Proxycat vs REST API Client
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Proxycat
This app allows developers to capture and modify HTTP messages using JavaScript. It offers various viewers for data formats and supports SSL decryption. Scripts can be synchronized via iCloud for seamless workflow.
- HTTP message capture
- Request/response modification via JavaScript
- Multiple data viewers (JSON, Tree, HTML, XML, Hex)
- Code Prettier
- iCloud script synchronization
- SSL Decryption
- Dark Mode
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Proxycat is a debugging application that can be used to capture http messages. You can use javascript code to modify requests and responses. Features - JSON, Tree View, HTML, XML, JavaScript and Hex Viewers - Code Prettier - iCloud synchronize scripts - Script can modify requests and responses - SSL Decryption - Dark Mode Feedback - [email](mailto:bytecrossing@gmail.com) - [twitter](https://twitter.com/ByteCrossingLtd)
REST API Client
This tool allows users to send and analyze API requests with customizable parameters, authorization, and body content. It offers robust search and filtering capabilities for managing saved requests, optimized for iPadOS with keyboard support.
- Send and analyze API requests
- Customize query parameters, authorization, and headers
- Support for four body types
- Search and filter requests
- Create, save, update, and delete requests
- Optimized for iPadOS with keyboard support
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Send and analyze requests with detailed response headers and results. Add query parameters, authorization tokens, headers, or body content to tailor every request. Choose from four flexible body types: none, form-data, form-urlencoded, or raw. Search and filter requests by name, URL, HTTP method, or modified date, and organize them by month or year. Create, save, update, or delete requests seamlessly within the REST API Client. Fully optimized for iPadOS, with support for Smart/Magic Keyboard and time-saving keyboard shortcuts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Proxycat at 5.0 against REST API Client's 4.3. Proxycat also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). REST API Client's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Proxycat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and REST API Client sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Proxycat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.
Proxycat ships an update fortnightly, REST API Client every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Proxycat | REST API Client |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Byte Crossing | Tevon Wallace |
Customer experience
Proxycat
REST API Client
In-app purchases
Proxycat
- Proxycat Pro$2.99
REST API Client
- Remove Ads$1.99
