Refined GitHub vs URL Components
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Refined GitHub
Enhance your GitHub experience with this Safari extension. It streamlines the interface and introduces over 200 features, including improved link detection, visible whitespace, and one-click tools for common tasks. Gain deeper insights into code, pull requests, and repository history.
- Linkifies issue/PR references and URLs
- Makes whitespace characters visible
- Reduces tab size to 4 spaces
- One-click merge conflict fixers
- Reaction avatars for comments
- View source of Markdown files
- Build/CI status icon next to repo name
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Refined GitHub is a Safari extension that simplifies the GitHub.com interface and adds useful features. ■ Highlights - Linkifies issue/PR references and URLs in code. - Makes whitespace characters visible. - Reduces tabs’ size to 4 spaces instead of 8. - Adds one-click merge conflict fixers. - Adds reaction avatars showing who reacted to a comment. - Adds a button to revert all the changes to a file in a PR. - Adds a build/CI status icon next to the repo’s name. - Adds a button to view the source of Markdown files. - Shows PRs that touch the current file. - Highlights the most useful comment in conversations. - Shows the first Git tag a merged PR was included in. - Adds a link to an automatic changelog for each tag/release. - Adds possible related pages and alternatives on 404 pages. - Displays the age of the repository in the sidebar. And so much more! 200+ features. See the developer website for a full list of features. The GITHUB and REFINED GITHUB trademarks are owned by GitHub, Inc. and used under license.
URL Components
Instantly decode and inspect URLs, parsing components like scheme, host, path, and query parameters. Generate code snippets in Swift, curl, and JavaScript for debugging APIs and web links. Ideal for developers working with web requests and data.
- Decode and inspect URLs
- Parse URL components
- Generate Swift code
- Generate curl commands
- Generate JavaScript snippets
- API debugging tool
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Decode and inspect URLs instantly. Parse URL components like scheme, host, port, path, query parameters, headers, and cookies. Generate Swift, curl, and JavaScript code snippets. Perfect for developers debugging APIs and web links.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Refined GitHub at none against URL Components's 1. Refined GitHub also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 25 months) and ratings volume (87 vs 1). URL Components's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. URL Components sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Refined GitHub asks for nothing beyond the download.
URL Components holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Refined GitHub has 87 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Refined GitHub ships an update every 6 weeks, URL Components every 25 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Refined GitHub | URL Components |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (87 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 87 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sindre Sorhus | Swapnanil Dhol |
Customer experience
Refined GitHub
URL Components
In-app purchases
Refined GitHub
No in-app purchases
URL Components
- Support Development$9.99
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