Comparison

REST API Client vs Filaire

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

Filaire

Features
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Filaire is a native SSH terminal and tmux client for iPad and iPhone. • TMUX, BUILT IN Attach to or create a tmux session when you connect. Switch windows, split and zoom panes from a pull-down control bar, swipe with three fingers to change windows, and use your own prefix key. • SECURE BY DEFAULT Lock hosts behind Face ID or Touch ID. Generate Ed25519 and RSA keys on-device and keep them in the iOS Keychain. Forward your SSH agent to remote servers and approve each signature with Face ID or Touch ID, so private keys never leave your device. • MADE FOR IPAD One window per host, with Split View, Slide Over and Stage Manager. Drag a host out to open it in its own window, and reconnect to recent hosts from Home Screen quick actions. • NETWORKING Jump hosts (ProxyJump), local and SOCKS5 port forwarding, and automatic reconnection when your network changes. • KEYBOARD, TOUCH & TRACKPAD Hardware keyboard shortcuts, a customizable on-screen key bar, mouse support, trackpad scrolling and pinch to zoom. • COMPANION CLI: FIL Install fil on your servers to copy to your device's clipboard, open links, preview files in Quick Look, send notifications and use your forwarded SSH agent. • THEMES Solarized Dark, Solarized Light, Dracula, Nord and Monokai. Filaire is open source.

Screenshots

REST API Client4 screens
Filaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Filaire at none against REST API Client's 1. Filaire also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). REST API Client's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). 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. Filaire asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

REST API Client ships an update every 3 weeks, Filaire every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
REST API Client versus Filaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterREST API ClientFilaire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTevon WallaceTeam OT

In-app purchases

1 purchases

REST API Client

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Filaire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is REST API Client free?
REST API Client is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Filaire free?
Filaire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do REST API Client or Filaire have ads?
REST API Client shows ads; Filaire does not.
Which is updated more often, REST API Client or Filaire?
REST API Client ships an update every 3 weeks, and Filaire every 5 days. Most recently, REST API Client was updated on October 8, 2026 and Filaire on October 13, 2026.

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