Comparison

GLab vs Moray

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

Head to head
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 β€” 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. β€” WHAT YOU CAN DO β€” A Home screen you assemble β€’ Up to eight modules: review requests, your MRs, issues, todos, failed, active and recent pipelines, recent projects β€’ Every section renders as a list or a carousel; content, order and density are yours to set β€’ Developer, Reviewer and Lead / DevOps presets rebuild Home in one tap β€’ A status line: signals awaiting you, offline and unsent state β€’ Swipe actions right in the lists: approve, merge, close an issue, retry or cancel a pipeline, snooze for a day Merge Requests β€’ Full diff viewer with syntax highlighting and word-level changes β€’ Comment on lines; threaded discussions β€” reply, resolve, edit β€’ Apply suggestions from a review straight into the code β€’ Create MRs; edit title, description, labels, assignees, milestone β€’ Approve, unapprove, merge, rebase, close, reopen Issues β€’ Create, comment, close, reopen, lock β€’ Edit title, description, labels, assignees, milestones, due dates β€’ Emoji reactions, subscribe, search across all projects CI/CD Pipelines β€’ Active builds across all your projects right on the Home screen β€’ Live status with stages, jobs and duration in the list β€’ Run a pipeline on any branch; retry, cancel, play manual jobs β€’ Raw build logs refreshing live; environments, deployments and runners Repository β€’ Browse the file tree, view blobs with highlighting, line history (blame) β€’ Create/delete files; branches and tags, compare diffs, commit history β€’ Wiki, Snippets and Releases β€” browse and edit; README rendering Todos, groups and Ops β€’ Unified todo inbox by project and action; mark-all-done and swipe actions β€’ Activity feed, GitLab status, group list drilling into projects β€’ CI/CD variables, schedules, runners, environments, registry (Maintainer+) β€’ Project members β€” add, change access level, remove β€” FAST AND OFFLINE β€” 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. β€” MULTI-INSTANCE BY DESIGN β€” Every project, MR, issue and pipeline is scoped to its GitLab instance β€” gitlab.com never mixes with self-hosted, even with matching issue numbers. Custom domains, server version detection, fallbacks for missing endpoints. β€” PRIVACY AND SECURITY β€” β€’ Personal Access Token and OAuth 2.0 PKCE sign-in β€’ Tokens stored only in the Keychain, on this device β€’ Tokens, emails, URLs and response bodies are never logged or sent to analytics β€’ Anonymous analytics/crash reports β€” no personal data, no ad IDs β€’ Privacy policy: https://gitlab.com/appstore-demo/glab/-/blob/main/PRIVACY.md β€” FREE AND PRO β€” GLab is free for read-only browsing of unlimited projects. Optional Pro subscription (auto-renewing, 3/6/12 months) unlocks: β€’ Multiple connected GitLab accounts β€’ Create issues and MRs; comment on diff lines, apply suggestions, edit, react β€’ Repository editing β€” files, branches, tags β€’ Approve/merge MRs; run, retry, cancel pipelines; manage CI/CD variables Charged to your Apple ID; auto-renews unless cancelled 24h before period end. β€” NATIVE ON iPhone β€” 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 β€” 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

