Comparison

Docket vs Jira

Jira runs work for whole organisations. Docket is the same idea cut down to one developer and the apps they ship.

Our appDocket is the one we make. Pick it if you want tasks, releases and launches for all your own apps in one native app.

Docket on iPhone

Docket's Focus dashboard: today's pick, quick add buttons, ideas, what ships next and what to fix

A project's Plan tab in Docket: the next release, shipped versions, posts and nominations

Facts checked on 11 November 2026.

The short answer

Docket is a tracker for one person: a Focus screen, a Kanban board with no story points, and releases with a pre-ship checklist. Jira is project management for teams and organisations, with roadmaps, reports and approvals.

Pick Docket if

You have no one to assign work to or ask for approval.
You want cards and columns with no story points.
You want releases, launches and the App Store in one calendar.

Side by side

	Docket	Jira
Built for	one developer shipping several apps	teams and organisations that plan and track work together
Where it runs	Mac, iPhone and iPad, as a native app	the cloud, with a mobile app for iPhone and iPad
Releases	versions from planned to shipped, each with the same pre-ship checklist	work items, roadmaps, reports and approval flows
Launch planning	blog posts, launches, featuring nominations and in-app events on one calendar with your releases	roadmaps and templates for campaigns and programmes
Connects to	App Store Connect: your apps, in-app events and featuring nominations	Atlassian's own products, such as Confluence and Loom
How you pay	free with one project; Docket Pro is a subscription for unlimited projects, iCloud sync, and the MCP server and CLI	a free plan, with Standard, Premium and Enterprise plans above it

What Docket is

Docket is a release tracker for developers who ship their own apps. It keeps tasks, releases with a pre-ship checklist, a launch calendar and app ideas for every project, syncs with App Store Connect, and includes an MCP server and a CLI for coding agents.

What Jira is

Jira is Atlassian's project management software for teams, from engineering to marketing. It plans and tracks work with roadmaps, reports, forms and approvals, and connects coding agents through an MCP server and a CLI.

Questions

Is Docket a good alternative to Jira?

Yes, if you want tasks, releases and launches for all your own apps in one native app. Docket is a tracker for one person: a Focus screen, a Kanban board with no story points, and releases with a pre-ship checklist. Jira is project management for teams and organisations, with roadmaps, reports and approvals.

What is the difference between Docket and Jira?

Docket is built for one developer shipping several apps. Jira is built for teams and organisations that plan and track work together.

How is Docket sold compared with Jira?

Docket: free with one project; Docket Pro is a subscription for unlimited projects, iCloud sync, and the MCP server and CLI. Jira: a free plan, with Standard, Premium and Enterprise plans above it.

More comparisons

We make Docket. What we say about Jira comes from its own pages, read on 11 November 2026: Jira's own site, Jira Cloud on the App Store. Spotted a mistake? Write to support@onedevshop.com. Jira belongs to its owner, and Docket is not affiliated with it.

Docket

Built by an indie developer, for indie developers

Docket is on the App Store, for Mac, iPhone and iPad.