Comparison

Clone vs REST API Client

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Clone

This app provides a powerful Git client for iOS devices, offering advanced code editing, intuitive workflows, and beautiful visualizations of commit history. It allows users to manage repositories, branch, merge, and push code directly from their iPhone or iPad.

Highlights
  • Commit history visualization
  • Code editor with syntax highlighting
  • Branching and merging
  • GitHub/Bitbucket integration
  • Diff views
  • Blame view
Features
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Clone brings the power of Git version control to iOS. With beautiful visualizations, an advanced code editor, intuitive Git workflows, and powerful integrations, Clone takes Git productivity mobile. Features - Top-notch visualization A graph is worth a thousand SHAs. Clone shows commit history beautifully and quickly, so you can see what that merge commit actually merges. See what changed in amy commit with diff views. For individual files a heat map (blame) shows the who, what and when for each part of the file when you're asking why. - Designed for iPhone and iPad On all devices, Clone supports the latest iOS technologies. Use Clone as a document provider to edit code directly in your favorite editor, including Swift Playgrounds on iPads. Comparing your changes is only a swipe away with the Today view extension, even when editing in another app. Be more productive with iPad multitasking. You can work side-by-side. Write a blog post in Markdown from one app while previewing live in Clone. Commit and push are just a tap away too. Whatever the size, you're covered. - A Code Editor tailored for Git Be fearless with version control. Clone's text editor previews HTML and Markdown. Write your blog next blog post from your device. Clone's editor performs syntax highlighting in 30+ languages and shows line numbers so you always know right where you are. Customize with 5 elegant code fonts, configurable sizes, soft tabs, and line wrapping. It's built around Git, so commit, blame, and revert are always at your fingertips. - Your Git workflow, anywhere Pull, edit, commit, and push from any iOS device. Connect your GitHub or Bitbucket account for instant access to your public and private repos. Use a public key for password-free authentication. View diffs before committing, ignore files, and be a Git master without a command-line. - Advanced Git support: Branch, Merge, Remotes Does git push heroku master mean something to you? What about a gh-pages branch? Clone can push your repos and communicate with multiple remotes. When merge conflicts happen, Clone helps there too. - Powerful integrations: git init to github.com in seconds After connecting to your Github or Bitbucket account, you can clone your repos without typing a thing. Repos you create on your device can be published to GitHub or bitbucket in seconds. Fix a bug, start a blog, or think bigger.

About

REST API Client

This tool allows users to send and analyze API requests with customizable parameters, authorization, and body content. It offers robust search and filtering capabilities for managing saved requests, optimized for iPadOS with keyboard support.

Highlights
  • Send and analyze API requests
  • Customize query parameters, authorization, and headers
  • Support for four body types
  • Search and filter requests
  • Create, save, update, and delete requests
  • Optimized for iPadOS with keyboard support
Features
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Send and analyze requests with detailed response headers and results. Add query parameters, authorization tokens, headers, or body content to tailor every request. Choose from four flexible body types: none, form-data, form-urlencoded, or raw. Search and filter requests by name, URL, HTTP method, or modified date, and organize them by month or year. Create, save, update, or delete requests seamlessly within the REST API Client. Fully optimized for iPadOS, with support for Smart/Magic Keyboard and time-saving keyboard shortcuts.

Screenshots

Clone4 screens
REST API Client4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: REST API Client at 4.3 against Clone's 3.0. Clone's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (20 vs 6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Clone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and REST API Client sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

REST API Client holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clone ships an update every 5 weeks, REST API Client every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Clone versus REST API Client: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCloneREST API Client
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (20 ratings)4.3 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDan Leehr L.L.C.Tevon Wallace

Customer experience

Clone

All ratings20 ratings
Positive45.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative45.0%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive48.1%
Neutral11.1%
Negative40.7%

REST API Client

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Clone

One-time1
  • Publish and Push$9.99
1 purchases

REST API Client

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Clone free?
Clone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is REST API Client free?
REST API Client is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Clone or REST API Client?
REST API Client is rated higher. Clone averages 3.0 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while REST API Client averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Clone or REST API Client have ads?
REST API Client shows ads; Clone does not.
Which is updated more often, Clone or REST API Client?
Clone ships an update every 5 weeks, and REST API Client every 3 weeks. Most recently, Clone was updated on September 23, 2026 and REST API Client on September 21, 2026.

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