Rest vs Scarlet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rest
Easily perform HTTP requests directly from your mobile device. Supports various body types, syntax highlighting, and detailed response inspection. Import collections and manage project variables for efficient API testing.
- Supports JSON, Form & Multipart bodies
- Syntax highlighting and JSON error reporting
- All common and custom HTTP methods
- Add HTTP Headers and URL parameters
- Response body, header, and metrics inspection
- Multiple response body views
- Import Postman collections
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Rest allows you to perform arbitrary HTTP requests right from your mobile device. • Supports JSON, Form & Multipart bodies • Body editor with syntax highlighting and JSON error reporting • All common HTTP methods + custom Methods • Add HTTP Headers, URL parameters and Basic Authentication • Option to allow insecure SSL & follow redirects • Response body, header and metrics inspection • Multiple response body views (JSON, text, image, web) • Import Postman collections from Files or URL • Add project-wide variables in URL, Headers and request body • CloudKit sync • Dark mode and alternative app icon • Split-Screen to see the request and response views simultaneously on iPad and larger iPhones (starting from iPhone X)
Scarlet
A personal issue tracker designed for solo developers and hobby projects. It saves data locally to a file, eliminating the need for accounts, cloud services, or syncing. Easily manage and close project tasks with simple tagging for organization.
- Personal issue tracker
- Local file saving
- No accounts or cloud services
- Simple task management
- Tagging for organization
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Let's face it, there are a lot of developers who like the idea of an issue tracker, but find it too much effort to use & maintain for solo, indie or hobby projects. Enter Scarlet. Scarlet is a personal issue tracker that saves to a file that you can include in your project directory, or anywhere you prefer. No accounts, no cloud services, no syncing, no third-party integration. Just a simple place to file away your project's to-dos and close them when they're complete. Add tags to an issue to help organize things, and that's it — it really couldn't be simpler.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Rest at Free against Scarlet's $2.99. Rest also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Scarlet's advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 65%) and chart position (#16 vs unranked). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
Rest is free to download; Scarlet costs $2.99 up front. Rest sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Scarlet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Rest against 4.5 for Scarlet. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 95 and 294 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Rest's written reviews are positive against 92% of Scarlet's.
Rest ships an update every 2 weeks, Scarlet every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rest | Scarlet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (95 ratings) | 4.5 (294 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.0% of reviews | 92.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 95 | 294 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #16 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Silvan Daehn | Steven Troughton-Smith |
Customer experience
Rest
Scarlet
Bugs and requests
Rest
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Scarlet
Reported bugs
4 issues- Data loss when browsing issues
- Added items not saved after closing and reopening
- Only original items persist after multiple sessions
- Permanent data loss during normal usage
Requested features
2 requests- Auto-open last used file on startup
- Support for popular apps and mods installation
In-app purchases
Rest
- Unlock All Features$4.99
Scarlet
- Scarlet (Full Unlock)$3.99
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