# Little Eye — Scan, paste, decode > Scan, paste, decode (iPhone/iPad app by Thriving Things.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/little-eye/id6779217773 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Thriving Things](https://appshunter.io/developer/479249389) - Category: Developer Tools, Utilities - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.0 · 34 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-05 - Data updated: 2026-10-21 ## What is Little Eye? Little Eye tells you what you're actually looking at. Paste in an IP address, a domain, a URL, a token, a timestamp, a color, a barcode - share it straight from another app, type it in by hand, or scan a QR code or NFC tag - and Little Eye instantly shows you what's inside. No handing sensitive values to random websites. No context-switching to jwt.io, a WHOIS site, an epoch converter, or an IP-lookup page. Detection happens entirely on your device. The network is only ever touched when you tap an action that clearly says so - a URL fetch, a DNS or WHOIS lookup. Nothing is uploaded, there's no account, and there's no telemetry. WHAT IT RECOGNIZES • JWTs - algorithm, claims, and expiry, decoded offline • JSON - pretty-printed and validated • Base64, URL-encoding, hex, ROT13, Morse and more - decoded in place • IP addresses - offline country geolocation, plus on-demand DNS and reverse DNS • Domains & URLs - DNS, WHOIS/RDAP straight from the registry, HTTP details • Timestamps - Unix epoch and ISO dates in human form • Colors - hex and rgb swatches • Barcodes & GTINs, IBANs, UUIDs, API keys, coordinates, and dozens more SIX WAYS TO GET SOMETHING IN • Paste - tap Paste and Little Eye reads it on the spot • Share - send text or a link to Little Eye from Safari, Mail, Messages, or any other app, right where you found it • Type - enter a value by hand when it isn't on the clipboard • Scan a barcode or QR code with the camera and see what it decodes to • Scan an NFC tag to read the links and codes it carries • Open a file from Files, or an image from Photos Whichever way it arrives, you can drill down card by card - every result is the starting point for the next one. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Detection is local. The network is opt-in, per action, and clearly labelled. • No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no tracking. • When Little Eye does reach out, it asks the original source directly - the DNS resolver, the domain registry, the host itself - instead of routing your data through a third-party website. LITTLE EYE PRO A one-time purchase unlocks the network-powered features (DNS, WHOIS, reverse DNS, URL fetch and more). Everything else - all offline decoding and detection - is free, with a 14-day trial of the Pro features to start. Built for backend developers, DevOps and platform engineers, security professionals, and anyone who spends the day elbow-deep in tokens, links and logs. ## Is Little Eye safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Little Eye. ## Is Little Eye legit? Little Eye has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Little Eye is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.0.19 — 2026-10-20 Wildcard hostnames like `*.example.com` are recognised, and Little Eye can check whether the domain really has a wildcard DNS record. ### 1.0.16 — 2026-10-01 Bluetooth scanning, plus a fresh look. New in 1.0.16 • Bluetooth: tap the new Bluetooth button to list nearby devices with their maker, signal strength and services. It's decoded on your iPhone and nothing is stored or uploaded. Bluetooth is a Pro feature. • Identify a device to see which services it offers, its maker, model and battery level, and whether it's a known tracker (AirTag, Tile, Chipolo, Samsung SmartTag). For an AirTag you can also play a sound to find it. • Choose which kinds of devices to identify, or turn on automatic identification after a scan. • Filter the list by device type, search by name, maker or type, and sort by name, nearest, newest or type. • A cleaner device list, with names that read better and more devices recognised, including Windows PCs and Nest alarms and thermostats. • Little Eye now recognises vCard contact cards and calendar events (vCalendar/iCalendar). New in 1.0.15 • A calmer dark palette with a violet accent, flat cards, bigger tap targets in the bottom bar, and a redesigned Type sheet. • Updated the offline country database used for IP lookups (September 2026 snapshot). ### 1.0.14 — 2026-09-17 • Little Eye Pro — a one-time unlock, no subscription — is now available in the app. It covers the network-powered features: DNS lookups and reverse-DNS verification, WHOIS domain registration checks, fetching and auditing URLs, and ISBN book lookups. • Little Eye now recognises Git, Mercurial, Subversion and other version-control checkouts. Pick a repo folder or a .git/config from Files, or paste config text, to see the branch, remotes, and whether a rebase or merge is mid-flight. • Copying text as plain ASCII now normalises the rarer dashes to a plain hyphen, and an em dash becomes a single hyphen rather than two. ### 1.0.13 — 2026-08-06 No release notes. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-21.*