# Userscripts vs DevTools Extension

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.

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.

## The numbers

| Metric | Userscripts | DevTools Extension |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.3 (181 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/userscripts/id1463298887/reviews)** | [3.5 (17 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/devtools-extension/id1611993508/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **181** | 17 |
| Positive reviews | **78.1% of reviews** | 61.5% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | **Monthly** | Every 3 months |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | **#28** | #177 |
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Requires iOS | **15.0** | 15.2 |
| Devices | **iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac** | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Justin Wasack](https://appshunter.io/developer/1463298886) | [浩鑫 庄](https://appshunter.io/developer/1602937604) |

## What reviewers say

### Userscripts

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/userscripts/id1463298887)

**Currently charting:** #28 Top Free · Developer Tools (US App Store)

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.

**Highlights:** Run custom JavaScript, Inject custom CSS, Automatic page redirection, Website page manipulation, Custom ad-blocking, Open source, No user tracking

**Features:** Safari Extension, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Works well to inject CSS on iPad in Safari
- 👍 Best thing since sliced bread
- 💡 Allows you to do thousands of things that were previously desktop only
- 🔒 Very stable and works flawlessly with Safari
- 👍 Excellent Safari extension

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Satisfactory to an extent, stops working sometimes
- 🐛 Broke until reinstall
- 🐛 Slowed my Safari down to a crawl
- 🐛 Unpredictable when it applies scripts, but still useful
- 🐛 It's been way too unpredictable for a while now

**Reported bugs**

- 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**

- 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

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/devtools-extension/id1611993508)

**Currently charting:** #177 Top Free · Developer Tools (US App Store)

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.

**Highlights:** 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

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Safari Extension, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Userscripts free?

Userscripts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Is DevTools Extension free?

DevTools Extension is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Userscripts or DevTools Extension?

Userscripts is rated higher. Userscripts averages 4.3 out of 5 from 181 ratings, while DevTools Extension averages 3.5 from 17 ratings.

### Do Userscripts or DevTools Extension have ads?

Neither Userscripts nor DevTools Extension shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Userscripts or DevTools Extension?

Userscripts ships an update monthly, and DevTools Extension every 3 months. Most recently, Userscripts was updated on September 30, 2026 and DevTools Extension on September 28, 2026.

### Which is more popular, Userscripts or DevTools Extension?

Userscripts currently peaks at #28 in the App Store charts, and DevTools Extension at #177. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*