Comparison

Grafium vs DockTrace

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

Head to head
About

Grafium

Features
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Grafium opens the dashboards and alerts from your self-hosted Grafana® on iPhone. Panels are drawn with native iOS charts, and the app only reads data: it never edits your dashboards or alert rules. • Time series, stat, gauge, bar chart, table, heatmap, logs, state timeline, geomap and other panels keep the colors, units and thresholds from the dashboard. • Change dashboard variables, pick a time range and turn on auto-refresh. • Open a panel full screen and drag across the chart to read exact values. • See firing and pending alert rules first, with their instances and labels, and open the panel behind an alert. • Pin the dashboards you check often and search across folders. • Add several servers. Sign in with an API token, username and password, LDAP, JWT, auth proxy or SSO, or connect anonymously. GRAFIUM PRO • Instant Alerts: a Time Sensitive notification the moment an alert fires, quietly replaced when it resolves. Needs Grafana 12 or later; one tap sets up the Grafium contact point on your server. • Widgets: a panel's value or chart and your firing alerts on the Home Screen, the Lock Screen and in StandBy, plus a Grafium Alerts button in Control Center. Widgets refresh about every 15–60 minutes, as iOS allows, and always show when they were last updated. Grafium Pro is an auto-renewable subscription, monthly or annual, with a free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://znhv.dev/grafium/terms Privacy Policy: https://znhv.dev/grafium/privacy Grafium has no account of its own, no tracking and no ads. Tokens and passwords stay in the iOS Keychain, and showing a saved one takes Face ID or your passcode. To look around first, tap Try Demo on the first screen. It connects to a public demo server with live dashboards and alerts. Requires Grafana 9 or later, reachable over HTTPS with a trusted certificate. Self-signed certificates are not supported. The Grafana Labs Marks are trademarks of Grafana Labs, and are used with Grafana Labs’ permission. We are not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Grafana Labs or its affiliates.

About

DockTrace

Features
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Understand container trouble. In seconds. DockTrace brings your self-hosted Dozzle server to your iPhone: the status of every container, live logs and grouped errors – native, fast and without detouring through the web interface. THE BIG PICTURE IN SECONDS • Overview of all servers, containers that need attention and the latest incidents • Container list with search, server filter, favourites and states • Several Dozzle servers in one app LIVE LOGS • Logs in real time with search and level filter • Pauses as soon as you scroll up and shows how many new lines have arrived • Copy single lines or select several SHARE WITHOUT SECRETS (NEW) • Filtered lines, a selection or the last few minutes as text, Markdown, a .log, NDJSON or ZIP file • Container, host, server and time range in the header – ready for tickets, chats and AI apps • Passwords, tokens and e-mail addresses are masked automatically first INCIDENTS, NOT RAW OUTPUT • Similar errors are grouped automatically, with severity, frequency and last occurrence • Share an incident report with a log excerpt around the latest occurrences AI ANALYSIS • Explains errors and suggests next steps • On device with Apple Intelligence or with your own key for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google or Mistral • Asks before first sending anything to a cloud provider and masks secrets ALERTS • Create and manage alert rules and webhooks for Dozzle 10 and later right from your iPhone YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • Logs only travel between your server and your device • Credentials and API keys live in the Keychain, on this device only • App lock with Face ID – the app switcher then shows no logs • HTTPS is tried first TRY IT WITHOUT A SERVER • Demo mode shows DockTrace with sample data DOCKTRACE PRO Download for free and try every Pro feature for 7 days: multiple servers, themes, AI analysis, app lock, alerts and log sharing. Good to know — DockTrace is an independent client and not an official product of the Dozzle project. It requires your own self-hosted Dozzle server and does not include a server of its own. About the project: https://github.com/amir20/dozzle DockTrace Pro is a one-time purchase – no subscription, no automatic renewal. Purchases can be restored in the app. Terms of use (Apple's standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Grafium4 screens
DockTrace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DockTrace at none against Grafium's 2. DockTrace also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Grafium sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. DockTrace asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Grafium versus DockTrace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrafiumDockTrace
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.018.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoris ZhenikhovSven Uwe Hanold

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Grafium

Subscriptions2
  • Grafium Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Grafium Pro Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

DockTrace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grafium free?
Grafium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DockTrace free?
DockTrace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grafium or DockTrace have ads?
Neither Grafium nor DockTrace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grafium or DockTrace?
Grafium ships an update every 3 weeks, and DockTrace every 3 weeks. Most recently, Grafium was updated on October 30, 2026 and DockTrace on October 31, 2026.

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