View Source vs Picket
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
Picket
This utility app helps you save images from websites in bulk. It offers features like deep image detection, ad blocking, and organized file management with iCloud sync. Protect your collection with biometric authentication.
- Deep image detection
- Bulk download
- Parallel processing
- Ad blocking
- Tab browsing
- Advanced organization
- iCloud sync
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Save the images you find on the web, all at once and with ease. Picket makes collecting images genuinely effortless. Just open a page and pick the images you want — they're saved to your Camera Roll or an in-app album, all in one go. Downloads - Deep search: follows links to other pages and finds full-size images that are easy to miss in a thumbnail list. - Batch saving: save every image you've selected with a single tap. - Parallel loading: several pages are loaded at once, so you're not left waiting even with a lot of images. Browsing - Bookmarks: save the sites you visit often and open them again in a tap. - Search engine: switch to the search engine you're used to. - Ad blocking: cut down on distracting ads so it's easier to find the images you're after. - Tabs: keep several sites open and switch between them quickly. - Share sheet: send a URL from another app and open it right in Picket. File management - Organize your growing collection exactly how you like with folders and albums. - Supports JPG, PNG, GIF, and SVG, as well as WebP and HEIF. - Bundle your saved images into a ZIP, or convert them to a PDF to share. - Import images from the Photos app, too. iCloud sync - Sync your collection across devices. Save an image on your iPhone and pick it up on your iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Picket at 4.4 against View Source's 3.4. Picket also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months). View Source's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Picket sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. View Source asks for nothing beyond the download.
Picket holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 57 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of View Source's written reviews are positive against 60% of Picket's.
View Source ships an update every 10 months, Picket weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | View Source | Picket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (59 ratings) | 4.4 (57 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.4% of reviews | 60.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 57 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Roman Tomjak | Tsubasa Takahashi |
Customer experience
View Source
Picket
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
Picket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
View Source
No in-app purchases
Picket
- PicketPremium$19.99
