NativeLab vs PVE Admin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NativeLab
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NativeLab is a native GitLab client for your phone. Browse projects, triage issues, and review merge requests — all from a clean, fast interface designed for mobile. PROJECTS • Browse all your GitLab projects with search and filters • View project details: stars, forks, languages, milestones • Quick access to starred projects ISSUES • Filter issues by state, labels, and sort order • Full issue details with descriptions, labels, and assignees • Read and post comments • Track milestones, due dates, and time spent MERGE REQUESTS • Review MRs with full descriptions and diff viewer • See pipeline status, branch info, and conflict warnings • Browse code changes file by file • Read and post review comments CUSTOMIZABLE • 7 themes: Midnight, Dracula, Nord, OLED Black, Light, Solarized, Tangerine • 3 text sizes • 6 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish WORKS EVERYWHERE • Connects to gitlab.com or any self-hosted GitLab instance • Secure OAuth authentication • Try the app with built-in demo mode — no account needed Built for developers who want a real native GitLab experience on mobile.
PVE Admin
Manage your Proxmox VE cluster from your iPhone or iPad. Monitor nodes, VMs, and containers, access their consoles, and manage backups and storage. Receive push notifications for cluster events.
- Cluster dashboard
- VM/container management
- Integrated console
- Snapshot and backup management
- Storage browsing
- Task tracking
- Push notifications
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PVE Admin puts your Proxmox VE cluster in your pocket. Monitor and manage your nodes, virtual machines, and containers from iPhone and iPad — wherever you are. FEATURES • Dashboard — cluster health at a glance: nodes online, running guests, CPU and memory load. • Virtual machines & containers — start, stop, reboot, shut down, create, clone, migrate, and delete, with live CPU, memory, disk, and network charts. • In-app console — a real terminal to containers and nodes, a graphical console for VMs, no SSH client needed. • Snapshots & backups — create and roll back snapshots, run and schedule backups, and restore. • Live Activities — backup, restore, clone, migrate, and downloads with progress on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. • Widget — nodes, running guests, and load on the Home Screen without opening the app. • Network configuration — edit bridges, VLAN tags, IP, gateway, and firewall per interface. • Node maintenance — check and install available package updates, services, disks with SMART data, and ZFS pools. • System log — follow a node's journal live. • Storage — browse storages, ISOs, templates, disks, and backups; download and clean up. • Tasks — follow cluster tasks with live, streaming logs. • Pending-reboot indicator — see exactly which config changes are waiting for a restart. • Access management — users, groups, roles, permissions, API tokens, realms, and two-factor. • Firewall, resource pools, high availability, and replication. • Push notifications — cluster events by severity, including finished backups and available updates. SECURITY & PRIVACY • Certificate pinning, API-token or ticket login, and TOTP two-factor authentication. • Face ID / Touch ID app lock. • Anonymous, opt-out usage analytics — no account, no tracking. PVE Admin is not affiliated with Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PVE Admin at fortnightly against NativeLab's every 2 months. NativeLab's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NativeLab ships an update every 2 months, PVE Admin fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NativeLab | PVE Admin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Altug Sogutoglu | apply IT UG (haftungsbeschraenkt) |
In-app purchases
NativeLab
No in-app purchases
PVE Admin
No in-app purchases





