Comparison

Specula vs ProxPilot

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

Head to head
About

Specula

Features
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Specula watches the services you host yourself and tells you at a glance which ones are running, which are struggling and which one just went down. No account, no middleman server, no telemetry: the app queries your machines directly on your network. Your API keys stay on your device. A DASHBOARD, NOT A LIST OF LINKS Every service shows its real metrics, read through its own API: Immich's photo count, AdGuard's blocked queries, your NAS's free space, Proxmox's containers, the volumes filling up. The service type is recognised automatically — Immich, Nextcloud, Home Assistant, Proxmox, OpenMediaVault, UniFi, Portainer, Vaultwarden, Paperless and many more. UP AND RUNNING IN THREE MINUTES Scan your network: Specula finds your services on its own. Or import the services.yaml you already use with Homepage — groups, URLs and widgets carry over as they are. Otherwise, add an address by hand. THE OUTAGES THAT MATTER A service that stops answering after three attempts triggers a notification. The status wall keeps thirty days of history and works out each service's real uptime. Alerts — service offline, disk full, temperature — are enabled one by one, and a volume that is meant to be full is excluded with a single gesture. WHEREVER YOU LOOK iPhone, iPad, Mac, with widgets on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen, a Live Activity during an outage and access from the Mac menu bar. One address per service: the one that answers from your device, whether you go through the local network, a VPN, a reverse proxy or a tunnel. TRY IT BEFORE YOU SET IT UP A complete demo mode, with simulated data, shows you the app working without installing anything. FOUR SERVICES ON THE HOUSE The first four services are free, with no account and no time limit. Beyond that, each slot is bought once and stays yours, and you can also lift the limit permanently in one go and support the project. See the App Store for pricing. Slots you buy follow you from one device to another.

About

ProxPilot

Features
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ProxPilot ist der native iOS-, iPadOS- und watchOS-Client für dein eigenes Proxmox-VE-Homelab oder deinen Proxmox-Cluster — schnell, sicher, ohne Cloud-Zwischenstopp. CLUSTER & NODES • Cluster-Health, Node-Auslastung (CPU/RAM/Disk) live • Mehrere Server gleichzeitig verwalten (Pro) • Historische Verlaufsgraphen mit Zoom/Scrub VMs & CONTAINER • Start, Stop, Neustart, Reset, Herunterfahren • Volle Konfiguration bearbeiten: CPU, RAM, Tags, Boot-Reihenfolge, Netzwerk, Disk-Resize • Eingebettete Konsole (noVNC/Terminal) • Backups erstellen, wiederherstellen, mit Notizen versehen VERWALTUNG • Firewall-Regeln je Node/Gast anlegen, bearbeiten, löschen • Benutzer- und Rechteverwaltung (ACL) • Storage-Übersicht KOMFORT • Home-Screen-Widgets mit Live-Status, Tippen öffnet direkt den Gast • Apple-Watch-App inkl. Zifferblatt-Komplikation • Siri-Kurzbefehle • Live Activities für laufende Backups • Face-ID-App-Sperre • Lokale Benachrichtigungen bei Node-Ausfall oder hoher Auslastung — auch ganz ohne eigenes Backend • Optionales, selbst gehostetes Push-Backend (Sentinel) für zuverlässige Alarme • Suche über alle Gäste im Cluster • Volles iPad-Split-View-Layout • Deutsch & Englisch DATENSCHUTZ Kein ProxPilot-Konto, kein ProxPilot-Backend. Deine Zugangsdaten verlassen dein Gerät nie in Richtung unserer Server — es gibt keine. ProxPilot spricht ausschließlich direkt mit dem Proxmox-Server, den du selbst konfigurierst. Kein eigener Server? Der integrierte Demo-Modus zeigt alle Funktionen mit Beispieldaten, ganz ohne Setup. ProxPilot ist ein inoffizieller Drittanbieter-Client und nicht mit der Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH verbunden oder von ihr autorisiert.

Screenshots

Specula4 screens
ProxPilot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ProxPilot at none against Specula's 2. ProxPilot also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Specula sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. ProxPilot asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Specula versus ProxPilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeculaProxPilot
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSylvain MalardRico Mggenburg

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Specula

One-time2
  • Service slot$0.49
  • Unlimited services$17.99
None

ProxPilot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Specula free?
Specula is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ProxPilot free?
ProxPilot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Specula or ProxPilot have ads?
Neither Specula nor ProxPilot shows ads.

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