Bosun App vs PocketSpec
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bosun App
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Bosun turns every GitHub repository you care about into a single fleet dashboard. One screen, every workflow, every red build. If you maintain more than a couple of repos, you know the loop: push, context-switch, forget. GitHub's Actions tab shows one repo at a time, and a failing build can sit there for days. Bosun keeps the whole fleet in view and puts the failures on top. THE FLEET DASHBOARD (FREE, FOREVER) • Every repo as a card: CI status, latest runs per workflow, latest release, open PRs and issues. • Failing repos float to the top automatically. Manual reorder if you prefer your own order. • Tap a failing run and the log opens already scrolled to the error. Expand context, copy in a tap, jump to github.com. • Latest release per repo, with notes and asset list. • A calendar of upcoming scheduled (cron) runs across the fleet, with a countdown to the next one. • Re-run or dispatch a workflow from your phone (opt-in, requires write scope). • GitHub service status surfaced inline, so you know when it is them, not you. MULTI-ACCOUNT • Several GitHub accounts in one unified fleet. • Per-account visibility rules: hide an account, or show the work one only on work days and work hours. • Vacation mode: hide the fleet until a date you choose. BOSUN WATCH (SUBSCRIPTION) A phone app cannot watch your CI while it is closed. Bosun Watch runs server-side and does: • Push on failure. A notification within seconds of a workflow going red, and a back-to-green alert when it recovers. • Auto-retry. Per-repo, per-workflow rules with max attempts and cooldown. Only the failed jobs are re-run. Flaky tests stop being pages. • Cascades. When one repo's run triggers runs in others, GitHub records no causal link. Bosun infers the chain and shows it with a confidence score. • Chains. Cross-repo pipelines defined in the app, no YAML. Build two repos, then deploy a third if both are green. One clean notification per chain. • Live widget. Fleet status on your home screen, kept fresh in the background. The free dashboard never degrades. The subscription covers exactly the features that need a server running around the clock. PRIVACY • Sign in with GitHub's device flow. Your token stays in the iOS Keychain. • Read-only by default. The single write scope is opt-in. • No account to create, no email, no analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. • App lock with PIN and Face ID. • Try the whole app in demo mode, with realistic sample data, before connecting anything. Bosun is for indie developers, small teams and OSS maintainers with more repos than attention. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PocketSpec
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PocketSpec is a read-only viewer for comfortably reading the Markdown specifications inside your GitHub repositories, right on your iPhone and iPad. Check the design docs and specs stored in your project's docs/ folder anytime, anywhere. It isn't tied to a single repository — register multiple projects as a "spec bookshelf" and switch between them to read. ■ Key features • GitHub integration (read-only) Sign in with GitHub and securely fetch only the contents of the repository, branch, and documentation folder you specify. It never edits or commits files. • Clean Markdown rendering Supports headings, lists, code blocks, tables, images, and links. Optimized so even long specifications are comfortable to read. • Mermaid diagram rendering Renders Mermaid code such as flowcharts and sequence diagrams as real diagrams. Tap to zoom to full screen. • Manage multiple projects Set a repository, branch, and display folder per project. The last opened project and document are restored on launch. • Offline support Once fetched, content is cached on device, so you can read your most recently synced specs even with no connection. • Secure by design Limits the visible content to the folder you specify; it never reads source code or configuration files. Access tokens are stored only in the device Keychain and are never sent to any external server. ■ Who it's for • Engineers who want to quickly check their project's specs on the move or before a meeting • Anyone who wants to read documentation from multiple development repositories in one place • Anyone who wants to safely view private-repository design docs from their iPhone ■ Before you start Using this app requires a GitHub account and read access to the target repositories. To read private repositories, install the dedicated GitHub App on the target repository (the only permission required is Contents: read-only).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PocketSpec at 17.0 against Bosun App's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Bosun App | PocketSpec |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniele Scaratti | Shun Kiyoura |
In-app purchases
Bosun App
No in-app purchases
PocketSpec
No in-app purchases









