2020-09-16
Worth it
Absolutely worth the cost of the license for me
Updating
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#50 in Top Free Apps > Developer Tools
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#11 in Top Grossing Apps > Developer Tools
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#54 in Top Free iPad Apps > Developer Tools
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#28 in Top Grossing iPad Apps > Developer Tools
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Description
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 pay to unlock pro features such as the ability to push commits back to remote servers. There is no venture capital, large company or ads funding development and your support through in-app purchase directly sustains development.
What's New in Version 4.4.0
Start or Stop the internal WebDAV server from shortcuts on iOS 14 without opening Working Copy. The custom action to control WebDAV is available on iOS 13 as well but needs to open the app.
Universal links can be used in HTML and Markdown preview to jump to files in other repositories inside the app. Generate universal links from the share sheet.
Fixed issue where preview on external display would sometimes start out wrong when connecting display while a file was being shown.
Seller
Name
Anders Borum
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
4.4.0
Size
95.3 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated: 4+
Compatibility
iOS 13.3 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air4, iPad Air4Cellular, iPad EighthGen, iPad EighthGenCellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)
Languages
English
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
4.5 of 5 (185 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2020-07-22
Just Amazing
Always works perfectly. Very intuitive interface even on a small screen. Outstanding features even in the free version.
2020-06-28
Convenient app, responsive developer
As much as I try, I can’t do any real work on my ipad, but this app makes it so easy to perform any last-minute changes or little corrections to my git repo while I’m on the go. It’s dead simple to use, and setting up a SSH connection to my git repo was a breeze. The editor provides syntax highlighting for several languages, but there’s no autocomplete. I’m not a power mobile user by any means, but this app has found a special place in my programming toolbelt.
On a separate note, if you noticed background activity in your battery settings, the developer has explained that this has something to do with a location logic in the Files app, and this app isn’t actually consuming any additional power. You can check this by tapping on the Working Copy icon in battery consumption, and it will show “-“, which means it’s using less than 1%.
I really like that this app is actively maintained and that the developer is very responsive to feedback. I think the ratings speak for itself!
2020-06-18
Really Great!
Gladly paid for the pro version of this app, it was exactly what i was looking for on a mobile platform.
2020-06-03
One less reason to need a laptop
When this covid thing started and I had to work from home, I'd be lying around the house with an iPad and coding in Textastic. Then I'd sync over to another machine and run my commits from the command line. It was tedious, but then I learned about Working Copy and oh man! It's a first rate git client.
Works fine with the usual suspects like github as well as private servers over ssh/https/whatever. Within the iPad world, it talks to just about anything like text editors, Pythonista, etc. In a pinch, the built-in editor is not too shabby either!
And it's just so beautiful and slick! Makes you wanna code...
2020-05-27
its amayzing
i love everything on that app thanks to the howner
2020-04-11
Solid, fast, well maintained
No trouble connecting to my self-hosted Gitea instance (and Github, Bitbucket before that). Integrates well with text editors. I’ve even made emergency changes while standing in an airport security line. Indie dev software at its best.
2020-04-09
Brings repo to mobile
I just worked on documentation from the mobile and committed my work which is really appreciated (mobile capabilities, you know I code on my desk by waiting on the bus and formatting documentation, commit it, that's winner ;) )
Guillaume.
2020-03-03
Totally awesome
This is where I want to work. And will eventually more here from Windows and Mac. This guy is an incredible programmer, it shows in the quality of this app. This is the future, being able to maintain code from mobile.
2020-02-20
A vital tool for remote support
Being able to pull up repos and make quick changes when you’re on the road makes me very useful at work. Working Copy let’s me update in the field and it’s well worth the price.
2020-02-14
Works Like a Charm
Very happy with this app. I use repos every day for work and having a solution that works well on my iPad is simply massive. Great work Devs!
2019-11-28
Any Black Friday deals available ?
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a thanksgiving discount?
2019-11-25
Everything you’d need for an iOS Git client
From design to implementation, this is a fantastic app.
2019-10-02
Great for collaboration!
Seriously productivity brought to iPad and iPhone
2019-06-28
Perfect
Excellent markdown editing. I can now edit my GitHub pages site directly from my phone. Great UX. Love this app.
2019-05-18
A COMPLETE mobile source control client
The developer behind this app clearly put in countless hours to create a COMPLETE source control mobile client that has all of the power of a desktop client (repo storage, custom graph viewer, commits, reverts, authentication methods (both ssh and https), remotes setup, cookies, repo creation (with file system if not emulated), repo cloning and cloud syncing
2019-05-01
Excellent Git client for iOS
This is an excellent, well maintained, and well documented Git client for iOS. It is also well integrated into the iOS file system. Worth every penny.
2019-01-31
Seems to work pretty flawlessly
I wish there was a built in "add all, commit all, pull, push" button, but I guess I can make that in Shortcuts.
2018-12-29
A highly useful app for troubleshooting and reviewing code.
Special thanks to the developer for adding syntax highlighting for vhdl upon request.
2018-11-22
Awesome
I have shied away from Github as a repository for my writing, scared off by its convoluted complexity for simple writers such as myself. Working Copy makes it far more useful and amenable for me. Bravo.
2018-11-17
Amazing.
The best git client I’ve used. Desktop included.
2018-10-09
Must have
Love the markdown preview mode, perfect on iPad.