About

Moray

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The SSH client that feels like it was made by Apple. Moray is a native SSH, SFTP, and terminal client for iPhone, iPad, and Mac β€” with a real terminal, a dual-pane file manager, port-forwarding tunnels, and on-device key security. Your hosts and snippets sync through your own iCloud; your keys and passwords never leave the Keychain. No account, no vendor server. β–Έ A REAL TERMINAL A full terminal powered by SwiftTerm β€” rich color, a fast keyboard, and smooth scrollback. Open several sessions as tabs, name them, switch with ⌘1β€“βŒ˜9, search the scrollback, and run commands automatically on connect. Moray remembers what you typed on each server β€” never a password β€” so you can search it and re-run. A customizable Smart Bar puts arrows, Esc, Tab, Ctrl, and paste one tap away. β–Έ SFTP FILE MANAGER Browse, upload, download, rename, and delete over SFTP. A server opens in your home directory and reopens in the folder you left it in. Preview with Quick Look, edit text files in place, or choose which app opens which file type β€” one default for everything, or a rule per extension. On iPad and Mac, a dual-pane manager copies files and whole folders between servers β€” or between a server and your computer β€” with drag and drop straight from Finder, and a file pane can sit beside the terminal, on the folder your shell is in. β–Έ YOUR SERVERS IN THE FILES APP On iPhone and iPad, mount a host and it appears in Files next to iCloud Drive β€” open a remote file straight into any app that uses the document picker, and save back to it. β–Έ PORT-FORWARDING TUNNELS Forward a local port to a database, dashboard, or service behind your server. Import the LocalForward lines from your existing ~/.ssh/config, start every tunnel with one tap, and keep them running in the background with a Live Activity. β–Έ KEYS DONE RIGHT Generate or import Ed25519 and RSA keys. Keys and saved passwords live in the device Keychain β€” encrypted, biometric-gated, and never synced unless you opt in. Trust-on-first-use host-key pinning warns you the moment a server's identity changes. β–Έ SMART AUTOFILL Moray recognizes sudo, login, passphrase, and one-time-code prompts and offers a host-scoped, Face ID–gated fill β€” so you enter your password once, not every time. β–Έ ORGANIZED HOSTS Group your servers, tag them, and give each an icon and color. A ⌘K command palette and Siri Shortcuts get you connected in seconds. Jump hosts (ProxyJump) reach servers that sit behind a bastion. β–Έ SNIPPETS Save the commands you run all the time β€” with fill-in placeholders β€” and run or paste them into any session. β–Έ MAKE IT YOURS Start from built-in terminal themes or design your own with a full color editor. Choose your font, size, and cursor style. β–Έ SYNC, YOUR WAY Hosts, groups, snippets, and host keys sync across your devices through your own iCloud β€” no Moray account, ever. Key material stays device-local unless you explicitly turn on iCloud Keychain sync. β–Έ APPLE-NATIVE THROUGHOUT Widgets for your recent hosts, Siri and Spotlight, a menu-bar and keyboard-driven Mac app, a biometric app lock, and JSON backup/restore. Built with SwiftUI for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. ________________ FREE & PRO Moray's terminal, SFTP file manager, key management, and host organization are free to use. Moray Pro unlocks iCloud sync, port-forwarding tunnels, jump hosts, SSH agent auth, custom themes, unlimited snippets, and widgets β€” as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. ________________ PRIVATE BY DESIGN β€’ No account and no vendor servers β€” sync is your iCloud, or nothing β€’ Private keys and passwords stay in the Keychain, device-local by default β€’ Open host-key pinning, so you always know exactly what you're connecting to ________________ Questions or a feature request? Send them right from the app β€” we read every message. Privacy Policy: https://moray.bartstudio.io/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

GLab4 screens
Moray4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Moray at none against GLab's 3. GLab's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). On price, update cadence, 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. GLab sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 3 months. Moray asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GLab ships an update every 8 days, Moray fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
GLab versus Moray: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGLabMoray
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 8 days β€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
MonetizationFreemiumβ€”
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” better
Requires iOS18.0 β€” better26.5
Further details β€” not scored
Size16 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEmil KarimovBartlomiej Zabicki Mobile Developer

In-app purchases

3 purchases

GLab

Subscriptions3
  • GLab Pro β€” 3 months7 Days trial$6.993 Months
  • GLab Pro β€” 6 months7 Days trial$12.996 Months
  • GLab Pro β€” 1 year3 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

Moray

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GLab free?
GLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Moray free?
Moray is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GLab or Moray have ads?
Neither GLab nor Moray shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GLab or Moray?
GLab ships an update every 8 days, and Moray fortnightly. Most recently, GLab was updated on September 23, 2026 and Moray on September 11, 2026.

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