Userscripts vs DevTools Extension
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Userscripts
This open-source Safari extension allows you to run custom JavaScript and CSS code on any website. Enhance your browsing experience with personalized styling, automatic redirects, and ad-blocking.
- Run custom JavaScript
- Inject custom CSS
- Automatic page redirection
- Website page manipulation
- Custom ad-blocking
- Open source
- No user tracking
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Userscripts is an open source Safari extension that lets you save and run arbitrary bits of JavaScript (and CSS) code for the websites you visit. Features: - Open source - No user tracking Use cases: - Automatic page redirection - Website page manipulation (styling, element creation) - Custom ad-blocking - Custom code injection - Custom style injection If you're looking for a way to easily create quality of life Javacript code snippets for your web browsing experience, give Userscripts a try. Visit the GitHub repository for help or to report bugs: https://github.com/quoid/userscripts/
DevTools Extension
A browser extension for Safari that provides web developers with essential tools. It allows inspection of console logs, DOM elements, network requests, resources like localStorage and cookies, and source code.
- Console logging and command execution
- DOM node and computed style inspection
- Network requests and responses monitoring
- Resource inspection (localStorage, cookies, etc.)
- Webpage source code viewing
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DevTools extension for web developer in Safari: 1，Console - allow us to see errors, run commands, examine variables, and much more. 2，Elements - view dom node and computed style 3，Network - network requests and responses 4，Resources - view localStorage, sessionStorage, cookies, scripts, css and images. 5，Source - source code of webpage
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Userscripts at 4.3 against DevTools Extension's 3.5. Userscripts also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 62%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Userscripts holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Userscripts has 181 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Userscripts's written reviews are positive against 62% of DevTools Extension's.
Userscripts ships an update monthly, DevTools Extension every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Userscripts | DevTools Extension |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (181 ratings) — better | 3.5 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.1% of reviews — better | 61.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 181 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #27 — better | #186 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Justin Wasack | 浩鑫 庄 |
Customer experience
Userscripts
DevTools Extension
Bugs and requests
Userscripts
Reported bugs
4 issues- Failed to load user data
- Saying there's an error when trying to download something
- Won't work, keeps saying there's an issue and retry
- Disappeared from Safari preferences and won't return after troubleshooting
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for Safari Tech Preview
- Allow editing of userscripts from the browser extension popup
- Allow creation of a new script from the Safari Extension for the current site
- Allow specifying the order in which scripts should be loaded
- Add support for running scripts in normal mode, private mode or both
DevTools Extension
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Userscripts
No in-app purchases
DevTools Extension
No in-app purchases
Questions
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