Comparison

Flap Unraid vs Bosun

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

Head to head
About

Flap Unraid

Monitor and manage your Unraid NAS from anywhere. Check server status, disk health, and control Docker containers and VMs in real-time. Receive instant alerts to keep your data safe.

Highlights
  • Real-time status monitoring
  • Disk health management
  • Docker & VM control
  • Instant notifications
  • Multi-device support
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Flap Unraid is a high-performance NAS management tool purpose-built for Unraid users. No need to boot up your PC—now you can monitor and manage your NAS arrays, Docker containers, and VMs anytime, anywhere. Put the power of your HomeLab right at your fingertips. Key Features: Real-time Status Monitoring: Get an instant overview of CPU load, memory usage, UPS status, and array health. Disk Health Management: Monitor temperature, operational status, and SMART health data for every drive in real-time. Docker & VM Control: Start or stop Docker containers and virtual machines with a single tap. Launch Docker WebUIs instantly with one click. Instant Notifications: Stay informed with critical alert push notifications to ensure your data stays safe and sound. Multi-Device Support: Effortlessly manage and quickly switch between multiple Unraid servers.

About

Bosun

Features
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Bosun is a native iOS and iPadOS control panel for servers running TrueNAS SCALE or Unraid — not just dashboards, but the actual control panel. Pools, apps, virtual machines, shares, users, snapshots, every action the web UI offers, made for touch and built for your pocket. It talks to your server directly, over TrueNAS's WebSocket API or Unraid's built-in API. No middle-man cloud, no Bosun account, no tracking — the app connects straight to your own server, and nothing you do leaves it. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Dashboard — live CPU, memory, network and disk I/O with rolling sparklines, pool health, days until each pool is full, alerts, jobs and a security posture score, all at a glance. Tap a tile for ten minutes of history. • Monitors — your own thresholds (pool capacity, disk temperature, a stopped service, an overdue scrub…) with a notification the moment one fires. • Storage — pools with a topology map of every vdev and disk, datasets with the details the web UI shows, capacity trends, and a long-press to start, pause or stop a scrub. • Apps — live CPU and memory per app; start, stop, update and roll back; browse the catalog with a full preview before you install. • Instances — virtual machines and containers, with live state while the screen is open. • Data protection — snapshot and scrub schedules you can edit, replication and cloud-sync status, and snapshots you can browse, hold, roll back or clean up. • Health & Security — two dozen read-only checks that name what needs attention, from pool redundancy to passwordless sudo. • Alerts — dismiss or snooze, and set up instant push through TrueNAS's own alert services (Telegram, Slack, PagerDuty…) with a test button. • Reporting — CPU, memory, network, load and temperature history from an hour to a month; pinch to zoom, compare with the previous period. ON UNRAID • Array — capacity, every parity, data and cache disk with temperatures, and parity checks you can start, pause or cancel, with their history. • Docker — every container's state; start, stop, restart, pause and update. • VMs — start, pause, resume, stop and force stop. • Notifications, shares, disks and UPS, plus the same widgets, Apple Watch app, monitors and Control Mode. BUILT FOR iOS Tab-bar and iPad split-view layouts, pull-to-refresh, search, haptics, Live Activities that track a long job to completion, and Siri shortcuts ("Is my NAS healthy?"). Seven widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy — storage per pool, alerts, apps, performance, monitors, server status, and a glance you configure. An Apple Watch app with six pages and three complications. Multiple servers you switch between in a tap, reachable at home or away from the same profile — or try a built-in sample server (TrueNAS or Unraid) before you connect anything. SECURE BY DEFAULT Every change asks for Face ID or your passcode first — Control Mode — and locks itself again after a few minutes so nothing changes by accident. API keys live only in the iOS keychain, and Bosun pins your server's certificate on first connect and refuses a changed one. Bosun is free to use, with no ads, accounts, subscriptions or tracking. Everything that keeps your server safe and visible stays free. An optional one-time Bosun Plus purchase adds more than three servers, Fleet health and drift, a weekly report, a year of history with CSV export, quiet hours with a daily digest, and alternate icons and accents. Family Sharing is on. In English, Portuguese, Spanish, German and French. Bosun needs a server you already run: TrueNAS SCALE 25.04 or newer, or Unraid 7.2 or newer. Bosun is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by iXsystems, Inc. or Lime Technology, Inc. TrueNAS® is a registered trademark of iXsystems, Inc. Unraid® is a registered trademark of Lime Technology, Inc.

Screenshots

Flap Unraid4 screens
Bosun4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flap Unraid at none against Bosun's 1. Flap Unraid also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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. Bosun sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flap Unraid asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Flap Unraid versus Bosun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlap UnraidBosun
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer书鑫 江Andre Vidal

In-app purchases

None

Flap Unraid

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bosun

One-time1
  • Bosun Plus$3.99

Questions

Is Flap Unraid free?
Flap Unraid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bosun free?
Bosun is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flap Unraid or Bosun have ads?
Neither Flap Unraid nor Bosun shows ads.

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