Pick Kaleidoscope if
mac developers who will finish the 7-day trial then pay $8/mo to merge in a dedicated viewer — not Tower $69/yr first unless they want a full Git client.
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Our take
Pick Kaleidoscope if mac developers who will finish the 7-day trial then pay $8/mo to merge in a dedicated viewer — not Tower $69/yr first unless they want a full Git client. Pick Tower if developers who will finish the 30-day Pro trial then pick Basic US$69/yr — or Pro US$129/yr when they need self-hosted remotes / Pro workflows, not Fork US$59.99 first unless they want a one-time license, and not if they need a
Best for
Kaleidoscope See the change at a public $
Tower A visual Git client you start at a public $
Free plan
Kaleidoscope No free plan
Tower No free plan
Lowest paid
Kaleidoscope Individual $8/mo
Tower Enterprise $12.42/user/mo
Next step up
Kaleidoscope
Tower Basic $69/yr
Runs where
Kaleidoscope
Tower Local or hosted
Watch out
Kaleidoscope macOS Sequoia (15)+
Tower No free forever
Last checked
Kaleidoscope 2026-10-26 · kaleidoscope.app
Tower 2026-10-23 · git-tower.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Tower if
developers who will finish the 30-day Pro trial then pick Basic US$69/yr — or Pro US$129/yr when they need self-hosted remotes / Pro workflows, not Fork US$59.99 first unless they want a one-time license, and not if they need a free-forever GUI.
Read the Tower page