Charles Proxy vs Ditchly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Charles Proxy
Capture and inspect network requests and responses directly on your iOS device. Debug networking issues without needing a computer. View detailed metadata, headers, and bodies, and even transfer sessions to a desktop for further analysis.
- Capture network requests and responses
- Inspect metadata, headers, and bodies
- SSL Proxying for plain text viewing
- Measure network performance
- Block requests to specific hosts
- DNS spoofing
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Charles Proxy for iOS lets you capture, inspect and modify network requests and responses on your iOS device. You can view metadata, headers and bodies in the app, so you can finally debug your app’s networking issues without a computer. Charles Proxy for iOS is an app from the creator of Charles Proxy for desktop. HOW IT WORKS Turn Charles on when you want to start capturing. Charles captures your network requests and responses in the background while you test your app or website. Return to Charles to inspect the requests and responses. If you also have Charles on your desktop, you can transfer recorded sessions to your desktop to explore them on the big screen. Charles creates a local VPN on your device. All of your network traffic passes through Charles on your device, and then out to the internet as usual over either WiFi or Mobile / Cellular data. There is no remote server involved, and your data always remains private to you. FEATURES * SSL Proxying to view SSL requests in plain text * View and share request and responses bodies * Syntax highlighting for text request and response bodies * Measure network performance over WiFi or Mobile / Cellular networks * Block requests to nominated hosts * DNS spoofing
Ditchly
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Nobody reads these. You scrolled the screenshots and already decided. So, the short version. Your phone is full of things you'd never miss. Ditchly shows them to you one at a time. Swipe left to ditch, right to keep. That's the app. Two decks: Media — screenshots, screen recordings, and the enormous old ones first, so the easy wins come first. Contacts — half-finished records and likely duplicates, long before anyone you actually call. Some photos don't need to go, just to lose weight. Shrink them light, medium, or heavy, and see the megabytes you'll save before you commit to anything. Share sits on the card if someone else should have it first. Nothing vanishes the moment you swipe. Staged items wait in a review screen until you say go, and undo is always one tap back. Photos land in Recently Deleted, where iOS holds them for 30 days. Contact deletions are permanent — read that sentence again. Every session ends with a tally of what you cleared. Lifetime totals live in Settings, for the kind of person who is still reading an App Store description. No account. No sign-in. Nothing tracked. Your photos and contacts never leave the phone, because they were never ours to move. Free to start: 50 ditches, then 25 a day. Keeping is never limited. Unlimited ditching and photo shrink come with a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime unlock. You'll need Photos or Contacts access for the matching deck. Grant one, skip the other, change your mind later. Either works. Still here? Impressive. Go swipe something. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.alexiscreuzot.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.alexiscreuzot.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ditchly at Free against Charles Proxy's $8.99. Ditchly also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Charles Proxy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#62 vs unranked). On 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
Ditchly is free to download; Charles Proxy costs $8.99 up front. Ditchly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year. Charles Proxy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Charles Proxy ships an update every 2 months, Ditchly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Charles Proxy | Ditchly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (187 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 51.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 187 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #62 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | XK72 Limited | Alexis Creuzot |
Bugs and requests
Charles Proxy
Reported bugs
4 issues- Doesn't work with latest iOS versions
- Fails to export sessions frequently
- Incompatible with apps using VPN
- Large JSON bodies not displayed properly
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to edit and replay requests
- Improve JSON viewer and formatting
- Add support for WebSockets
- Provide option to map to local
- Add scripting and breakpoint features
Ditchly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Charles Proxy
No in-app purchases
Ditchly
- Ditchly Annual$5.991 Year
- Ditchly Lifetime Launch$8.99
- Ditchly Lifetime$14.99









