Comparison

Inspect vs SSL Detective Plus

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

Head to head
About

Inspect

Examine the TLS certificate chain of any website directly on your iPhone or iPad. Understand trust status, protocols, and security signals. Export certificates for further analysis or sharing.

Highlights
  • Inspect live TLS certificate chains
  • Review trust status and security signals
  • Browse and export certificates
  • Safari extension for current page inspection
  • Action extension for shared URLs
  • Home Screen widget for Live Monitor
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Inspect lets you inspect a site's TLS certificate chain on iPhone and iPad. Paste a host name or HTTPS URL, review trust state, protocol, certificate chain, and security signals, then export any certificate in the chain. Features: - Inspect live TLS certificate chains - Review trust status, protocol, validity, SANs, key usage, fingerprints, and extensions - Surface risky signals like expired certificates, weak algorithms, broken chain linkage, and possible interception products - Browse every certificate in the presented chain - Export DER certificates for sharing or debugging - Inspect the current page in Safari with the Safari extension - Inspect shared URLs and page data from other apps with the action extension - Check Live Monitor status from the Home Screen widget

About

SSL Detective Plus

Investigate and verify SSL/TLS certificate chains with ease. This tool helps troubleshoot connection issues by displaying full certificate details and chains, which can then be emailed for further review.

Highlights
  • Investigate SSL/TLS certificates
  • Verify certificate chains
  • Easy-to-browse format
  • Email certificate chains
  • Troubleshoot connection issues
  • View full certificate details
Features
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SSL Detective Plus is a great tool for investigating SSL/TLS certificates and certificate chains. SSL Detective loads and displays SSL certificates and verifies SSL certificate chains in a easy to browse format. The SSL certificate chains can also be e-mailed to use or review on other systems. SSL Detective Plus uses the standard iPhone and iPad protocols to download and evaluate certificates and certificate chains to easily probe and troubleshoot certificate issues and resolve them quickly. SSL Detective is the perfect tool for troubleshooting SSL or TLS issues when connecting an iPhone or iPad to a web server, VPN (Virtual Private Network) server, mail server, MDM (Mobile Device Management) server, or any SSL/TLS enabled server. When an iPhone or iPad has a certificate error, only a portion of the server certificate may be displayed and it usually does not show the entire certificate or the certificate chain. Some apps will fail silently due to SSL/TLS error, or may log data to the system log. SSL Detective fills in the missing piece by being able to view the full certificate and the certificate chain for troubleshooting when attempting to resolve any issues. SSL Detective can also email the entire certificate chain right from the App, making it easy to troubleshoot the certificates on other systems SSL (Secure Socket Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) are used to encrypt network traffic and verify that data has not been modified during transit. In order to have a successful SSL/TLS connection without warnings or failures, the certificate on the server must be valid and trusted.

Screenshots

Inspect4 screens
SSL Detective Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Inspect at Free against SSL Detective Plus's $29.99. Inspect also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (87% vs 50%). SSL Detective Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Inspect is free to download; SSL Detective Plus costs $29.99 up front. SSL Detective Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Inspect asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Inspect holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inspect has 135 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Inspect's written reviews are positive against 50% of SSL Detective Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inspect ships an update every 3 weeks, SSL Detective Plus every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Inspect versus SSL Detective Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInspectSSL Detective Plus
PriceFree — better$29.99
Rating4.5 (135 ratings) — better3.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews86.8% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings135 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTao XuTwocanoes Software, Inc.

Customer experience

Inspect

All ratings125 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral1.6%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive86.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative10.5%

SSL Detective Plus

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Inspect

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SSL Detective Plus

One-time1
  • SSL DetectiveFree

Questions

Is Inspect free?
Inspect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SSL Detective Plus free?
SSL Detective Plus costs $29.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Inspect or SSL Detective Plus?
Inspect is rated higher. Inspect averages 4.5 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while SSL Detective Plus averages 3.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Inspect or SSL Detective Plus have ads?
Neither Inspect nor SSL Detective Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inspect or SSL Detective Plus?
Inspect ships an update every 3 weeks, and SSL Detective Plus every 9 months. Most recently, Inspect was updated on October 24, 2026 and SSL Detective Plus on October 21, 2026.

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