Comparison

Vikunja Client vs NAS Guard

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

Head to head
About

Vikunja Client

Manage your tasks and projects seamlessly on iPhone and iPad with this unofficial client for Vikunja. Organize your life, collaborate with your team, and stay on track with due dates and reminders, all while syncing with your own server.

Highlights
  • Task creation and organization
  • List and project structuring
  • Due dates and reminders
  • Recurring task setup
  • Team collaboration
  • Cloud sync with own server
  • Offline support
Features
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Vikunja Client is an unofficial client for Vikunja, made for your own server. Manage your tasks and projects seamlessly on iPhone and iPad. Vikunja iOS brings the power of the popular open-source to-do platform straight to your iPhone. Organize your life, manage projects, and collaborate with your team — all in an elegant, native iOS app. KEY FEATURES: • Task Management – create, edit, and organize tasks with an intuitive interface • Lists & Projects – structure your work into clear lists and complex projects • Due Dates & Reminders – set deadlines and get notified in time • Recurring Tasks – daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or custom repeats • Priorities & Sorting – focus on what matters with priorities and flexible sorting • Team Collaboration – share lists and projects with colleagues and friends • Cloud Sync – seamless synchronization with your own Vikunja server • Offline Support – keep working even without an internet connection, with automatic sync when you're back online • Dark Mode – full support for light and dark appearances PRIVACY & SECURITY: Your data belongs to you. All information is stored securely on your own Vikunja server. The app collects no personal data, uses no tracking, and fully respects your privacy. A NATIVE iOS EXPERIENCE: • Optimized for iPhone and iOS • Fast performance and fluid animations • Local reminders to keep you on track • Haptic feedback for a natural feel • Biometric app lock (Face ID / Touch ID) VIKUNJA SERVER REQUIRED: IMPORTANT: This app requires a working Vikunja server. You need access to a Vikunja instance (self-hosted or via a provider). Don't have a Vikunja server yet? • Visit vikunja.io for setup information • Use one of the available hosting providers • Install Vikunja on your own server

About

NAS Guard

Monitor and control your TrueNAS SCALE server remotely from your iPhone. View live system status, storage health, and receive real-time alerts. An optional in-app purchase unlocks advanced control features.

Highlights
  • Live system monitoring dashboard
  • Storage pool and dataset status
  • Real-time alert notifications
  • Remote control of services and tasks
  • Snapshot creation and deletion
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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NAS Guard – keep an eye on your TrueNAS, right from your iPhone. NAS Guard connects to your TrueNAS server over the encrypted WebSocket API (JSON-RPC) and shows your system's status and health clearly and in real time. MONITORING (free) - Dashboard: CPU, RAM, network throughput, load - Pools & datasets: capacity, status, scrub state - Disks: health, temperatures, ZFS errors (read/write/checksum) - Disk health forecast: drive health trend - Apps/containers, VMs and services: running status - View data protection: snapshots, Cloud Sync, Replication, Rsync, TrueCloud, Cron - Shares: SMB, NFS, iSCSI, NVMe-oF - Security & certificates, network interfaces, UPS - Your NAS system alerts FILES & PREVIEW (free) - Browse your NAS file system folder by folder, with size and modification date, folders first, and pull-to-refresh. - Rich Quick Look preview: photos (JPEG, PNG, GIF, HEIC, WebP, TIFF, BMP), PDF, plain text and code (JSON, XML, YAML, shell, Python, Swift, JS/TS, SQL and more) and office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pages, Numbers, Keynote). - Built-in audio player (MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, M4A and more) with a live spectrum and waveform visualizer. - Video: MP4, MOV and M4V play directly (stream-optimized files stream without a full download). DO MORE WITH THE OPTIONAL AGENT (free, self-hosted) The NAS Guard Agent is a small container you install on your TrueNAS in one tap – just pick a pool and a port, no shell or compose editing. It keeps itself up to date automatically and adds: - Real-time alerts: get notified about outages and important events even when the app can't reach your NAS directly – faster and more reliable than background polling. - Live Activities (Control Pack): follow long-running jobs (scrub, resilver, replication, Cloud Sync, Rsync) live on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, updated in the background even when the app is closed. - Full media streaming: play video of any size instantly with no download, and open containers Apple can't handle natively (MKV, AVI and more) via on-the-fly HLS remux – with hardware-accelerated transcoding on Intel/AMD GPUs when available. - Runs entirely on your own NAS. IN-APP PURCHASES – honest and transparent Free: - 1 server profile - Full read/monitoring feature set, files & preview, and the optional agent Unlimited Servers (one-time purchase): - As many server profiles as you like - Background monitoring of all servers (free: only the selected one) Control Pack (one-time purchase) – unlocks all control features: - Power: shut down, reboot and wake your NAS via Wake-on-LAN - Apps/containers: start, stop, redeploy, update (single & all) - VMs: start, stop, restart - Services: start/stop - Pools: start/stop scrub - Datasets: create, edit, delete, lock/unlock - Shares: create and enable/disable (SMB, NFS, iSCSI, NVMe-oF) - Data protection: run/abort/toggle Snapshot, Cloud Sync, Replication, Rsync, TrueCloud and Cron tasks - Live Activities (with paired agent) - AI assistant: ask questions about your NAS – fully on-device via Apple Intelligence, no cloud Tip (optional): small, medium or large support for development. Unlocks no features. GOOD TO KNOW - Without the Control Pack the app is fully usable read-only – you won't control anything by accident. - Wake-on-LAN must be enabled on your NAS first (BIOS/UEFI + network card) and only works on your local network, not remotely. - The AI assistant requires an Apple Intelligence-capable device with Apple Intelligence enabled. - All purchases are one-time – no subscriptions. NAS Guard is an independent project and is not affiliated with iXsystems or TrueNAS.

Screenshots

Vikunja Client4 screens
NAS Guard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NAS Guard at 4.9 against Vikunja Client's 4.2. NAS Guard also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Vikunja Client's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. NAS Guard sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Vikunja Client asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NAS Guard holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Vikunja Client's written reviews are positive against 100% of NAS Guard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vikunja Client ships an update monthly, NAS Guard every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Vikunja Client versus NAS Guard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVikunja ClientNAS Guard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (9 ratings)4.9 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings99
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNoel MayrHans Renz

Customer experience

Vikunja Client

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

NAS Guard

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Vikunja Client

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

NAS Guard

One-time5
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Unbegrenzte Server$0.99
  • Control Pack$0.99
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  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$3.99

Questions

Is Vikunja Client free?
Vikunja Client is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NAS Guard free?
NAS Guard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Vikunja Client or NAS Guard?
NAS Guard is rated higher. Vikunja Client averages 4.2 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while NAS Guard averages 4.9 from 9 ratings.
Do Vikunja Client or NAS Guard have ads?
Neither Vikunja Client nor NAS Guard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vikunja Client or NAS Guard?
Vikunja Client ships an update monthly, and NAS Guard every 2 days. Most recently, Vikunja Client was updated on November 5, 2026 and NAS Guard on October 30, 2026.

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