Comparison

Specula vs KumaWatch

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

KumaWatch

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KumaWatch ist der native, performante iOS-Begleiter für deine Uptime Kuma Instanzen. Behalte den Status all deiner Webseiten, APIs, Server und Dienste in Echtzeit im Blick – direkt auf deinem iPhone, iPad und deinen Widgets. HIGHLIGHTS & FEATURES: ECHTE LIVE-SYNCHRONISATION • Direkte, permanente Socket.IO-Verbindung mit automatischem Reconnect. • Sofortige Aktualisierung von Status, Latenzen und Heartbeats ohne manuelles Neuladen. ÜBERSICHTLICHES DASHBOARD • Dynamische Ampel-Übersicht (Up, Down, Pending, Wartung, Pausiert). • Detaillierte 24h- und 30-Tage-Verfügbarkeitswerte sowie Ping-Verläufe in Millisekunden. • Schnelle Filterung und Tag-Suche für hunderte Monitore. VOLLE MONITOR-VERWALTUNG • Monitore direkt vom Smartphone aus anlegen, bearbeiten, pausieren, fortsetzen oder löschen. • Unterstützung aller gängigen Monitor-Typen: HTTP(s), TCP Port, Ping (ICMP), DNS, Keywords u.v.m. • Tag-Management: Eigene Tags erstellen, farblich anpassen und Monitoren zuweisen. MULTI-SERVER-SUPPORT • Verwalte beliebig viele Uptime Kuma Server parallel und wechsle nahtlos zwischen ihnen (z. B. Homelab, Office, Produktion). ENTERPRISE-SICHERHEIT & HOMELAB-READY • Unterstützung für selbstsignierte Zertifikate und interne CAs (VPN, Tailscale, Cloudflare). • Interaktive SHA-256 Fingerprint-Verifikation & Certificate Pinning. • Biometrischer App-Schutz mit Face ID / Touch ID und Passcode. • Sichere Speicherung deiner Zugangsdaten im Apple Schlüsselbund (Keychain). INTERAKTIVE WIDGETS • Home- und Sperrbildschirm-Widgets für den schnellen Überblick auf einen Blick. VOLLER DEMO-MODUS • Du möchtest KumaWatch erst testen? Starte einfach den integrierten Demo-Modus mit realistischen Beispieldaten – ohne sofort eigene Server konfigurieren zu müssen. 100% DATENSCHUTZ • Keine Werbung, kein Tracking, keine Analyse-Dienste von Drittanbietern. Deine Daten verbleiben ausschließlich zwischen deinem Gerät und deinem Server. Hinweis: Zur Nutzung mit deinen eigenen Daten wird eine lauffähige Uptime Kuma Instanz benötigt. Uptime Kuma ist ein Open-Source-Projekt von Louis Lam.

Screenshots

Specula4 screens
KumaWatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KumaWatch at none against Specula's 2. KumaWatch also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 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. KumaWatch asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Specula versus KumaWatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeculaKumaWatch
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSylvain MalardAxel Jung

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Specula

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

KumaWatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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