Comparison

Specula vs OVH CP

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

OVH CP

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OVH CP 是连接自建 gokele/ovh 控制台的 iPhone 与 iPad 客户端。 通过网页生成的二维码、二维码图片或 8 位配对码连接自己的面板,也可使用面板访问密钥。每台设备获得独立授权,令牌保存在本机安全存储中,可在网页中单独撤销。 主要功能: • 按当前账户与选定实例显示 CPU、内存和存储占用;未接入监控时显示未知 • 多地区账户切换,按账户查看机型、价格、库存与实例 • 服务器目录、选配、抢购任务与队列管理 • 独立服务器及 VPS 的配置、状态、IP、流量和续费信息 • 电源、维护、备份、快照和受支持的高级管理操作 • 服务器与 VPS 补货监控、通知配置 • 抢购历史、日志、账户、面板设置及设备授权管理 • 移动端卡片、表单和流量图,支持深色模式与 iPad App 与网页版连接同一个后端,共用业务数据。使用前需要自行部署兼容的 gokele/ovh 面板并配置 HTTPS;本 App 不提供服务器,也不保证库存、价格或抢购成功。OVH 账户 API 凭据由你的后端管理,实际功能取决于面板版本、账户地区、机型及 API 授权。 本客户端由 jingcheng he 提供,用于连接自建控制台,不是 OVHcloud 官方开发的 App。没有广告或付费订阅。客户端以 AGPL-3.0 开源,完整对应源码及支持信息见技术支持页面。

Screenshots

Specula4 screens
OVH CP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OVH CP at none against Specula's 2. OVH CP also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Specula's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). 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. OVH CP asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Specula ships an update every 3 days, OVH CP fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Specula versus OVH CP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeculaOVH CP
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSylvain Malard景城 何

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Specula

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

OVH CP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Specula free?
Specula is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OVH CP free?
OVH CP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Specula or OVH CP have ads?
Neither Specula nor OVH CP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Specula or OVH CP?
Specula ships an update every 3 days, and OVH CP fortnightly. Most recently, Specula was updated on October 25, 2026 and OVH CP on October 31, 2026.

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