Comparison

Charles Proxy vs Kame Mobile

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Kame Mobile

This app transforms web articles into spoken audio, highlighting text as it's read. Enjoy seamless listening with the screen off or while using other apps. Customize voices and playback speed for a personalized audio reading experience.

Highlights
  • Web article to speech conversion
  • Synchronized text highlighting
  • Background playback
  • Customizable voices and speed
  • Multi-language support
  • Ad-free and private
Features
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kame turns web articles into speech. Paste a link, tap Read, and kame finds the article, sets aside the menus, ads and clutter around it, and reads it to you in a natural voice. FOLLOW ALONG Each sentence is highlighted as it is spoken, and the page scrolls with the voice, so you can read along or look away and just listen. Skip back to hear a sentence again, or skip ahead. KEEPS READING WHEN YOU PUT THE PHONE DOWN Playback carries on with the screen off or while you use other apps. Pause, resume and skip from the notification or the lock screen. CHOOSE HOW IT SOUNDS • Pick from dozens of voices, including American and British English speakers • Set the pace anywhere from 0.8× to 1.5× • Change voice or speed mid-article without losing your place • Your choices are remembered for next time MORE THAN ENGLISH kame reads English, Japanese and Chinese articles, and offers voices that suit the language of each one. EASY ON THE EYES A calm reading layout with light and dark themes. SIMPLE AND PRIVATE • No account and no sign-in • No ads • No third-party analytics or tracking in the app HOW IT WORKS kame needs an internet connection: articles are fetched and voices are generated on kame's servers, then streamed to your phone a sentence at a time. Most news stories, blog posts and encyclopedia pages work well. Pages behind a paywall or login, or sites that block automated access, may not load. kame means "turtle" in Japanese. It is unhurried, and it gets there. Privacy policy: https://kameread.com/privacy Questions or feedback: kamereadcom@gmail.com

Screenshots

Charles Proxy4 screens
Kame Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Kame Mobile at Free against Charles Proxy's $8.99. Kame Mobile also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Charles Proxy's advantage is ratings volume (189 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Kame Mobile is free to download; Charles Proxy costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kame Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Charles Proxy has 189 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Charles Proxy ships an update every 2 months, Kame Mobile every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Charles Proxy versus Kame Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCharles ProxyKame Mobile
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (189 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings189 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXK72 LimitedJAG Solutions Limited

Customer experience

Charles Proxy

All ratings187 ratings
Positive74.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative19.8%
Written reviews231 reviews
Positive51.9%
Neutral11.7%
Negative36.4%

Kame Mobile

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Kame Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Charles Proxy

No in-app purchases

None

Kame Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Charles Proxy free?
Charles Proxy costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kame Mobile free?
Kame Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Charles Proxy or Kame Mobile?
Kame Mobile is rated higher. Charles Proxy averages 4.0 out of 5 from 189 ratings, while Kame Mobile averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Charles Proxy or Kame Mobile have ads?
Neither Charles Proxy nor Kame Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Charles Proxy or Kame Mobile?
Charles Proxy ships an update every 2 months, and Kame Mobile every 9 days. Most recently, Charles Proxy was updated on November 6, 2026 and Kame Mobile on November 6, 2026.

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