Proxyman vs CAR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Proxyman
This app acts as a web debugging proxy, capturing and inspecting HTTP/HTTPS traffic directly from your iOS devices. It offers advanced tools for developers to decrypt requests, filter traffic, and rewrite data, with robust security features to protect sensitive information.
- Capture and inspect HTTP/HTTPS traffic
- Decrypt and view requests/responses
- JSON syntax highlighting
- Quick traffic filtering
- Advanced debugging tools (SSL Proxying, Block List)
- Rewrite and scripting capabilities
- FaceID/TouchID/Passcode protection
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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
CAR
Create custom dashboards for your personal projects using AI. Visualize real-time data with over 25 native controls like gauges, charts, and toggles. Connect to your own server or use a hosted relay for secure data transmission.
- AI-powered dashboard creation
- 25+ native controls (gauges, charts, toggles)
- Real-time telemetry visualization
- Connect to your own server
- Hosted relay option
- Phone as sensor beacon
- WebSocket connectivity
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Describe a control panel in plain language. AI can utilize our documentation to build it and push layouts it live to your phone, gauges, charts, toggles, and real-time telemetry, all over a server you control - or utilize our hosted relay. -- A real control library. -- 25+ native controls: gauges, sparklines, graphs, maps, joysticks, sliders, toggles, steppers, pickers, color pickers, status lights, log consoles, QR codes, web views, chat, and more - composed into tabs and grids. -- Built for makers. -- Home labs, IoT, robotics, embedded projects, dev tooling, anything! If it can speak WebSocket, you can build a beautiful connector for it. Your phone can also publish telemetry back to your mesh, turning it into a sensor beacon for your own server. -- Your server, your data. -- CAR-TER can either connect to your own server, or utilize our end-to-end encrypted hosted relay. We host a tiny, open-source, dependency-free relay that you can also run on any machine (MeshSocket). No necessary hosted cloud, no account, no sign-up. Whichever direction you choose, your commands and telemetry never leave your own infrastructure. Terms of Use: https://carterbeaudoin.net/legal Privacy Policy: https://carterbeaudoin.net/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Proxyman at 814 against CAR's 1. Proxyman also leads on chart position (#9 vs unranked). CAR's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Proxyman sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and CAR sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CAR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Proxyman has 814 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Proxyman ships an update weekly, CAR every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Proxyman | CAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (814 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 814 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #9 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Proxyman LLC | Carter Beaudoin |
Customer experience
Proxyman
CAR
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
CAR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Proxyman
- Premium Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$8.991 Month
- PROJECT PASS Quarterly Subscription3 Months trial$19.993 Months
- Premium Annual Subscription1 Year trial$49.991 Year
- Proxyman Lifetime with Black Friday$69.99
- Lifetime Access$99.99
CAR
- Connect+ Solo$2.991 Month
- Connect+ Duo$4.991 Month
- Connect+ Group$9.991 Month
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- Connect+ Fleet$19.991 Month
- Control Pack$6.99









