Comparison

goPanel vs Drover

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

Head to head
About

goPanel

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**Manage Linux servers from iPhone, iPad, and Mac β€” no browser tab, no agent, no control panel installed on your server.** goPanel connects directly over SSH and gives you a full native server control panel for managing websites, PHP, MySQL, domains, SSL, WordPress, cron jobs, firewall rules, logs, and more. A full server control panel experience in a native app β€” without cPanel or Plesk lock-in. ## NO SERVER LOCK-IN Unlike traditional hosting panels, goPanel installs **no permanent dependency layer** on your server. If you stop using the app, **your server keeps running exactly as it was**. Your websites, databases, SSL certificates, configs, and services stay intact. ## AI TERMINAL β€” YOUR SERVER EXPERT Ask things like: * β€œWhy is this server slow?” * β€œWhy is Nginx failing to start?” * β€œWhat’s using all the memory?” * β€œWhy is this site returning 502?” The AI reads your server’s live state β€” CPU, memory, disk, services, logs, and configuration β€” and explains the issue in plain English. It can also suggest safe commands you can run with one tap. No guesswork. No endless SSH digging. No copy-pasting from forums. ## WHAT YOU CAN DO ### Monitor * CPU, memory, disk, load, uptime, and service status * Real-time system overview across your servers ### Host Websites * Add and manage Apache or Nginx virtual hosts * Safe config validation before applying changes ### Manage SSL * Issue, renew, and manage Let’s Encrypt certificates * Keep all your domains secure from one place ### PHP & Web Stack * Switch PHP versions per domain * Support for PHP 7.4 through 8.4 * Multi-version PHP side-by-side installs ### Databases * Create and manage MySQL / MariaDB databases and users * Set permissions without touching the command line ### WordPress * One-tap WordPress installs * Automatic database creation and setup ### Cron Jobs * Create, edit, and manage scheduled tasks ### Firewall * Block and unblock IPs * Works with common Linux firewall setups ### Logs * View Apache, Nginx, PHP, and system logs in real time ### Terminal * Full SSH terminal built into the app * AI-assisted troubleshooting included ## WORKS WITH YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE Supports major Linux server environments including: * Ubuntu * Debian * AlmaLinux * Rocky Linux * Amazon Linux Works with: * DigitalOcean * Vultr * Linode * Hetzner * AWS * self-hosted / bare metal servers ## FRESH SERVER? GO LIVE FAST Set up a production-ready web server in minutes. goPanel can install and configure your stack automatically, including: * Apache or Nginx * PHP-FPM * MySQL or MariaDB * SSL via acme.sh ## PRIVATE BY DESIGN * Direct SSH connection to your server * Credentials stored securely in Keychain * No server agent * No account required * No tracking * No ads AI requests go through a secure proxy. Your server data is not sold or used for advertising. ## PLANS Free, Pro, and Unlimited plans available. End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Drover

Supervise AI coding agents running on your computer directly from your phone. View sessions as a chat, interact with prompts via buttons, and receive notifications when agents need your input. Connects directly via SSH with no intermediary servers.

Highlights
  • Supervise AI coding agents
  • View sessions as chat
  • Interact with prompts via buttons
  • Receive agent status notifications
  • Direct SSH connection
  • Voice dictation
  • Attach photos to agents
Features
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Drover is a mobile client for the AI coding agents you run under Herdr on your own computer. It turns them into something you can supervise from your phone. It is not a mobile terminal. Drover speaks the agent's language: it renders a running session as a readable chat, turns permission prompts into buttons you can tap, and tells you the moment an agent is waiting on you. NO SERVER IN BETWEEN Drover connects straight from your device to your own machine over SSH. There is no service in the middle. Your transcripts, your commands and your code go to your machine β€” the developer of this app cannot see them. The voice assistant is an experimental, opt-in exception: it sends to Google, not to the developer, after you accept its disclosure. WHAT YOU CAN DO β€’ See every agent and its status at a glance β€” waiting for you, working, done β€’ Read the session as a chat, with Markdown, syntax-highlighted code and diffs β€’ Answer an agent's permission prompt by tapping a button instead of typing into a raw terminal pane β€’ Send follow-up instructions, cycle the agent's mode, or dictate by voice β€’ Talk to an agent hands-free with the experimental voice assistant β€” launch it, send it a message, or answer its question, and hear back what's happening β€’ Attach a photo from your camera or library for the agent to look at β€’ Get a notification the moment an agent is blocked and needs you β€’ Switch between several machines, or watch them all in one list TRY IT WITH NO SETUP Tap "Try the demo" on the first screen. It runs a scripted session entirely on your device, with no host and no connection, so you can see how Drover works before setting anything up. WHAT YOU NEED Drover is a client for a machine you already own. To use it for real you need a computer running Herdr (herdr.dev) with your coding agents in it, SSH access to that machine with key-based authentication, and Herdr 0.8.0 or newer. PRIVACY Dictation runs entirely on your device β€” Drover will not fa The experimental voice assistant is different: it asks for your consent before first use, and while a voice session is running your speech transcripts, agent context and message drafts are sent to Google's Gemini. Notifications carry a fixed message and never any of your t key is stored in the iOS Keychain and never leaves your device. Drover is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Herdr project, Anthropic, OpenAI, or GitHu certified by any of them.

Screenshots

goPanel4 screens
Drover4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Drover at none against goPanel's 8. Drover also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. goPanel sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Drover asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

goPanel ships an update every 2 months, Drover every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
goPanel versus Drover: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametergoPanelDrover
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsβ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
Monetizationβ€”Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size18 MB38 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSBM Development SRLKEISUKE NISHITANI

In-app purchases

8 purchases

goPanel

Subscriptions4
  • 3 Servers Plan monthly$4.991 Month
  • Unlimited Plan monthly$19.991 Month
  • 3 Servers Plan yearly$34.991 Year
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  • Unlimited Plan yearly$129.991 Year
One-time4
  • AI - 100 actions pack$4.99
  • AI - 250 actions pack$9.99
  • AI - 500 actions pack$16.99
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  • Lifetime$149.00
None

Drover

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is goPanel free?
goPanel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drover free?
Drover is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do goPanel or Drover have ads?
Neither goPanel nor Drover shows ads.
Which is updated more often, goPanel or Drover?
goPanel ships an update every 2 months, and Drover every 5 days. Most recently, goPanel was updated on October 9, 2026 and Drover on October 10, 2026.

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