Comparison

NeonLens vs Switchyard for Railway

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

Head to head
About

NeonLens

Manage your serverless Postgres databases on the go with this native iOS dashboard. Browse project lists, view branches and endpoints, and inspect table data with filtering and sorting. Unlock detailed analytics with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Mobile Neon DB dashboard
  • View project lists and compute status
  • Browse branches, endpoints, and roles
  • Table viewer with row data
  • Filter, sort, and copy data
  • Read-only access for data integrity
  • Unlockable consumption analytics
Features
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NeonLens is a native iOS app for managing your Neon databases on the go. If you use Neon for serverless Postgres, this gives you a proper mobile dashboard without the browser. Connect with your Neon API key and you get your full project list with live compute status. Drill into any project to see branches, endpoints, databases, and roles. The table viewer lets you browse actual row data directly from your phone, paginate through rows, filter columns, sort by any field, and copy values with a long press. The app is entirely read only so no worries about data integrity! Your API key is stored in the iOS Keychain and never leaves your device. No backend, no analytics, no accounts. Just you and the Neon API. Pro features (one-time purchase): Unlock detailed consumption analytics for your account. See daily compute hours charted across your billing period, storage and data transfer gauges with warning indicators when you're approaching limits, and a per-project breakdown sorted by usage so you know exactly what's eating your quota.

About

Switchyard for Railway

Features
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Switchyard is the Railway companion for your phone. Check on your stuff, watch deploys land, and unbreak production from anywhere — without opening your laptop. Not a dashboard replacement. A focused tool for the moments away from your desk when you need to know what's happening — and fix it when it isn't. WHAT YOU GET · Live deploy progress — watch builds and rollouts as they happen · Log tail — chat-style live logs with search and filters, build vs. deploy · Activity feed — every deploy, crash, and alert across all your projects in one place · Spend at a glance — workspace total, projection to end of period, per-project breakdown · Variables — read-only list with copy-to-clipboard · Metrics — CPU, memory, network, and disk sparklines RECOVER FROM ANYWHERE · Rollback to a previous deployment · Redeploy the latest · Restart a service All with the standard iOS confirmation, no scary modals. BUILT LIKE AN IOS APP Native gestures, swipe to refresh, long-press menus, skeleton placeholders, diffable lists. No webview shortcuts. The logs view is fast — because bad log UX kills the app. SIGN IN WITH RAILWAY OAuth login. Pick which workspaces and projects to share at consent. Tokens live in the iOS Keychain. No pasted account tokens, no servers in the middle. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO (YET) Configuration still belongs on the web — variable editing, settings, custom domain DNS, and project creation deep-link to the dashboard. We're honest about that. No dead ends. Switchyard is an independent third-party app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Railway Corp. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

NeonLens4 screens
Switchyard for Railway4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Switchyard for Railway at none against NeonLens's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. NeonLens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Switchyard for Railway asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
NeonLens versus Switchyard for Railway: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNeonLensSwitchyard for Railway
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander HurleyTraduko AB

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NeonLens

One-time1
  • NeonLens Pro$2.99
None

Switchyard for Railway

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NeonLens free?
NeonLens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Switchyard for Railway free?
Switchyard for Railway is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NeonLens or Switchyard for Railway have ads?
Neither NeonLens nor Switchyard for Railway shows ads.

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