View Source vs PiPifier
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
View Source
Inspect the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript of any website directly on your device. Features syntax highlighting and search capabilities for easy code analysis. Can be used as a standalone tool or integrated with your browser.
- View HTML source code
- View CSS source code
- View Javascript source code
- Syntax highlighting
- Search within source code
- Standalone app
- Safari integration
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HTML source code, CSS and Javascript browser with syntax highlighting and search! Can be used as a standalone app or directly from Safari! View Source offers developers and other curious people to view the source code of any website on the internet! For any feature requests or problem reports tweet me @r00m
PiPifier
Enable Picture-in-Picture mode for any HTML5 web video directly from Safari. This extension bypasses restrictions on sites that hide native video controls, allowing seamless multitasking with your videos.
- Picture-in-Picture for HTML5 videos
- Works on any website
- Bypasses hidden video controls
- Safari Action extension
- Easy to enable and use
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PiPifier is an Action extension for Safari that lets you use every HTML5 (thats about every web video on iOS) video in Picture in Picture mode. If you have an HTML5 video playing on any website like Youtube just press PiPifier in Safari's Webtools Menu to enable Picture-In-Picture for this video. With this extension you can even run PiP mode on sites that hide the native video controls (so that you can not enable PiP there) Usage: 1. Open Safari 2. Open the Webtools Menu (aA) 3. Choose Manage Extensions 4. Enable 'PiPifier' 5. Select 'PiPifier' on a website with a video
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PiPifier at 4.4 against View Source's 3.4. PiPifier also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 58%). View Source's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. PiPifier sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. View Source asks for nothing beyond the download.
PiPifier holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PiPifier has 323 ratings behind it against 59, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of View Source's written reviews are positive against 75% of PiPifier's.
View Source ships an update every 10 months, PiPifier weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | View Source | PiPifier |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (59 ratings) | 4.4 (323 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.4% of reviews | 75.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 59 | 323 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roman Tomjak | Arno Appenzeller |
Customer experience
View Source
PiPifier
User reviews
View Source
From 59 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🆓 Free to use
- 👍 Simple and functional
- 🔄 Safari integration
- 🔍 Find feature
- 📄 View HTML source
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐌 Slow performance
- 🚫 Cannot log in to sites
- 🖥️ Shows PC source, not mobile
- 🖱️ Difficult to select/copy text
PiPifier
From 323 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works as expected
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 💡 Useful for YouTube PiP
- 👍 Simple and lightweight
- 👍 Allows background playback
Room to improve
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- 🐛 Occasional freezing or crashing
- 🐛 Blank/black screen in PiP mode
- 🔋 Increased battery drain
- 🐛 Doesn't work with embedded videos
Bugs and requests
View Source
Reported bugs
6 issues- Crashes when selecting text
- Crashes when pasting URL
- Crashes when hitting share
- Cannot copy text after iOS upgrade
- Search is broken
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- App crashes on iPhone 6s
Requested features
12 requests- Add 'select all' function
- Implement dark mode
- Add ability to copy entire source
- Improve text selection and copying
- Allow login to authenticated sites
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- Provide CSS and JavaScript viewing
- Add 'pretty print' feature
- Proper iPad version
- History of viewed websites
- Syntax highlighter
- Color coding for source code
- Search within page
PiPifier
Reported bugs
4 issues- Doesn't work on some devices/iOS versions
- Randomly stops working with YouTube
- Disappearing PiP window
- Incompatibility with certain system settings
Requested features
4 requests- Automatic PiP mode on video start
- Ability to control PiP size/position
- Support for more video platforms
- Playlist/autoplay support in PiP
In-app purchases
View Source
No in-app purchases
PiPifier
- Small Tea for the Developer$0.99
- Large Tea for the Developer$2.99
- Giant Tea for the Developer$4.99
