Comparison

SymbolCraft vs MobileDB

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

Head to head
About

SymbolCraft

Features
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SymbolCraft is a fast, native catalog and inspector for browsing SF Symbols and Apple system symbols on iPhone and iPad. Built for Apple-platform developers, designers, students, and curious makers, SymbolCraft helps you find the right symbol, preview how it behaves, and copy what you need without leaving your device. - Browse A Native Symbol Catalog Explore organized categories, scan a spacious adaptive grid, and move quickly through the symbol library with a touch-first interface that also feels at home on iPad. - Search By Name And Synonym Find symbols by the words you already use. Search stays fast, local, and focused so you can get from idea to symbol name with less friction. - Inspect Before You Copy Open any symbol to review its name, categories, synonyms, availability, restrictions, and accessibility details in one clear detail workflow. - Preview And Customize Experiment with rendering modes, colors, palette behavior, font weight, scale, variable values where available, and symbol animations directly on your device. - Favorite Your Regulars Save symbols you use often and return to them quickly from a dedicated favorites area. Favorites stay local and are part of the free core experience. - Copy And Export For Real Work Copy symbol names and available implementation details from the inspector, and use individual export actions where supported by the app. - Private, Offline, And Indie-Built No accounts, no analytics, no ads, no tracking, and no cloud sync. SymbolCraft is designed as a focused local tool, not a design-system manager or backend service. SymbolCraft Pro is an optional one-time lifetime upgrade for saved-work productivity, including project collections, saved symbol recipes, batch export workflows, and advanced export presets as they are available in the app. Download SymbolCraft and keep a simple, lovable, complete symbol reference with you wherever you build.

About

MobileDB

Access and manage PostgreSQL databases directly from your iPhone or iPad. Browse, query, and edit data securely over TLS or SSH. Build custom dashboards and work safely in production environments.

Highlights
  • Connect to any Postgres database
  • Browse, query, and edit data
  • Secure TLS and SSH tunneling
  • SQL editor with autocomplete
  • Build native dashboards
  • Production safety features
  • Demo mode for instant exploration
Features
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MobileDB is a native PostgreSQL client for iPhone and Apple Watch. Connect straight to any Postgres database — over TLS or an in-app SSH tunnel — and browse, query, chart and edit your data from anywhere. Ask questions in plain English and get answers. No backend, no account: credentials stay in the iOS Keychain and data travels only between your device and your servers. TRY IT INSTANTLY • Tap "Try the Demo" for a built-in sample database — no account, server or setup CONNECT YOUR WAY • Paste a connection URL from Supabase, Neon, Railway, Render, Heroku or AWS • Passwords and SSH keys secured in the Keychain • TLS (require, verify, self-signed) and built-in SSH tunneling with host-key pinning BROWSE • Schema → table → row navigation with search • Schema Map: every table and foreign key in an interactive diagram • Data grid with sorting, filters and foreign-key jumps • JSON/JSONB values as a collapsible tree ASK AI • Ask "how many users signed up this week?" and get the number, a table or a chart. Queries run read-only and time-limited; anything that changes data is never run automatically • "Hey Siri, ask MobileDB…" — spoken answers on your phone and watch, and in Shortcuts • Build dashboard widgets and new rows from a sentence • Free and private with Apple Intelligence — the on-device model runs on your phone • Or bring your own key for any OpenAI-compatible provider. Only your schema and question are sent — no row data unless you allow it QUERY & EDIT • SQL editor with syntax highlighting and autocomplete • Charts, history, saved queries, CSV/JSON export • Type-aware row editor: insert, update, duplicate and delete by primary key DASHBOARDS • "Build me a dashboard": MobileDB finds users, orders and revenue and proposes cards, each checked against your data • Guided cards (totals, trends, breakdowns) or custom SQL, with trends vs the previous period • Share any card or dashboard as a polished image WIDGETS, ALERTS & WATCH • Dashboard metrics on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and Apple Watch • Daily digest: yesterday's key numbers each morning • Alerts when a metric crosses a threshold or jumps or drops • Live Activities: pin a metric to the Lock Screen; long queries show in the Dynamic Island with a Stop button • Always read-only, and only for connections you allow WORK SAFELY IN PRODUCTION • Tag connections as Development, Staging or Production, with an always-on red banner • Read-only sessions, and a guard before UPDATE/DELETE without WHERE, TRUNCATE, DROP or ALTER • Privacy mode hides emails, phone numbers and names for screen-sharing • Users & permissions: roles, grants, who can write to each table, and RLS policies • Optional Face ID lock Find saved queries, dashboards and tables from Spotlight. MobileDB collects no analytics, shows no ads and has no servers of its own.

Screenshots

SymbolCraft4 screens
MobileDB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MobileDB at none against SymbolCraft's 1. MobileDB also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. SymbolCraft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MobileDB asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SymbolCraft ships an update every 2 months, MobileDB daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SymbolCraft versus MobileDB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSymbolCraftMobileDB
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRemi HerbietRinat Maltsev

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SymbolCraft

One-time1
  • SymbolCraft Pro$14.99
None

MobileDB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SymbolCraft free?
SymbolCraft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MobileDB free?
MobileDB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SymbolCraft or MobileDB have ads?
Neither SymbolCraft nor MobileDB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SymbolCraft or MobileDB?
SymbolCraft ships an update every 2 months, and MobileDB daily. Most recently, SymbolCraft was updated on October 25, 2026 and MobileDB on October 31, 2026.

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