DBPort vs ProbeDeck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DBPort
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DBPort - Modern mobile database client for developers, founders, SREs and DBAs who need safe access to databases from iPhone and iPad. Connect to PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, ClickHouse, MongoDB, Redis and SQLite. Browse schemas, inspect tables, run SQL or Redis commands, manage snippets and handle focused database work without opening a desktop client. Built for mobile database workflows: • Clean iPhone and iPad interface for real database work • Connection manager with folders, tags, SSH tunnels and TLS • Schema explorer with search, favorites and object details • SQL editor with tabs, history, snippets and autocomplete • Redis command editor and keyspace browsing • Data browser for inspecting rows, columns and table structure • AI assistant for generating, explaining, optimizing and fixing SQL • Dry-run previews, staged changes and production confirmations Security is a core part of DBPort. Credentials are stored securely on device, and sync is optional. You can keep DBPort local-first, or enable encrypted sync when you want your connections and workspace available across devices. Security and sync features: • App Lock with Face ID, Touch ID or PIN • Optional master password for higher-security workflows • Optional encrypted cloud sync • Recovery flow for synced data • Read-only and production modes for safer access • Confirmation steps for sensitive database actions • AI context controls designed to reduce accidental data exposure DBPort is designed as a mobile companion to your desktop database tools. It helps you check production issues, review schemas, inspect Redis keys, reuse SQL snippets and work with databases from a professional mobile interface. Privacy Policy: https://dbport.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://dbport.app/terms
ProbeDeck
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ProbeDeck is a secure mobile client compatible with ClickHouse® servers, built for cluster operations from your iPhone. ProbeDeck is built for DevOps, SRE, platform and data engineers on call. Connect over TLS, through an SSH tunnel or a bastion. See cluster health, find the query that is eating the cluster and kill it in seconds, while production credentials never touch someone else's server. WHY PROBEDECK • Trust-first. Your credentials stay on your device and never leave it. There is no backend, no proxy, no traffic relay. Your connection goes straight from your phone to your server. • It knows ClickHouse. Replication lag, read-only replicas and Keeper trouble, parts and merges, "too many parts", stuck mutations, disk pressure. These are the pages you get, so this is the first screen you see. • Safety on each statement. ProbeDeck classifies your SQL before it sends anything. DROP, TRUNCATE, ALTER UPDATE and ALTER DELETE, DETACH, DROP PARTITION, OPTIMIZE FINAL and KILL need a type-to-confirm step showing the exact target. Costly statements carry a warning. Set a connection read-only and unlock writes when you mean to. • Honest about what cannot be undone. KILL MUTATION stops a mutation but does not roll back what it already wrote. ProbeDeck says so instead of offering a fake Undo. • Built for mobile networks. Reconnect with backoff, path-aware monitoring of Wi-Fi and cellular handoffs, and specific errors in place of an endless spinner. A ClickHouse error in the response body reads as a query error, not as a dead network. • A production badge marks each risky action, so you know which cluster you are about to touch. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Connect over TLS, an SSH tunnel or a bastion host, with a Face ID app lock. • Inspect a self-signed or custom-CA certificate fingerprint and accept it per connection. • Read cluster health at a glance: replicas, disks, parts, merges, mutations and metrics. • List running queries with elapsed time, memory and the user behind each one. • KILL QUERY on the query burning the cluster, KILL MUTATION on the one that is stuck. • Browse databases, tables, columns and DDL. • Run SQL in the editor and read results laid out for a phone screen. • Ask the AI assistant why a replica is lagging, through your own Ollama or your own API key. PRIVACY • Local-first. Your hosts, passwords, SSH keys and certificates stay on your device, in the iOS Keychain. • No secrets in logs. ProbeDeck keeps passwords, hostnames, database, table and column names and values out of its logs. • The AI assistant talks to your Ollama or your key. Nothing reaches us, because we run no server. Schema context is filtered by an allow-list before it goes to a model, and the assistant never executes anything by itself. • Crash and error reporting is on by default and can be turned off in Settings. Reports are scrubbed and never include hostnames, table names, values or credentials. • No tracking, no IDFA and no advertising identifiers. ProbeDeck is foreground-first. It fits on-call inspection and operations rather than always-on background alerting. FREE VS PRO ProbeDeck is free to try, with a real, usable free tier, not a locked demo. • Free: connect over TLS, SSH tunnel or bastion; the whole monitoring surface, including replicas, disks, parts, merges, mutations and metrics; browse schema and data; run read SQL; one saved connection. • Pro unlocks operating: KILL QUERY and KILL MUTATION, write and DDL SQL, the AI assistant, and multiple saved connections. "ProbeDeck Pro" is a one-time unlock. No subscription, no ads, no account required. ProbeDeck works with self-hosted ClickHouse, ClickHouse Cloud and clusters behind an SSH bastion, over the HTTP interface on ports 8123 and 8443. ClickHouse is a registered trademark of ClickHouse, Inc. ProbeDeck is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ClickHouse, Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ProbeDeck at none against DBPort's 2. ProbeDeck also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. DBPort sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. ProbeDeck asks for nothing beyond the download.
DBPort ships an update every 6 weeks, ProbeDeck every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DBPort | ProbeDeck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mansur Tauken | Vladimir Chemeris |
In-app purchases
DBPort
- DBPort Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- DBPort Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
ProbeDeck
No in-app purchases









