Comparison

HBS Watch Request vs REST API Client

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

Head to head
About

HBS Watch Request

Craft and send REST API requests directly from your Apple Watch. Supports multiple requests with customizable options and debugging tools for developers.

Highlights
  • Create REST API requests
  • Execute requests with a button
  • Multiple request support
  • Customization options
  • Debugging tools
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Create REST API requests and execute with a button on your Apple Watch. Includes multiple requests, customization, and debugging.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

HBS Watch Request4 screens
REST API Client4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HBS Watch Request at 5.0 against REST API Client's 4.3. HBS Watch Request also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). REST API Client's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price 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. REST API Client sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HBS Watch Request asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HBS Watch Request holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: REST API Client has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
HBS Watch Request versus REST API Client: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHBS Watch RequestREST API Client
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHarvard Business SchoolTevon Wallace

Customer experience

HBS Watch Request

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

REST API Client

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

HBS Watch Request

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

REST API Client

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is HBS Watch Request free?
HBS Watch Request is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is REST API Client free?
REST API Client is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HBS Watch Request or REST API Client?
HBS Watch Request is rated higher. HBS Watch Request averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while REST API Client averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do HBS Watch Request or REST API Client have ads?
REST API Client shows ads; HBS Watch Request does not.

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