Comparison

WebProxyTool vs Http traffic capture

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

Head to head
About

WebProxyTool

This app acts as a local proxy to capture and display all network data transmitted and received by your device and apps. It securely decrypts HTTPS traffic by generating a local trust certificate, ensuring all data remains private on your device.

Highlights
  • Captures and displays network data
  • Routes HTTPS traffic locally
  • Decrypts HTTPS traffic
  • Generates local trust certificate
  • Man-in-the-middle proxy functionality
  • Local data storage for privacy
Features
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WebProxyTool captures and displays all network data that your device and installed apps transmit and receive. How It Works: The app creates a local on-device server and routes all outgoing HTTPS traffic through it. The app locally generates a trust certificate that should be installed and trusted to securely decrypt HTTPS traffic. When it is done, WebProxyTool captures HTTPS requests, makes dummy leaf certificates for requested domains, and acts as a man-in-the-middle proxy to read network data. Importantly, data is stored only in a local device database, ensuring user privacy, and WebProxyTool developers do not have access to it. The app works without any remote servers involved. Privacy Statement: 1. The configuration profile and trust certificate are generated and used only locally on your device. 2. The app does not collect any data about the user, the user's device, or other apps used on that device, and thus the app does not sell, use, or disclose to third parties any data for any purpose. 3. The captured HTTPS traffic never leaves your device. Terms of Service: https://webproxytool.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://webproxytool.com/privacy-policy

About

Http traffic capture

This tool captures and analyzes HTTP and HTTPS network traffic. It allows users to preview various file types, set capture rules, and filter historical data. All captured data is stored locally for privacy and security.

Highlights
  • HTTP/HTTPS traffic analysis
  • File type preview (HTML, JS, images)
  • Packet capture rules
  • Historical record storage
  • Content filtering
  • Packet export
Features
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HTTP Traffic Capture is a lightweight HTTP & HTTPs packet capture tool for common users who have network analysis capabilities. Features: 1. Support HTTP and HTTPs traffic analysis 2. Support HTML, Javascript, CSS, picture (webp, jpeg, png) preview, and binary data viewing 3. Support for setting packet capture rules 4. Support historical packet capture records 5. Support filtering historical packet content 6. Support exporting the captured packet content Instructions: 1. The software can support HTTP packet capture by default. If you need to capture and parse HTTPs traffic, you need to install a certificate 2. Click the start button, the system will create and connect to the vpn, and start the packet capture process; if you reject the vpn configuration, the packet capture cannot be performed 3. Click the orange task bar to view the current session, and click the session to view the session request and response 4. Click the request line and response line in the session to export the corresponding value 5. You can filter the content of a specific domain name through the filter button 6. You can export the session content through the export button 7. Click the stop button, a history record will be generated for subsequent viewing 8. If you need to clean up all data, you can go to the settings page and click the clear all data button How the software works: After opening the packet capture, the software will start a vpn and direct the vpn data packet to the local HTTP proxy server. Complete the analysis and storage of the data packet in the local proxy server. For HTTTPs data, you need to install and trust the certificate to successfully parse it. Data security: Since packet capture software involves user privacy data, privacy protection is the most important design consideration for software. To this end, we have made the following mechanism for this purpose: 1. The software's CA key and CA certificate are dynamically and randomly generated by the software and stored in the sandbox. No one can know the user's CA private key. 2. The certificate cannot be shared between different users. 3. After reinstalling the application, the history will cause the certificate to become invalid, and the user can manually delete the certificate in the settings. 4. The certificate is valid for one year. After the certificate expires, the user needs to regenerate it before it can be used. 5. The HTTP data captured by the software is only stored locally and will not be uploaded to any other place. 6. The user cannot modify the network request through the software to prevent some improper behavior. System configuration instructions: HTTP proxy server: 127.0.0.1:9080 Certificate description file name: Traffic Capture YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm, where YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm is the time when the certificate is generated VPN description file name: "Traffic Capture"

