Comparison

GitGrid vs Raven

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

Head to head
About

GitGrid

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GitGrid is the companion app for the GitGrid LED display, a physical 64x32 LED matrix that shows your GitHub contribution graph in real time. No accounts. No subscriptions. No cloud services. Just plug in, pair, and go. FEATURES โ€ข Guided step-by-step setup โ€” pair, configure WiFi, set your username, done โ€ข Bluetooth Low Energy pairing โ€” no captive portals or serial consoles โ€ข WiFi network scanner โ€” pick your network from a list, no typing SSIDs โ€ข GitHub username validation โ€” confirms your profile exists before sending to the device, with avatar preview โ€ข Show/hide password toggle for easy WiFi entry โ€ข Device status & diagnostics โ€” see WiFi signal strength, last data refresh, and error details โ€ข Human-readable error messages โ€” "WiFi password incorrect," "Username not found," with suggested fixes โ€ข Reconfigure anytime โ€” change your WiFi or GitHub username without starting over โ€ข Auto-reconnect โ€” the app remembers your device and reconnects when in range โ€ข Dark mode support โ€” matches your system theme WHAT IS GITGRID? GitGrid is a physical LED display for developers who want to show off their GitHub contribution history as a living piece of desk or wall art. The display auto-refreshes throughout the day so your latest commits always appear. No GitHub login or token required, just your public username. REQUIREMENTS โ€ข A GitGrid LED display (sold separately) โ€ข Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) capable device โ€ข 2.4GHz WiFi network โ€ข A public GitHub profile

About

Raven

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Hidden messages in plain sight. Raven is a cryptographic tool that seals your secrets on a public blockchain, not inside your text. Write something private, seal it for one specific person, and Raven hands you back a normal-looking sentence โ€” a caption, a comment, a text โ€” that quietly signals a message is waiting. Post it anywhere. To everyone else, it's just a post. To the person with the right key, it's a signal. WHY RAVEN IS DIFFERENT Most private tools protect what you say. But anyone watching can still see THAT you're talking โ€” and who you talk to, when, and how often becomes a kind of message in itself. Raven doesn't show up on that map. There's no traffic between you and your recipient at all โ€” just a public post that happens to mean something to one person. NO ACCOUNTS, NOTHING TO LEAK - No signup, no email, no phone number, no name. - Your keys are generated on your device and live in the iOS Keychain, behind Face ID or your passcode. - Your secrets are sealed on your device with end-to-end encryption before anything touches a network. - No analytics, no tracking, no ads. We couldn't read your ravens if we wanted to โ€” there's no place in the system where that information exists. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add the key of the person you want to reach โ€” scan their QR code or paste their key. 2. Write your secret. Raven seals it on-chain and gives you an ordinary carrier sentence. 3. Post or send the carrier anywhere you already talk. 4. They scan it in Raven and the secret unseals on their device โ€” where only they can see it. A NOTE ON HONESTY, BECAUSE IT'S EARLY Raven is young and improving fast. Ravens are ephemeral by design โ€” the retrievable copy is cleared after a limited window, so Raven is not an archive and makes no durability promises. Keep your own copy of anything you need to keep. And there is no password recovery: your keys exist only on your device, so export a backup. If you lose both, no one โ€” including us โ€” can recover them. ZERO TOLERANCE Raven is for lawful communication between consenting people. Our Terms state zero tolerance for objectionable content or abusive behavior. You can block any key, dismiss any raven, and report abuse from inside the app โ€” reports go to a monitored inbox and we act within 24 hours. Questions, gaps, or something that doesn't work: support@oara.ai Every raven carries a secret. Send yours.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: GitGrid at 15.1 against Raven's 17.0. On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
GitGrid versus Raven: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGitGridRaven
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 months
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Devicesโ€”iPhone โ€” better
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size36 MB8 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJustin TerryWilliam Hieber

In-app purchases

None

GitGrid

No in-app purchases

None

Raven

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GitGrid free?
GitGrid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Raven free?
Raven is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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