Web Inspector vs AlertHawk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Web Inspector
This app provides a suite of web development tools for Safari on mobile devices. Inspect and edit the DOM, view element styles, execute JavaScript commands, monitor network requests, and examine stored resources like cookies.
- DOM inspection and editing
- Element style viewer
- JavaScript console
- Network request monitoring
- Resource storage details
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Web Inspector expands Safari on iPhone and iPad with a set of web development tools: Elements: Browse the DOM tree and tap elements on the page to inspect them. View node details, styles, and computed values. Search the DOM, edit an element's HTML, and copy or delete nodes. Console: Type JavaScript commands to debug, modify, and get information about your webpage. Sources: Read the webpage's source with syntax highlighting. Network: See a list of network requests made by the webpage, with headers and responses. Filter requests, or copy one as a cURL command. Resources: Find details about the data stored by a webpage, such as cookies, local storage, and session storage. Tip: If you tap the Web Inspector button and nothing happens, reload the page once..
AlertHawk
Monitor your digital assets in real-time. Receive instant alerts for website, API, and server downtime or performance issues. Stay informed and proactive with customizable notifications for optimal online service uptime.
- Real-time website monitoring
- API and server monitoring
- Instant downtime alerts
- Performance issue notifications
- Customizable alert notifications
- Intuitive user interface
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AlertHawk is a powerful monitoring tool designed to ensure the reliability of your digital assets. It enables real-time monitoring of websites, APIs, and servers, providing instant alerts for downtime, performance issues, or critical failures. With its intuitive interface and customizable notifications, AlertHawk helps you stay informed and proactive, ensuring seamless operation and optimal uptime for your online services. This tool is an auxiliary tool for the web version, if you want to register, update and delete monitors you should use the AlertHawk website.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AlertHawk at 5.0 against Web Inspector's 3.9. AlertHawk also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%). Web Inspector's advantage is ratings volume (160 vs 3) and chart position (#52 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AlertHawk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Web Inspector has 160 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Web Inspector's written reviews are positive against 100% of AlertHawk's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Web Inspector | AlertHawk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (160 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 160 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #52 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | And a Dinosaur | Thiago Loureiro de Azevedo |
Customer experience
Web Inspector
AlertHawk
Bugs and requests
Web Inspector
Reported bugs
4 issues- Disappears when reloading webpage
- Doesn't work on newer iOS versions
- Doesn't load on crashed tabs
- Permissions issues
Requested features
4 requests- CSS editing capabilities
- Resizable panel
- Improved console functionality
- Better integration with Safari
AlertHawk
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Web Inspector
No in-app purchases
AlertHawk
No in-app purchases
