Comparison

CheckWatch vs Grit for GitLab

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

Head to head
About

CheckWatch

Features
Read full description

CheckWatch is the iOS companion for CheckMK that helps you stay on top of incidents without exposing your monitoring server to the public internet. Receive push notifications for host and service problems, scan a QR code to pair with your CheckMK setup, and review your monitoring state directly from your device. CheckWatch is built for admins, operators, and on-call engineers who need fast signal without unnecessary complexity. What you can do with CheckWatch: - Get real-time push notifications for CheckMK alerts - Keep your CheckMK server behind your firewall by using a secure relay - Pair a device quickly with QR-code setup - View hosts, services, and recent notification history in the app - Acknowledge problems and manage downtime from mobile - Configure quiet hours so alerts stay silent when you are off-call - Use it with CheckMK Raw, Enterprise, Cloud, and MSP editions How it works: 1. Install the CheckWatch plugin on your CheckMK server. 2. Purchase a subscription in the app to activate alert delivery. 3. Scan the pairing QR code from CheckMK. 4. Start receiving alerts on your device. Privacy comes first. CheckWatch does not use analytics or advertising SDKs, and it does not collect your CheckMK credentials. Only the minimum data needed for push delivery and subscription validation is processed. CheckWatch requires a CheckMK server that you manage and the CheckWatch plugin installed on that server. Terms of Use: https://checkwatch.nl/terms Privacy Policy: https://checkwatch.nl/privacy

About

Grit for GitLab

Features
Read full description

Grit for Gitlab is a native client for accessing GitLab on the go. Browse GitLab source repositories anytime, anywhere as long as you've got an internet connection. Grit visualizes your source code repositories, MRs, build pipelines, and review discussions in a beautiful UI that adapts with accessibility features in the app settings and the modern Liquid Glass interface(s). Grit is entirely open-sourced, available freely for auditing, forking, or contributing to help make the GitLab community better together! Grit was built with love to help bring the power of GitLab making GitLab more accessible to everyone. That being said, Grit for GitLab contains a number of useful features and functions to help you be productive on the go. From within this app, you have the functionality to: - Browse Public GitLab repositories - Browse your personal GitLab repositories - Merge open merge requests - Comment on Issues and open merge requests - Create new Issues - Mark issues as complete - View build pipelines (latest and historic) for repos that you have access to - View user profiles and contributor profiles for repositories - Follow other users, and view ongoing activity within Gitlab and projects you care about Grit for Gitlab is entirely and 100% free to use was you'd like. There is a tip jar, but please do not feel pressured, unless you want to contribute to development in that way. In any case, thank you for your support and I sincerely hope this app will be helpful to you and your everyday projects. Finally, Grit has been built with Apple's latest Foundation models included. This feature is entirely optional, disabled by default. When enabled, however, will provide you with an easily summonable assistant to help with summarising repositories, ask questions about source code, and summarise MRs that maybe are a bit challenging to understand. Note that this feature in particular is still a little experimental, and continual improvement to the hooks for the foundation models to work are still being worked on!

Screenshots

CheckWatch4 screens
Grit for GitLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grit for GitLab at none against CheckWatch's 2. Grit for GitLab also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.4). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. CheckWatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Grit for GitLab asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 3 level
CheckWatch versus Grit for GitLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheckWatchGrit for GitLab
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.418.6 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size3 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJaap-Jan GroenendijkNathaniel Bunch

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CheckWatch

Subscriptions2
  • Push Notifications Monthly$2.491 Month
  • Push Notifications Yearly$29.991 Year
None

Grit for GitLab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CheckWatch free?
CheckWatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grit for GitLab free?
Grit for GitLab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CheckWatch or Grit for GitLab have ads?
Neither CheckWatch nor Grit for GitLab shows ads.

Other comparisons