Comparison

ForgeGo vs HomeLab Watcher

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

Head to head
About

ForgeGo

Features
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ForgeGo is a focused mobile client for self-hosted Forgejo servers. Connect one or more Forgejo accounts and keep repositories, issues, pull requests, reviews, and notifications within reach. Features: • Browse repositories, branches, files, commits, and activity • Create, update, search, and manage issues • Review pull requests, inspect changes, and merge with supported methods • Follow notifications across your accounts • Open Forgejo links directly in the app • Store access tokens securely in the system keychain • Work without ads or a third-party push-notification backend ForgeGo requires Forgejo 16.0 or newer. Some multi-account and background-notification features require ForgeGo Pro. Terms of Use (EULA): https://forgego.dev/terms ForgeGo Pro subscriptions and the ForgeGo Pro lifetime unlock require separate in-app purchases.

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HomeLab Watcher

Features
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HomeLab Watcher gives you one calm, private glance at the latest known health of the homelab resources you care about. ONE HONEST DASHBOARD • See HTTP services, Beszel machines, and Proxmox VE nodes together • Separate the last successful observation from the latest refresh attempt • Recognize healthy, attention, unhealthy, unknown, aging, and stale states • Refresh all resources or one system directly from your iPhone USEFUL WIDGETS • Small Home Screen status widget • Medium resource overview • Lock Screen status • Interactive refresh without automatically opening the app • Explicit observation age because iOS controls background timing PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No HomeLab Watcher account • No cloud relay or hosted backend • No analytics, ads, tracking, or remote logs • Configuration stays on device • Credentials stay in Apple Keychain • Requests go directly to systems you configure READ ONLY HomeLab Watcher checks status and metrics. It does not start, stop, restart, delete, update, or otherwise administer your infrastructure. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY Sample Lab demonstrates every important presentation state without credentials or a reachable homelab. The free app also supports two HTTP or HTTPS resources and the small widget. LIFETIME UNLOCK A one-time purchase unlocks unlimited resources, Beszel, Proxmox VE, and every widget family. There is no subscription. SUPPORTED CONNECTIONS HomeLab Watcher works with addresses reachable from your iPhone over LAN, an existing private network route, or public HTTPS. iOS system certificate trust is required; the app never bypasses TLS security. HomeLab Watcher is not affiliated with or endorsed by Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH or the Beszel project.

Screenshots

ForgeGo4 screens
HomeLab Watcher4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ForgeGo at 15.0 against HomeLab Watcher's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. ForgeGo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and HomeLab Watcher sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ForgeGo ships an update weekly, HomeLab Watcher every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
ForgeGo versus HomeLab Watcher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForgeGoHomeLab Watcher
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB15 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperdevXY GmbHYANCY SHEPHERD

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ForgeGo

Subscriptions2
  • ForgeGo Pro Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • ForgeGo Pro Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • ForgeGo Pro Lifetime$39.99
1 purchases

HomeLab Watcher

One-time1
  • HomeLab Watcher Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is ForgeGo free?
ForgeGo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HomeLab Watcher free?
HomeLab Watcher is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ForgeGo or HomeLab Watcher have ads?
Neither ForgeGo nor HomeLab Watcher shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ForgeGo or HomeLab Watcher?
ForgeGo ships an update weekly, and HomeLab Watcher every 5 days. Most recently, ForgeGo was updated on October 11, 2026 and HomeLab Watcher on October 14, 2026.

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