Working Copy
Shares rank 10 of 18 Git clients by recommenders
Git app for iPad that syncs folders and version-controls files with Git, and lets other apps use those synced folders.
Git app for iPad that syncs folders and version-controls files with Git, and lets other apps use those synced folders.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Syncs and versions files with Git
“You can even keep them version controlled in Github or other Git systems using Working Copy”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file (2020)” “Use Working Copy to give other apps access to folders sync'd with git”
Comment from 28 Feb 2026 in “Obsidian Sync now has a headless client” “I use git (with Working Copy) for sync for this exact use-case.”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Surprisingly, Emacs on Android is pretty good”
Other Git clients people recommend
The four most recommended other Git clients, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magit | 120 | 20 | 86% | 12 | 10 yrs6 owners | Approved |
| Sublime Merge | 22 | 1 | 96% | 10 | — | Approved |
| GitButler | 21 | 19 | 53% | 6 | — | — |
| Fork git client | 17 | 2 | 89% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Working CopyThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Use Working Copy to give other apps access to folders sync'd with git”
“Workingcopy app is a better model.”
“Working Copy (git for iPad) handles submodules reasonably well”
“You can even keep them version controlled in Github or other Git systems using Working Copy”
“I use git (with Working Copy) for sync for this exact use-case.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.