REST API Client vs JSON Dashboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
JSON Dashboard
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JSON Dashboard allows you to visualize http api (JSON) response, and display them in a dashboard. This can be a handful tool for developers, digital product owners, system monitor teams, and any enthusiasts. The app comes with multiple preset themes which allow you to create your beautiful dashboard with ease.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: JSON Dashboard at every 5 days against REST API Client's every 3 weeks. JSON Dashboard also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, 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. REST API Client sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and JSON Dashboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
REST API Client ships an update every 3 weeks, JSON Dashboard every 5 days. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.
| Parameter | REST API Client | JSON Dashboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tevon Wallace | Chiu Fu Ngan |
In-app purchases
REST API Client
- Remove Ads$1.99
JSON Dashboard
- Upgrade to Pro$1.99
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