Comparison

Hosty vs SkillForge

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

Head to head
About

Hosty

Features
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āŗ Turn your iPhone or iPad into a server. No cables. No extra apps. Hosty launches an HTTP server directly from your device. Any computer, tablet or phone on your Wi-Fi network can connect from a browser and access your files instantly. What can you do with it? - Transfer photos, videos and documents to your Mac or PC without cables or third-party accounts - Share an entire folder with your team in seconds - Serve a static website directly from your device - Manage your iCloud Drive files from any browser Full web-based file manager Upload, download, create folders and text files, rename, compress and decompress — all from the web interface, with drag and drop support. No subscriptions. No external servers. Your files stay on your device.

About

SkillForge

Discover and manage open-source AI agent skills for coding assistants. Browse by profession or category, with powerful search and filtering. View skill details, author information, and trust metrics before use. Works offline and prioritizes user privacy.

Highlights
  • Discover open-source AI agent skills
  • Browse by profession and category
  • Powerful keyword search and ranking
  • Filter skills by development stage
  • View author, stars, and license
  • Download SKILL.md files
  • Connect GitHub account for real-time catalog
Features
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SkillForge is a native, privacy-first app for discovering and managing open-source Agent Skills — reusable SKILL.md building blocks for AI coding agents. Updated for iOS 27.0 and macOS 27.0. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot and Gemini CLI. BROWSE BY PROFESSION • Jump straight to skills for frontend, backend, mobile, data, design, product, marketing, writing, security, legal, finance, office work and more. • Or browse by category: documents, development, creative, enterprise and productivity. POWERFUL SEARCH & RANKING • Keyword search with smart ranking by relevance and repository popularity — useful skills from trusted sources surface first. • When your local catalog has no match, results are augmented live from GitHub. FIND THE RIGHT SKILL, AND TRUST IT • Filter by development stage — Define, Plan, Build, Verify, Review, Ship — so you find skills by where you are in the work, not just what they're about. • Skill pages surface the author's own Red Flags and Verification checklists up front, quoted exactly as written, so you can judge a skill before you run it. • Maturity badges appear only when the source repository declares one. We never invent a rating. COMPLETE SKILL DETAILS • Read the author, source repository, stars, license, last-updated date and the full SKILL.md right inside the app — no need to leave. • Download the SKILL.md file with one tap, or open the original repo on GitHub. CONNECT YOUR OWN GITHUB ACCOUNT • Sign in via device authorization or paste a personal access token to fetch the freshest, fullest skill catalog in real time using your own higher rate limit. WORKS OFFLINE • The catalog and the skills you open are cached on-device, so SkillForge keeps working when GitHub is slow or unreachable. AI USAGE AT A GLANCE • Track your AI coding assistant plan and usage; sync it through your private iCloud to view remaining and total quota on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. CUSTOM SOURCES • Add any public SKILL.md by pasting its raw URL — it's fetched and classified on-device. PRIVACY-FIRST, NO SERVER OF OUR OWN • The app runs no backend and doesn't track you. Public data comes from GitHub; favorites, searches and tokens stay on your device or in your private iCloud / Keychain. English / ę—„ęœ¬čŖž / ķ•œźµ­ģ–“ / 简体中文 / 繁體中文 Ā· Light & Dark Ā· Dynamic Type & VoiceOver supported.

Screenshots

Hosty4 screens
SkillForge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: SkillForge at 4 against Hosty's 2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Hosty sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SkillForge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 7 level
Hosty versus SkillForge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHostySkillForge
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIvan OrozcoēŒ®ę…§ 陈

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hosty

One-time1
  • Hosty Pro$5.99
1 purchases

SkillForge

One-time1
  • SkillForge Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Hosty free?
Hosty is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SkillForge free?
SkillForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hosty or SkillForge have ads?
Neither Hosty nor SkillForge shows ads.

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