Comparison

GitVault vs CodeSSH

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

Head to head
About

GitVault

Access and read your GitHub Markdown files offline with a clean interface. Supports Obsidian compatibility, table of contents, and full-text search. Securely stores GitHub tokens locally.

Highlights
  • Browse and read GitHub Markdown files
  • Obsidian compatibility (wikilinks, callouts, tags)
  • Table of Contents for navigation
  • Full-text search
  • Offline reading
  • Light & Dark themes with adjustable font size
Features
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Read your GitHub Markdown files on iPhone — fast, clean, and offline-ready. GitVault syncs Markdown files from any GitHub repository and gives you a beautiful reading experience on the go. Perfect for developers, writers, and knowledge workers who use Git-based note systems like Obsidian. FEATURES - Browse and read Markdown files from public or private GitHub repos - Obsidian-compatible: wikilinks, callout blocks, tags, and YAML frontmatter - Table of Contents for quick navigation within documents - Full-text search across all your files - Offline reading — files are cached locally - Light & Dark theme with adjustable font size - Secure — GitHub tokens stored in iOS Keychain UPGRADE TO PRO The free version supports 1 repository. Unlock unlimited repositories and sorting options with a one-time Pro purchase.

About

CodeSSH

Features
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CodeSSH is a native code editor and IDE for iPhone and iPad. A Git engine,SSH and SFTP, four languages that run on the device, an assistant that can work entirely offline, and an issue tracker built into the project. EDITOR - Multiple cursors, code folding, sticky scroll, inlay hints, rainbow brackets and typewriter mode - Find and replace with regular expressions; project-wide search with a glob filter and multi-file replace - Rename a symbol across the project, sort imports, format and clean up - Around sixty line operations — sorting, case conversion, alignment, reflow, dedupe - Split editor, Zen Mode, saved tab sessions, draft recovery after a crash - HEX editor. RUNS ON THE DEVICE - JavaScript, Swift, Python and Java all execute locally. No network, no server - Run console with stdin, history, benchmarking and saved expected output - Jupyter notebooks against a persistent Python session - Live web preview over a local server, with an option to serve to your Wi-Fi SOURCE CONTROL - A real embedded Git engine, not a wrapper around a hosted API - Stage by file, by hunk, or by a single line - Merge, rebase including interactive, cherry-pick, revert, stash and tags - History with search, commit graph, blame in the gutter and bisect - Pull requests and issues on GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket - Credential profiles with tokens or SSH keys, every secret in the Keychain CONNECTIONS AND TERMINAL - SSH, SFTP, Telnet and WebDAV - A full terminal emulator with true colour, tabs, split panes and mouse tracking - Password, SSH key, saved identity and keyboard-interactive two-factor auth - Host keys pinned on first use, with a review screen when one changes - Jump hosts, proxies, port forwarding including SOCKS5 - SFTP browser with transfers, permissions, checksums and Deploy Project Here - API request composer with collections, environments, GraphQL and cURL import ASSISTANT - Run a model on your own hardware. Or connect any endpoint, including local servers - Nothing leaves the device for a local model. AUTO-BUILD AGENT - Give it a goal. It plans a backlog from your file tree, then works task by task - Edits files in place, verifies, and commits each step so any of them can be reverted - Round limits, spend caps and a thermal pause keep a run bounded - The plan survives a relaunch, and runs continue while you are in another app ISSUES - A tracker inside the project, from Triage through to Done - Cycles with burn-up and velocity, milestones, SLAs, sub-issues and a roadmap - Round-trips to GitHub, starts a branch from an issue, closes when the PR merges - Reachable from Spotlight, from the terminal and from the assistant MADE YOURS - 300+ built-in themes, or import a .tmTheme, .xccolortheme or JSON theme - Pair a light theme with a dark one and follow the system between them - Any font you own, with a programming-ligatures toggle - Fully remappable shortcuts with CodeSSH, Xcode-like and VS Code-like presets BUILT FOR THE SYSTEM - Multiple windows on iPad for two files side by side. Split View for iPad and iPhone. - 17 App Intents for Siri and Shortcuts, quick actions and deep links - Face ID lock and an encrypted vault for connections, identities and keys - VoiceOver with spoken indentation, Dynamic Type override, Reduce Motion PRIVACY Everything runs on your device or on a host you configured yourself. Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: https://www.codessh.com/privacy https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

GitVault4 screens
CodeSSH4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: GitVault at Free against CodeSSH's $4.99. GitVault also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). CodeSSH's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

GitVault is free to download; CodeSSH costs $4.99 up front. GitVault sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CodeSSH asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
GitVault versus CodeSSH: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGitVaultCodeSSH
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB273 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKengo AsakaBlakzero Oy

In-app purchases

1 purchases

GitVault

One-time1
  • GitVault Pro$4.99
None

CodeSSH

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GitVault free?
GitVault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CodeSSH free?
CodeSSH costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do GitVault or CodeSSH have ads?
Neither GitVault nor CodeSSH shows ads.

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