Works well, but stops at random
I've used this for a few months to host a static website from my iPhone. It's basic and has its quirks, but it does the job.
Today I needed a read/write site that could store uploaded images and let me edit text. I first tried Safari's preferred storage method. It worked well, but because the data matters I needed something more accessible. Since the site itself lives in iCloud, keeping data in Safari storage would also lock me out of it from other browsers and platforms. So I switched to saving real photo files and JSON files instead.
That worked surprisingly well. Full marks for not putting granular permission roadblocks in the way.
The problem is that the server now stops at random, or appears to. This started around the iOS 27 update, so one of Apple's many platform changes may be to blame. I hope it gets fixed soon, because choosing an HTTP server to run on iOS is only the start of steep learning and effort curves.
Today I needed a read/write site that could store uploaded images and let me edit text. I first tried Safari's preferred storage method. It worked well, but because the data matters I needed something more accessible. Since the site itself lives in iCloud, keeping data in Safari storage would also lock me out of it from other browsers and platforms. So I switched to saving real photo files and JSON files instead.
That worked surprisingly well. Full marks for not putting granular permission roadblocks in the way.
The problem is that the server now stops at random, or appears to. This started around the iOS 27 update, so one of Apple's many platform changes may be to blame. I hope it gets fixed soon, because choosing an HTTP server to run on iOS is only the start of steep learning and effort curves.
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MMaybeMartyn
Really nice App still works jul 2026 just fine
Review score should be higher a lot of work obviously went into this.
CChosenZeus
Response from developer
Thank you for the kind words and 5-star rating! We’re glad Simple Server continues to work well for you. Your support means a lot to us.
Use for Webapps
Excellent web server/browser combination. Using it for my personal webapps.
IiWalk
Great app but mine was hacked by a gold iOS edition designer.
Hello, I love your app when it is working. But a Reno/Placerville CA Gold iOS edition designer and his PI counterparts all but ruined most apps by porting them to HTML5 and making most features just a UI and some graphics with no actual functionality. It’s a work around for a group who was banned from tech and has to report who they are to their neighbors.
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JEJustin Benjamin Edwards
Response from developer
Hello? It's not related to this app or this company.
The 500 a simple hate group
Hello, I love your app when it is working. I have an iPhone that was supporting it until this group came to my town and ran full bandwidth connections to each home without permission. Since then I can’t get your app to work because they port everything to something like Java or html5
JEJustin Benjamin Edwards
