View Source vs Web Visual Code Editor
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
Web Visual Code Editor
A mobile web browser with integrated developer tools for inspecting and editing websites. It allows live code editing, real-time preview, and element inspection for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Full-featured web browser
- Live HTML, CSS, JavaScript editor
- Real-time code preview
- Element inspector
- Custom CSS injection
- JavaScript console
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Web Inspector Pro is a powerful web browser with built-in developer tools, designed for web developers, designers, and anyone who wants to inspect and edit websites on the go. FEATURES Full-Featured Browser Browse any website with a modern, fast WebKit-based browser. Multiple tabs, bookmarks, and history included. Live Code Editor Edit HTML directly with Monaco Editor (the same editor powering VS Code). Syntax highlighting, code folding, and intelligent editing for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Real-Time Preview See your changes instantly with live preview. Edit code on the left, watch updates on the right - no refresh needed. Element Inspector Tap any element to inspect it. View the DOM tree, see computed styles, and understand page structure. CSS Injection Write and inject custom CSS to test style changes without modifying the original source. JavaScript Console Execute JavaScript directly on any page. Test code snippets, debug issues, or automate tasks. Dark & Light Themes Full support for system appearance. The code editor adapts automatically to your preferred theme. ### PERFECT FOR - Web developers debugging responsive designs - Designers previewing CSS changes - Students learning HTML/CSS/JavaScript - QA testers inspecting page elements - Anyone curious about how websites work No desktop required. Inspect, edit, and debug websites anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Web Visual Code Editor at 5.0 against View Source's 3.4. Web Visual Code Editor also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 58%) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 10 months). View Source's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Web Visual Code Editor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: View Source has 59 ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of Web Visual Code Editor's.
View Source ships an update every 10 months, Web Visual Code Editor every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | View Source | Web Visual Code Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (59 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roman Tomjak | Constellation Ltd |
Customer experience
View Source
Web Visual Code Editor
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
Web Visual Code Editor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
View Source
No in-app purchases
Web Visual Code Editor
No in-app purchases
Questions
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