Comparison

REST API Client vs HTML to Markdown Convert to MD

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

Head to head
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.

About

HTML to Markdown Convert to MD

Features
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HTMLtoMarkdown converts HTML and web page URLs into clean Markdown. Paste HTML, open an HTML file, or simply enter a URL and let the app pull out the article content and convert it — all on your device, with nothing sent to an external server. OVERVIEW Turn blog posts, technical docs, and news articles into well-formed Markdown. HTMLtoMarkdown parses HTML with SwiftSoup and converts it with a Turndown-based engine, handling headings, emphasis, links, images, lists, tables, blockquotes, and code blocks. KEY FEATURES • Convert by pasting HTML directly • Convert by opening an HTML file • Convert a web page by entering its URL • Three extraction modes: article only, full page, or raw HTML source • Metadata extraction (title, author, publish date, OGP, Twitter Card, JSON-LD, canonical URL) • Automatic YAML Front Matter • Relative URLs are automatically converted to absolute • Choose how images are handled: keep original URLs, remove them, save locally, or save locally and export as a ZIP with the Markdown • WebView-based loading for JavaScript-rendered pages, in addition to standard static fetching • Batch-convert multiple URLs at once • Receive a URL from Safari's share sheet and convert it automatically (Share Extension) • Edit and preview the converted Markdown • Copy, share, or save the result as a .md file • Conversion history with list view and delete • Fine-grained conversion rules: toggle removal of unnecessary tags, scripts, styles, and comments • Output presets (Standard, GitHub, Obsidian, Notion) • Light and dark mode • Japanese and English WHO IT'S FOR • Engineers and bloggers who manage technical writing in Markdown • Users of Markdown-based tools like Obsidian and Notion • Anyone who regularly edits GitHub READMEs and docs • Anyone who wants to save web articles in a format they can read and reuse later WHY HTMLtoMarkdown • Convert from pasted HTML or straight from a URL • Automatic article extraction keeps navigation and ads out of your Markdown • Conversion rules are fully adjustable, so output matches your workflow • A UI tailored to iPhone, iPad, and Mac PRIVACY The HTML, URLs, and Markdown you work with are never sent to a developer server. All conversion happens entirely on your device.

Screenshots

REST API Client4 screens
HTML to Markdown Convert to MD1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: REST API Client at Free against HTML to Markdown Convert to MD's $3.99. REST API Client also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). HTML to Markdown Convert to MD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

REST API Client is free to download; HTML to Markdown Convert to MD costs $3.99 up front. REST API Client sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HTML to Markdown Convert to MD asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
REST API Client versus HTML to Markdown Convert to MD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterREST API ClientHTML to Markdown Convert to MD
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTevon WallaceMoca LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

REST API Client

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

HTML to Markdown Convert to MD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is REST API Client free?
REST API Client is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HTML to Markdown Convert to MD free?
HTML to Markdown Convert to MD costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do REST API Client or HTML to Markdown Convert to MD have ads?
REST API Client shows ads; HTML to Markdown Convert to MD does not.

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