Inspect vs SSL Certificate Test
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
SSL Certificate Test
Receive timely alerts for SSL certificate errors and upcoming expirations. Prevent business disruptions and protect your organization from cyber threats and potential losses.
- Expiration notifications
- Certificate error alerts
- Business protection
- Reputation safeguarding
- Cyber threat prevention
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Stay one step ahead by subscribing to timely notifications regarding any potential certificate errors or upcoming expirations. Protect your business from disruptions caused by expired certificates, safeguarding your operations and reputation. Don't let expired SSL certificates put your organization at risk to cyber threats and potential business losses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Inspect at 87% against SSL Certificate Test's 0%. Inspect also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (4.5 vs 1.0). SSL Certificate Test's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On ads and in-app purchases 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
Inspect is free to download; SSL Certificate Test costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Inspect holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inspect has 126 ratings behind it against 1, 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 0% of SSL Certificate Test's.
Inspect ships an update every 3 weeks, SSL Certificate Test every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Inspect | SSL Certificate Test |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (126 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 126 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tao Xu | Jupiter Valley LLC |
Customer experience
Inspect
SSL Certificate Test
In-app purchases
Inspect
No in-app purchases
SSL Certificate Test
No in-app purchases
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