Git client vs Tracer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Git client
Access and manage Git repositories directly on your iOS device. Clone, edit, commit, and push code, even offline. Offers advanced features for code review and automation.
- Clone, edit, commit, and push repositories
- Offline commit capability
- Syntax highlighting for 50+ languages
- Markdown and HTML preview with console
- Branch management and merge tool
- Fuzzy search and commit graph
- Diff viewer for text and images
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Access Git repositories on the go. Clone, edit, commit and push while allowing other apps access to repositories. Git is a important part of our work-life and iOS can take part in this. The ability to commit even when offline has added utility on a device that moves in and out of network coverage. Cloning repositories gets you a local copy on your iOS device with commits for all branches. You can browse the content from within the app and make changes. Other applications supporting the Files app, WebDAV or x-callback-url has access to these files. Changes made can be committed and the commits can in turn be pushed back to the remote. The idea of doing significant programming on iOS might seem far fetched when you are used to a large screen, a physical keyboard and a full IDE. But just as it turned out that not every email is serious prose, then not everything that goes on in Git is significant programming. Sometimes you just want to update a TODO file or make adjustments to your Jekyll site. Sometimes you just need to add a file the designer sent after hours. If you ever make reminders about small things to do with the code-base, then you should give Working Copy a try. You will spend less time moving stuff around and you will get much better commit messages when you write them for fixes that are still fresh in your mind. You won't be leaving your computer behind any time soon, but sometimes it is faster to just fix things with the device in your hand. When you do need to perform real work on iOS, Working Copy is a powerful tool. Editor has syntax highlighting for more than 50 programming languages and a built-in color picker. Preview images, Markdown and HTML files with a Javascript console pointing to errors in your code. Create new branches and merge or rebase them back, with a brilliant merge-tool for handling conflicts. If you need to automate your work there are Working Copy actions in the Shortcuts app for most operations. Even if you never edit a line of code on iOS, Working Copy is a great companion for reviewing and discussing code. Repositories are cross indexed and with powerful fuzzy search you can quickly jump from a symbol to the declaration or reverse from the declaration to all usages. A graph of your commits lets you zoom out for a overview of the commit tree or zoom in for specifics about each commit, with speed and beauty you won’t find in desktop Git applications. Review the changes your files have gone through with a diff viewer that is great for text and images. There is even hex-dump mode for that obscure occasion. Working Copy is a free download but you need to unlock pro features such as the ability to push commits and manage more than 5 repositories. There is no venture capital, large company or ads funding development and your support through in-app purchase directly sustains development. Try out pro features with a 10 day free trial. When you pay to unlock you get permanent access to all pro features at the time of purchase as well as any added the next year. When 12 months have passed you keep all existing pro features but any new ones introduced are locked until you renew your unlock.
Tracer
Monitor all network requests your iPhone makes in real-time, locally on your device. Identify third-party services, inspect request details, and understand where your data is going without it ever leaving your phone.
- Real-time network request monitoring
- Inspect headers, bodies, and timing
- Identify third-party services
- Visualize server locations on a globe
- Local data processing for privacy
- No account required
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Ever wonder what your apps are actually doing? Tracer lets you watch every network request your iPhone makes in real time. See where your data goes, who’s receiving it, and exactly what’s being sent - all without your traffic ever leaving your device. WATCH TRAFFIC LIVE * Every request flies across a live 3D globe * Inspect headers, bodies, timing, status codes, and more * See exactly where each server lives SEE WHO’S REALLY BEHIND AN APP * Instantly identify analytics, ads, payments, crash reporting, AI, and other third-party services * See who’s hosting them: AWS, Google Cloud, Cloudflare, and more PRIVATE BY DESIGN * Everything runs locally on your iPhone * Traffic is never uploaded * Your certificates are generated on-device and never leaves it * No account required BUILT FOR * App-curious who want to learn what apps are built with * Developers debugging APIs * QA teams testing apps on real devices * Privacy nerds who want receipts Setup takes just a few minutes. Install Tracer’s certificate, start a capture, and open any app. Your phone. Your traffic. Your business. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tracer is free to use. Certain features require a paid subscription. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Git client at 4.8 against Tracer's 4.0. Git client also leads on ratings volume (3.8K vs 1) and chart position (#16 vs #151). Tracer's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 9 days) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). 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
Both are free to download. Git client sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Tracer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Git client holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Git client has 3.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of Git client's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tracer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Git client ships an update every 9 days, Tracer daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Git client | Tracer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.8K ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #16 — better | #151 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anders Borum | Ryan Kotzebue |
Customer experience
Git client
Tracer
In-app purchases
Git client
- Unlock transfer4 variantsFree
- Pro Unlock trial2 variantsFree
- Pro Unlock trial (2023)Free
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- Pro Unlock trial (2024)Free
- Pro Unlock trial (2025)Free
- Support Development$1.99
- Pro Upgrade (2025)$17.99
- Pro Upgrade (2024)$17.99
- Pro Upgrade$17.99
- Pro Upgrade (2022)$17.99
- Pro Upgrade (2023)$17.99
- Working Copy Pro Unlock$24.99
- Working Copy Pro Unlock$35.99
Tracer
- Pro access$4.997 Days
- Pro access7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Pro access$199.00









