalOcean! ◆ DROPLETS - View Droplet Info - Check Droplet Stats (Bandwidth, CPU, Memory, Disk) - Browse Droplets on all your project(s) - Rename Droplet - Reset root password on a Droplet - Turn on/off Droplet - Destroy Droplet ◆ DATABASES - View DB Cluster Info - Browse DBs on all your project(s) - Destroy DB Cluster ◆ LOAD BALANCERS - View Load Balancer Info - Browse Load Balancers on all your project(s) - Detach Droplets - Remove Forwarding Rules ◆ APPS - View App Info - Browse Apps on all your project(s) - View Logs in real time ◆ DOMAINS - View Domain Records - Browse Domains on all your project(s) ◆ VOLUMES - View Volume Info - Browse Volumes on all your project(s) - Resize Volume - Detach Droplet That’s it folks! This text isn't gonna get any more interesting. I mean, I think we've pretty much covered all the good stuff. Still here? Ummmm, ok. How's everything? Good? Cool cool cool. What are you looking for? The app description is over. For real, check out the app. It's way better than hanging out in the App Store this long. Wow, you're dedicated. Do you just love app descriptions? Weird. OK, we're gonna go now. Bye. NOTICE & ACKNOWLEDGMENT 1. API tokens are stored locally on your device, and never leave it. 2. Ocean is OSS (Open Source Software), feel free to open an Issue or PR at github.com/get-ocean/ocean 3. This is not a replacement for the DigitalOcean website. Certain actions, such as creating new projects, should be done directly in the web dashboard. © FarFetched 2026. All trademarks and copyrights belong to their respective owners. Terms of Service: https://farfetched.global/ocean/terms This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by DigitalOcean LLC.

About

Foredeck

Features
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Foredeck is the first touch-native Kubernetes console for iPhone and iPad. Add a cluster from its kubeconfig and you get the view you would have on a laptop: what is running, what is wrong, and the actions your credential is allowed to take. The Deck A cluster opens as a map. Namespaces are hexagons packed edge to edge, each application a ring split by the health of its replicas, each pod a ring split by its containers. Tap to fly into a namespace, an application, a pod, a container; the panel beside it shows usage against requests and limits, recent events, and how traffic reaches the thing you are looking at — Ingress, Gateway, HTTPRoute or VirtualService, through the Service and its endpoints, down to the pods. The same map can be grouped by node instead of by namespace. The Overview Every resource type the cluster serves, as lists: workloads, network, configuration, storage, RBAC, cluster resources, and your own custom resources. A CRD gets the same lists, details, YAML and health treatment as a Pod, because health is read from the conditions every controller publishes. Watch live Foredeck lists once and then watches, applying changes as the API server sends them. Logs stream and follow, from one container or from every replica of a workload at once, with the previous instance readable after a crash. Detailed statuese CrashLoopBackOff, ImagePullBackOff, Init:0/2, Pending because nothing can schedule it — the container-level reason, not just "Running". Work with the cluster - touch native Scale, restart, roll out, cordon, evict, delete, edit YAML with syntax highlighting and search, tune requests and limits with sliders, deploy from a template. Each one appears only after the cluster confirms your credential may do it, and any cluster can be marked read-only. Convenient best practices at your fingertips One pass over a namespace checks the things that cause incidents: missing probes, absent resource requests, a single replica behind a Service, images pinned to latest, Pod Security Admission left unset — and sets the enforce, audit and warn levels for you, with the consequences spelled out before anything is applied. New yet so familiar Go to (Command-K on a keyboard) finds a namespace, an application, a pod, a resource type or an object by name, and understands the shorthands your fingers already know: ns, deploy, sts, svc, ing, cj. Storing locally Cluster addresses and preferences live in the app's own storage; tokens, passwords and client certificate keys live in the iOS Keychain, marked to stay on the device. Foredeck talks only to the clusters you add. Demo cluster Built in No cluster to hand? One runs on the device, with a few things going wrong in it, so you can see the whole app before connecting anything. Note on kubeconfig Credentials must be self-contained. A kubeconfig written by "aws eks update-kubeconfig" or by gcloud carries a command to fetch a token rather than a token, and iOS cannot run one; client certificates and bearer tokens work everywhere. Foredeck says so at import and shows the commands that produce a usable credential for EKS, GKE, AKS, DigitalOcean, Yandex Cloud and hand-built clusters. The cluster also has to be reachable from the phone — connect your VPN first. FOREDECK PRO $2.99 a month, $19.99 a year, or $39.99 once. Launch offer: the first year for $3.99, then $19.99 a year. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://kozlovskyaid.github.io/foredeck-site/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://kozlovskyaid.github.io/foredeck-site/privacy.html Kubernetes is a registered trademark of The Linux Foundation. Foredeck is an independent client, not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by The Linux Foundation or the Kubernetes project.

Screenshots

Ocean for DO4 screens
Foredeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Foredeck at none against Ocean for DO's 6. Foredeck also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). Ocean for DO's advantage is chart position (#112 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (16.4 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. Ocean for DO sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Foredeck asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ocean for DO ships an update every 3 months, Foredeck daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Ocean for DO versus Foredeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOcean for DOForedeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#112 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFarFetchedAndrei Kozlovskii

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Ocean for DO

Subscriptions4
  • Ultimate (Monthly)$2.491 Month
  • OCEAN Ultimate$2.497 Days
  • ULTIMATE$6.991 Year
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  • Ultimate (Yearly)$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Unlimited (Lifetime)$12.00
  • Ultimate (Lifetime)$24.00
None

Foredeck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ocean for DO free?
Ocean for DO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Foredeck free?
Foredeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ocean for DO or Foredeck have ads?
Neither Ocean for DO nor Foredeck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ocean for DO or Foredeck?
Ocean for DO ships an update every 3 months, and Foredeck daily. Most recently, Ocean for DO was updated on October 30, 2026 and Foredeck on October 26, 2026.

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