Screenshots

WebProxyTool3 screens
Http traffic capture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: WebProxyTool at none against Http traffic capture's shown. WebProxyTool also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months) and chart position (#192 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. WebProxyTool sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Http traffic capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Http traffic capture holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 307 and 188 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of WebProxyTool's written reviews are positive against 68% of Http traffic capture's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WebProxyTool ships an update every 8 days, Http traffic capture every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
WebProxyTool versus Http traffic capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWebProxyToolHttp traffic capture
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (307 ratings)4.6 (188 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.6% of reviews68.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings307 — better188
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#192 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFJEDIShenzhen Chenxi Information Technology Co., Ltd

Customer experience

WebProxyTool

All ratings307 ratings
Positive84.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative13.4%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive64.6%
Neutral8.9%
Negative26.6%

Http traffic capture

All ratings188 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive68.3%
Neutral4.8%
Negative27.0%

User reviews

WebProxyTool

From 307 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy-to-use interface and intuitive design
  • 🎯 Effective traffic capture and request inspection
  • 💰 Free functionality for core features
  • 🔍 Helpful for debugging applications
  • ⚡ Works well when functioning properly

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and black screen issues
  • ⚠️ Certificate installation problems and failures
  • 🔒 Data safety and privacy concerns
  • 💸 Controversial subscription pricing model
  • 🌐 Network performance degradation

Http traffic capture

From 188 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good basic functionality
  • 👍 Solves user problems
  • 👍 Clean interface
  • 👍 Useful for https
  • 👍 Paid version worth it

Room to improve

  • ❌ Full of ads
  • ❌ Unusable on iOS 17
  • ❌ Crashes and disconnects network
  • ❌ Stuck on terms and conditions
  • ❌ Unclear instructions

Bugs and requests

WebProxyTool

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes immediately upon opening
  • Black screen appears when opening requests
  • Stuck on privacy statement screen
  • Certificate installation not recognized
  • Unable to progress past setup steps 2-3
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  • Body data lost in POST requests
  • UI goes blank after reopening app
  • Chinese font rendering errors
  • Certificate expiration breaking functionality
  • SSL/HTTPS issues with certain apps like Facebook
  • Certificate profile download as non-installable .pem file

Requested features

7 requests
  • Search bar and request filtering functionality
  • Export data as CSV or JSON format
  • Delete old requests to reduce clutter
  • Copy function for captured data
  • Filter by request size and type (POST/GET)
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  • History tracking of requests
  • App filter options

Http traffic capture

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes immediately
  • Network disconnects upon opening
  • Stuck on terms and conditions screen
  • Cannot clear captured data without reinstalling
  • Exported HAR files have jumbled request order
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  • Cannot capture images
  • Video source parsing fails
  • Only one capture record is kept
  • Apps are unable to function when the app is running
  • Forced VPN permission loop that requires hard reset
  • Large files cannot be exported

Requested features

15 requests
  • Update to support iOS 17
  • More block options
  • Ability to copy all captured data
  • Add full protocol header copy function
  • Customizable deletion of useless packets
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  • Add rewrite functionality
  • Add replay and modify function
  • Filter requests by website/application
  • Add remote proxy server option
  • Ability to save entered search information
  • Ability to delete specific history entries
  • Add field copy function (address, header, etc.)
  • Add iPad interface support
  • Improve export of HAR files with correct request order
  • Allow custom server configuration

In-app purchases

3 purchases

WebProxyTool

Subscriptions2
  • WebProxyTool Pro$4.991 Month
  • WebProxyTool Pro 1 Year$18.491 Year
One-time1
  • WebProxyTool Pro Lifetime$49.99
1 purchases

Http traffic capture

One-time1
  • Upgrade to pro version$1.99

Questions

Is WebProxyTool free?
WebProxyTool is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Http traffic capture free?
Http traffic capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WebProxyTool or Http traffic capture?
Http traffic capture is rated higher. WebProxyTool averages 4.4 out of 5 from 307 ratings, while Http traffic capture averages 4.6 from 188 ratings.
Do WebProxyTool or Http traffic capture have ads?
Http traffic capture shows ads; WebProxyTool does not.
Which is updated more often, WebProxyTool or Http traffic capture?
WebProxyTool ships an update every 8 days, and Http traffic capture every 3 months. Most recently, WebProxyTool was updated on September 20, 2026 and Http traffic capture on September 24, 2026.

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