Comparison

PocketADM vs gitbay

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

Head to head
About

PocketADM

Manage your self-hosted Linux servers directly from your phone. Monitor live dashboards, access a full terminal, deploy apps with a one-tap store, and receive smart updates and health checks. An optional AI agent can even run commands and fix issues.

Highlights
  • Live server dashboard
  • Full terminal with copy/paste
  • AI agent for command execution
  • One-tap app deployment
  • Smart updates and health checks
  • Open source
Features
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PocketADM is a mobile-first command center for the servers you host yourself. Connect to your own Linux box and run the whole thing from your phone. • Live dashboard: CPU, memory, disk, uptime and network at a glance, with every container grouped and one tap from its logs. • A real terminal: a full terminal with a mobile key bar and copy & paste. Open a shell as your own host user, the app, or exec into any container. • Assistant: an optional AI agent that runs commands, reads and edits files and fixes things directly on your server. It streams live, asks before anything destructive, and you bring your own API key (or run a local model). • One-tap app store: deploy popular self-hosted apps as clean Docker/compose projects with friendly config forms. • Smart updates & health: spot outdated images, roll back safely, and get plain language security and health checks. PocketADM is open source (MIT). There is no account with us and no tracking. The app talks only to the servers you add, over a direct connection. You run the server software yourself with a single install command from pocketadm.com. Just looking? Add the demo server demo.pocketadm.com with username and password 'demo' to explore a read-only sandbox.

About

gitbay

Access and manage your git repositories on the go. Review code, track issues, and monitor builds from your mobile device. Securely connect to your own git forge instance without sharing passwords.

Highlights
  • Browse files, commit history, and branches
  • Review merge requests with diffs and threads
  • Manage issues with labels and milestones
  • Monitor CI builds and trigger jobs
  • View READMEs and wikis
  • Secure token-based authentication
Features
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gitbay is a CLI-first git forge. This is its iOS client: somewhere to read, review and respond when you are away from a keyboard. Sign in with a token you mint over SSH. There is no password, no browser flow, and no account with us — the app talks only to the instance you name, and the token stays in the device Keychain. BROWSE - Files, directory trees, and syntax-highlighted source - Commit history, a single commit with its patch, and blame - Branches, tags, and full-text search across a repository - READMEs and wikis, rendered as Markdown or Org REVIEW - Merge requests with the diff, file by file and hunk by hunk - Review threads anchored to diff lines, with replies and resolution - Approve, request changes, and merge with the strategies the server allows TRIAGE - Issues with labels, assignees, and milestones - Open, edit, comment, and close from the phone - Signature verdicts shown on every commit WATCH - A dashboard of what waits on your review, what is assigned to you, and what is still open - CI builds with their logs, and a trigger for any job the config names - Releases, organisations, teams, and profiles Every screen is backed by a command the server already exposes, so the app cannot drift from what the CLI and the web can do. Requires your own gitbay instance. gitbay is free software; the forge and this client are developed in the open at gitbay.org.

Screenshots

PocketADM4 screens
gitbay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: gitbay at every 2 days against PocketADM's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PocketADM ships an update every 3 weeks, gitbay every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PocketADM versus gitbay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocketADMgitbay
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB17 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMaximilian Elias PaaschChristian Cleberg

Customer experience

PocketADM

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

gitbay

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

In-app purchases

None

PocketADM

No in-app purchases

None

gitbay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PocketADM free?
PocketADM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is gitbay free?
gitbay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PocketADM or gitbay have ads?
Neither PocketADM nor gitbay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PocketADM or gitbay?
PocketADM ships an update every 3 weeks, and gitbay every 2 days. Most recently, PocketADM was updated on October 31, 2026 and gitbay on October 31, 2026.

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