Inspect vs RouterPulse
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
RouterPulse
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Bandwidth monitors your FRITZ!Box in real time — directly from your iPhone, no additional software or login required. The app connects to your FRITZ!Box over the local network and displays download and upload speeds as live charts, updated every 3 seconds. What the app shows: Current download and upload speed in Mbit/s History charts for the last 60 seconds Maximum line speed (down/upload) Connection type and external IP address FRITZ!Box model and FRITZ!OS version Multiple routers: Save multiple FRITZ!Box routers and switch between them with a single tap. Privacy: Bandwidth communicates exclusively with your FRITZ!Box on the local network. No data is transmitted to external servers. Compatible with common FRITZ!Box models.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Inspect at none against RouterPulse's 3. Inspect also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. RouterPulse sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Inspect asks for nothing beyond the download.
Inspect ships an update every 3 weeks, RouterPulse every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Inspect | RouterPulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (126 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 126 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tao Xu | Denis Leupold |
In-app purchases
Inspect
No in-app purchases
RouterPulse
- 1 Month Subscription$0.991 Month
- 6 Month Subscription$3.996 Months
- 1 Year Subscription$8.991 Year
Questions
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