2018-09-18
Glory glory hallelujah
Our prayers have been answered and there’s a working beautiful git client for iOS now. 👏👏
2018-06-28
An App of incredible quality
There is no fancy UI only pure thoughtful UX
2018-05-25
Good, but needs work
[To the developer: I appreciate the thoughtful response, and I will certainly check out each update (if you’ll forgive a bad git joke).]
This comes so close to being a great way to work on my iPad. ✅ Supports GitHub Enterprise. ✅ iCloud document provider (lets me work in Textastic; the built-in editor doesn’t cut it). ✅ Nice history graph. ✅ Excellent search (aka git grep). Unfortunately… ❌ No flat view of all changed files in one place. You have to manually navigate your entire folder hierarchy to each file. ❌ No staging & no stashes means I can’t change anything I don’t want in my next commit. I’m so used to having this freedom that I can never go back to being forced to work on only one thing at a time. It’s not feasible for me to commit three unrelated changes in the same branch because that’s not how professional developers work.
Essentially, it takes too many steps to review changes, and there’s no way to manage which ones get committed. This app seems to get a lot of praise from writers (whose needs are so simplistic they could honestly just use Dropbox), but not a lot of developers (who actually know and use most of the features of git and GitHub). It just needs to handle a few key things better to become a truly viable way to work when I’m away from my Mac. Right now it’s got just barely enough to make it possible, but not what I’d call a great experience.
2018-05-11
Go ahead and buy this app
If you need a git client for iOS, this is your app. It is great, they keep adding features and fixing bugs.
I could write a lot about its integrations, ease of use, power options, but you can just take a look yourself.
If you are a serious git user, this is the best app you can get on iOS.
I’ve used it with GitHub and AWS CodeCommit repositories without a hitch.
2018-02-10
Best Git client for iOS, incredible support
Working Copy is amazing. Devs need not worry anymore - it’s got the power! It supports Files in iOS, works with Textastic!
About the only thing it doesn’t do is interactive rebase, but I’m like one of the 5 people that actually uses that.
2017-09-19
Old issues have vanished!
Now that I can access all my repos since updating to iOS 11, this app is flawless.
Thank you!
2017-06-29
What more can I say, its great!
This app is great. Does exactly what it says it does, git.
Great wether you are using BitBucket or Github and it works flawlessly.
Great job by the developers. Well done.
2017-01-12
I swear this is Alien technology.
Unbelievable human interface device. Once you use it you'll never go back. Sincerely outstanding.
2016-12-04
Very impressive
It's so cool to be able to edit a git-hosted site on a mobile device. While this app is very intricate, it's easy enough to work with, even for a novice like me. I'm editing a Jekyll site with Liquid Markup and MarkDown pages. The app fulfills all my needs, for sure.
2016-10-27
Delete all. Help
I've been compromised
2016-10-23
Really, really good!
A premium app for a premium price. I do not see the issue. Has turned my iPad into a coding productivity machine. And it plays nicely with Coda. Sweeeeet!
2016-10-06
Trial version proves value, but w/o push, is useless (need $$ version)
It works as advertised, but to unlock the "push" feature, you need to pay (over 20$, which I find too much). And what good is this without push? I'll keep searching for cheaper app.
2016-02-18
Makes iOS a very powerful platform for developers
I don't even know where to start.
This app has tons of thoughtful touches that makes working on code from my iPhone a pleasure. The UX is well thought-out—you don't need to be a git guru to get things done, and extending the app is similarly straightforward.
On extending the app: I absolutely LOVE that I can highlight something and call up the reference docs in Dash, can edit in Editorial or Textastic, etc. It's all so well done.
Without question, it's a niche app. But if you need to get some serious dev work done from your iPhone or iPad, this app is worth the full-unlock in-app purchase at twice the price.
2016-02-02
Really nice little helper app
I prefer this app to Gotland native app. Very helpful.
2016-01-20
Surprisingly usable
Git isn't exactly a mobile friendly tool, but this app makes it work. That is, it makes it possible and not awful to use git on your phone.
I liked that it auto-generated a keypair when I installed the app, and had an easy button to email it to myself. Syntax highlighting is built in (and it actually will guess the type based on contents, not just the extension).
In short: it actually works.
I only need read-only for now (free version), but I might consider forking out the price of the pro version to be able to push, because so far it works well; I'm impressed.
2015-11-27
Amazing App - Very Reasonable Pricing
Pros:
#Flexibility:
SHARE FUNCTION
-Copy to... Share function
-Open in... Share function
-Accepts a lot of file types
-Works in free mode
IPAD MULTITASK MODE
#Functionality
FREE VERSION
-Ability to use entire app to pull only
-All files accessible by other apps easily
-Great repo flow
-Ability to automatically generate and register SSH keys for Bit/Git.
-Great list-view of available repos from both bit/git.
-Easily clone new repos
PAID VERSION
-Ability to pull/push/sync
-Very reasonable pricing for upgrade
-Easily create new remotes from git to bitbucket and vice-versa
-Initialize repos
-Add/modify commit messages.
#Summary
The closest thing to SourceTree for iOS.
Doesn't try to be both a feed AND a git client, and does it damn well.
My only request would be the ability to create folders of or the ability to rename the references.
Great job.
2015-09-18
Manage Git and GitHub Repos
For those of us who don't work exclusively with GitHub this is just awesome.
2015-08-20
So far it seems robust and just what I need
I'm starting to blog with Jekyll and wanted a way to work with draft materials on my iPhone/iPad. This seems like exactly what I need to do that. I'm impressed with how intuitive it's been to pick up, and it seems to respect how little I want to tap the screen to do things, ie it's efficient. I'm very impressed.