Comparison

Dashboard For Argo CD vs GLab

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

Head to head
About

Dashboard For Argo CD

Monitor and manage your Argo CD deployments directly from your iPhone. View real-time status, trigger actions like syncs and rollbacks, and stream pod logs without needing a laptop. Prioritizes privacy with direct device-to-server connections.

Highlights
  • Real-time deployment health and sync status
  • Filter deployments by various criteria
  • Trigger sync, hard refresh, and rollback
  • Stream pod logs with container selection
  • SSO login via OIDC/PKCE
  • Direct device-to-server connection
Features
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ArgoCD Mobile brings your Argo CD dashboard to your iPhone. Monitor deployments, trigger syncs, and stream pod logs — without opening a laptop. FEATURES • Real-time health and sync status across all your applications • Filter by sync state, health, project, namespace, cluster, and labels • Trigger sync, hard refresh, and rollback • Stream pod logs with per-container selection • SSO login via OIDC/PKCE — no passwords stored, tokens stay in iOS Keychain • Username/password login as fallback • Anonymous access for open Argo CD instances PRIVACY FIRST The app connects directly from your device to your self-hosted Argo CD server. No backend, no telemetry, no third-party SDKs. Your deployment data never leaves your control. OPEN SOURCE ArgoCD Mobile is free and MIT-licensed. The full source is on GitHub. Found a bug? Open an issue. Want a feature? Send a PR. Requires a self-hosted Argo CD instance (v2.x or later) reachable from your device.

About

GLab

A native mobile client for managing GitLab projects, including merge requests, issues, CI/CD pipelines, and repositories. Offers offline access to cached data and supports multiple GitLab instances.

Highlights
  • Full merge request viewer with syntax highlighting
  • Line-level commenting and suggestions
  • CI/CD pipeline monitoring and management
  • Repository file browsing and editing
  • Unified todo inbox and activity feed
  • Offline access to cached data
  • Multi-instance support
Features
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Review, approve and merge from your phone — on gitlab.com or your company's self-hosted GitLab. GLab is a fast, native iPhone client for developers who ship on the go. You assemble the Home screen yourself, so it shows only the work waiting on you. Works with gitlab.com and any self-hosted GitLab (CE or EE, 14.x+). Connect multiple instances and switch in one tap. One-tap gitlab.com sign-in; guided setup for your own server or token. — WHAT YOU CAN DO — A Home screen you assemble • Up to eight modules: review requests, your MRs, issues, todos, failed, active and recent pipelines, recent projects • Every section renders as a list or a carousel; content, order and density are yours to set • Developer, Reviewer and Lead / DevOps presets rebuild Home in one tap • A status line: signals awaiting you, offline and unsent state • Swipe actions right in the lists: approve, merge, close an issue, retry or cancel a pipeline, snooze for a day Merge Requests • Full diff viewer with syntax highlighting and word-level changes • Comment on lines; threaded discussions — reply, resolve, edit • Apply suggestions from a review straight into the code • Create MRs; edit title, description, labels, assignees, milestone • Approve, unapprove, merge, rebase, close, reopen Issues • Create, comment, close, reopen, lock • Edit title, description, labels, assignees, milestones, due dates • Emoji reactions, subscribe, search across all projects CI/CD Pipelines • Active builds across all your projects right on the Home screen • Live status with stages, jobs and duration in the list • Run a pipeline on any branch; retry, cancel, play manual jobs • Raw build logs refreshing live; environments, deployments and runners Repository • Browse the file tree, view blobs with highlighting, line history (blame) • Create/delete files; branches and tags, compare diffs, commit history • Wiki, Snippets and Releases — browse and edit; README rendering Todos, groups and Ops • Unified todo inbox by project and action; mark-all-done and swipe actions • Activity feed, GitLab status, group list drilling into projects • CI/CD variables, schedules, runners, environments, registry (Maintainer+) • Project members — add, change access level, remove — FAST AND OFFLINE — Merge requests and issues are ready on Home from cache, even offline. Pipelines and job logs update live, then pause in the background to save battery. — MULTI-INSTANCE BY DESIGN — Every project, MR, issue and pipeline is scoped to its GitLab instance — gitlab.com never mixes with self-hosted, even with matching issue numbers. — PRIVACY AND SECURITY — • Personal Access Token and OAuth 2.0 PKCE sign-in • Tokens stored only in the Keychain, on this device • Tokens, emails, URLs and response bodies are never logged or sent to analytics • Anonymous analytics/crash reports — no personal data, no ad IDs • Privacy policy: https://gitlab.com/appstore-demo/glab/-/blob/main/PRIVACY.md — FREE AND PRO — GLab is free for read-only browsing of unlimited projects. Optional Pro subscription (auto-renewing, 3/6/12 months) unlocks: • Multiple connected GitLab accounts • Create issues and MRs; comment on diff lines, apply suggestions, edit, react • Repository editing — files, branches, tags • Approve/merge MRs; run, retry, cancel pipelines; manage CI/CD variables Charged to your Apple ID; auto-renews unless cancelled 24h before period end. — NATIVE ON iPhone — iOS 18 and later. 100% SwiftUI, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, light and dark themes. Widgets (Home Screen, Lock Screen, StandBy) show your MRs, todos and pipelines at a glance. Siri Shortcuts open a project hands-free. Apple Watch mirrors your review queue, todos and pipelines. Download GLab — your next review is one tap away. GLab is an independent app, not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored or approved by GitLab Inc. GitLab is a trademark of GitLab Inc. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: emvakar@gmail.com

Screenshots

Dashboard For Argo CD4 screens
GLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dashboard For Argo CD at none against GLab's 3. Dashboard For Argo CD also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). GLab's advantage is chart position (#64 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. GLab sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 3 months. Dashboard For Argo CD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dashboard For Argo CD against 5.0 for GLab. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 9, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Dashboard For Argo CD versus GLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDashboard For Argo CDGLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank—#64 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJediLabsEmil Karimov

Customer experience

Dashboard For Argo CD

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

GLab

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dashboard For Argo CD

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

GLab

Subscriptions3
  • GLab Pro — 3 months7 Days trial$6.993 Months
  • GLab Pro — 6 months7 Days trial$12.996 Months
  • GLab Pro — 1 year3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Dashboard For Argo CD free?
Dashboard For Argo CD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GLab free?
GLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dashboard For Argo CD or GLab?
Dashboard For Argo CD and GLab are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Dashboard For Argo CD or GLab have ads?
Neither Dashboard For Argo CD nor GLab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dashboard For Argo CD or GLab?
Dashboard For Argo CD ships an update every 3 weeks, and GLab every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dashboard For Argo CD was updated on October 9, 2026 and GLab on October 9, 2026.

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