Comparison

Proxyman vs CometChat Builder

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

Head to head
About

Proxyman

This app acts as a web debugging proxy, allowing you to capture and inspect HTTP/HTTPS traffic directly from your iPhone or iPad. It decrypts requests and responses, offers advanced debugging tools, and ensures your sensitive data remains on your device.

Highlights
  • Capture & Inspect HTTP/HTTPS from iOS devices
  • Decrypt and view requests/responses
  • JSON syntax highlighting
  • Quick filtering by URL, header, body
  • Advanced debugging tools (SSL Proxying, Block List)
  • Secure with FaceID/TouchID/Passcode
Features
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Meet a superb Web Debugging Proxy that can act like a middleman, aka Proxyman.  ### Features - Directly Capture & Inspect HTTP/HTTPS from your iOS/iPad Devices without using MacBooks. - Decrypt and View HTTP/HTTPS Request/Response in plain text - JSON Syntax Highlighting - Exclusively designed for iPhone and iPad (Landscape and Two Columns) - Share traffic to Proxyman macOS - a native macOS app for better inspection - Pin working domains - Quick filter with URL, Header Body, and Type of Request/Response (e.g., JSON, Form, HTML, CSS, Document, etc) - Better Request/Response Previewer: Multiple columns, JSON Preview, JSON TreeView, etc - Safe Lock: Protect your sensitive data with FaceID / TouchID / Passcode - Advanced Debugging Tools: SSL Proxying, Block List, Map Local, Breakpoint, etc - Rewrite & Scripting ### Proxyman macOS Proxyman for iOS works perfectly with Proxyman for macOS (native macOS app, supports macOS 26 and M4 Chip) ### How it works Proxyman iOS creates a local VPN on your device and then forwards all traffic to a Local Man-in-The-Middle Server. As long as the VPN is active, Proxyman iOS can capture all traffic over Wi-Fi and cellular Data. ### How about my sensitive data? - Proxyman Root Certificate is a self-signed certificate that is generated on your local machine. Thus, all requests and responses are captured and stored on your devices and Proxyman does not have access to your data. - There are no remote servers involved. What’s in your devices, it’s in your devices. ************* - Support: https://proxyman.com/support - Privacy Policy: https://proxyman.com/privacy - Terms of Services: https://proxyman.com/terms-of-use

About

CometChat Builder

Explore and customize pre-built chat UI components for your applications. This tool allows developers and designers to visualize and test different themes, colors, and layouts for seamless chat integration.

Highlights
  • Interactive UI components
  • Customizable themes, colors, and layouts
  • Layout testing
  • Design exploration
  • Hands-on demonstration
Features
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Discover the ultimate app for developers and designers to experience CometChat’s pre-built and fully customizable UI components. This interactive app showcases the power and flexibility of the CometChat UI Kit, enabling you to effortlessly create beautiful chat experiences for your apps. Key Features: • Interactive and ready-to-use UI components • Customization options for themes, colors, and layouts • Ideal for testing layouts and exploring possibilities • Perfect for developers, designers, and tech enthusiasts Whether you’re building a new app or enhancing an existing one, this app provides a hands-on demonstration of how CometChat UI Kit can transform your projects. Take your app design and functionality to the next level with CometChat UI Kit’s intuitive and feature-packed components.

Screenshots

Proxyman4 screens
CometChat Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CometChat Builder at none against Proxyman's 5. CometChat Builder also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Proxyman's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and chart position (#13 vs unranked). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Proxyman sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. CometChat Builder asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Proxyman ships an update weekly, CometChat Builder every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Proxyman versus CometChat Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProxymanCometChat Builder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (804 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings804 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#13 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProxyman LLCCometChat Inc.

Customer experience

Proxyman

All ratings804 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews154 reviews
Positive80.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative14.9%

CometChat Builder

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Proxyman

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Breakpoint functionality not working properly
  • Losing session state when relaunching the app
  • Incompatibility issues with certain apps and websites
  • Crashes when trying to view large response bodies

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for Simplified Chinese
  • Implement scripting capabilities like the desktop version
  • Improve handling of WebSocket and MQTT traffic
  • Allow grouping of related requests
  • Add an option to change DNS settings within the app

CometChat Builder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Proxyman

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Monthly Subscription$8.991 Month
  • PROJECT PASS Quarterly Subscription$19.993 Months
  • Premium Annual Subscription$49.991 Year
One-time2
  • Proxyman Lifetime with Black Friday$69.99
  • Lifetime Access$99.99
None

CometChat Builder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Proxyman free?
Proxyman is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CometChat Builder free?
CometChat Builder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Proxyman or CometChat Builder have ads?
Neither Proxyman nor CometChat Builder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Proxyman or CometChat Builder?
Proxyman ships an update weekly, and CometChat Builder every 3 weeks. Most recently, Proxyman was updated on October 10, 2026 and CometChat Builder on September 29, 2026.

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