Comparison

Forji vs Dandelion

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

Head to head
About

Forji

A native iOS client for self-hosted Git services, allowing users to browse repositories, manage issues and pull requests, and review code directly from their iPhone. It supports connecting to any Forgejo instance and offers features like syntax highlighting and secure credential storage.

Highlights
  • Connect to any Forgejo instance
  • Browse repositories and files
  • Manage issues and pull requests
  • Review code with inline diffs
  • Merge pull requests
  • Manage notifications
  • Support for multiple accounts
Features
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Forji is a native iOS client for Forgejo, the self-hosted Git service. Browse repositories, manage issues and pull requests, review code, and stay on top of notifications — all from your iPhone. Features: - Connect to any Forgejo instance, including self-hosted servers with self-signed certificates - Browse repositories, files, and README previews with syntax highlighting - Create, edit, and manage issues with labels, milestones, and assignees - Review pull requests with inline diffs - Merge pull requests directly from the app - View and manage notifications - Support for multiple Forgejo accounts - Secure credential storage using the iOS Keychain - Light and dark mode support

About

Dandelion

This app allows you to chat with AI models, generate images, browse the web, and perform various tasks using a wide array of tools. It offers offline capabilities and integrates with various AI providers, with an optional subscription for enhanced features.

Highlights
  • AI chat with multiple providers
  • Image and video generation
  • Live web browsing
  • Offline AI model support
  • 280+ integrated tools
  • Human Work board for tasks
  • Durable agent creation
Features
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Dandelion is an agent desk for your iPhone. Open it and it works: the free built-in provider needs no key. CHAT Talk to a model straight away. Dandelion ships with a free built-in provider, so there is nothing to sign up for and nothing to pay. Bring your own key from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Groq, Mistral, OpenRouter, Together or xAI if you would rather — or point it at Ollama or LM Studio on your own machine, and those chats stay on your network. Before your words go to any cloud provider for the first time, Dandelion names the company about to receive them, and waits. 280+ TOOLS Your agent can do things, not just talk. It generates images, runs cited deep research, browses the live web with a real browser, remembers what matters, checks its mail, and reaches for whichever of 280+ tools the moment calls for. Results land in the conversation as pictures, video and voice. Your API keys are never shown to the AI model. STUDIO Portrait Studio: pick a photo, describe a scene, and get yourself back somewhere else. Free, five a day. Add your own key and generate images, video and voice too. AGENT Plant a durable agent on the WingMan gateway: claim a handle once, and resume your whole self — identity, memory, mail, persona — in a single call. Change its persona and it talks differently on the very next message. Set a watch and it tells you when something happens. Delete it and its identity, memory, mail, posts and credits are removed from the gateway; public directory listings and some request logs are kept. DISCOVER Templates your agent can run end to end, and a searchable directory of about 1,200 listings — tools, MCP servers, skills and agents. — Free to use. No ads. Keys and secrets live in the Keychain. Chats with your own provider key go straight from your phone to that provider. Chats with the free built-in model, and all agent tools, run through our server, which keeps a log of requests tied to your agent handle, plus short-lived system logs that can include message text for up to 7 days. Portrait photos are sent to a third-party generation service only after you agree. Dandelion Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription, $2.99 per month, that removes the daily cap on identity portraits. The five free portraits a day stay free, always, and every other feature in Dandelion remains free. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://help.wingmanprotocol.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Forji4 screens
Dandelion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Forji at none against Dandelion's 1. Forji also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1). Dandelion's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). 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. Dandelion sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Forji asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dandelion holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Forji has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forji ships an update every 2 weeks, Dandelion fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Forji versus Dandelion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForjiDandelion
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperStefan HausotteDonald Proctor

Customer experience

Forji

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Dandelion

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Forji

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dandelion

Subscriptions1
  • Dandelion Pro$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Forji free?
Forji is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dandelion free?
Dandelion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Forji or Dandelion?
Dandelion is rated higher. Forji averages 4.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Dandelion averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Forji or Dandelion have ads?
Neither Forji nor Dandelion shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Forji or Dandelion?
Forji ships an update every 2 weeks, and Dandelion fortnightly. Most recently, Forji was updated on October 31, 2026 and Dandelion on October 25, 2026.

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