Comparison

Web Inspector vs Site Config

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • DOM inspection and editing
  • Element style viewer
  • JavaScript console
  • Network request monitoring
  • Resource storage details
Features
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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..

About

Site Config

Features
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Site Config can help creating text extraction rules compatible with FiveFilters, Fiery Feeds and Paper Press. You can visually pick or hide specific elements to filter which parts you want to include in the output and which you want to hide. - Web View - You can view the web version of the site and visually pick elements using the selection tool to mark them either as content or to hide them. It can alternatively also show the HTML content of the target site. - Rules View - The rules view shows the textual representation of the created views and allows for more developer centric editing of the rules. This view is optional and can be hidden if you don’t need it. - Preview - Shows the live results of the created rules applied to the loaded website, either as article, as HTML or as a list of found metadata. - Intelligence - You can use Apple Intelligence, if supported on your device, or 3rd party providers like Claude or OpenAI, if you bring your own API key to automatically create the rules for a given website. - Siri Shortcuts - You can use Site Config to fetch the content from websites in Siri Shortcuts

Screenshots

Web Inspector4 screens
Site Config3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Web Inspector at #41 against Site Config's unranked. Web Inspector also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). Site Config's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Web Inspector ships an update weekly, Site Config every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Web Inspector versus Site Config: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeb InspectorSite Config
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (160 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings160 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#41 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB58 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAnd a DinosaurLukas Burgstaller

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

Site Config

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Web Inspector

No in-app purchases

None

Site Config

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Web Inspector free?
Web Inspector is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Site Config free?
Site Config is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Web Inspector or Site Config have ads?
Neither Web Inspector nor Site Config shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Web Inspector or Site Config?
Web Inspector ships an update weekly, and Site Config every 3 days. Most recently, Web Inspector was updated on October 25, 2026 and Site Config on October 24, 2026.

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