Proxygen vs JS Server
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Proxygen
This tool allows developers to intercept, inspect, and modify HTTP traffic from their iOS devices on a Mac. It offers advanced features like JavaScript scripting for traffic manipulation and a syntax-aware editor for debugging API endpoints.
- Send iOS device traffic to Mac
- Modify proxied traffic with JavaScript
- Match and replace headers/body data
- Syntax highlighting HTTP editor
- WebSocket and SSE message capture
- Local VPN extension for proxying
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Proxygen is the best HTTP proxy tool for testing apps and debugging remote API endpoints right on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. And it’s built to delight you while doing it. Features • Send iOS device traffic to remote Mac • Write JavaScript to modify proxied traffic • Store state in variables for use in Editor • Match and replace headers and body data • Test API endpoints with assertions • Transform data with custom recipes • Syntax highlighting HTTP message editor • Message history with powerful filtering • WebSocket and SSE message capture • Store all data in documents SEND TO MAC Easily capture HTTP messages from an iPhone or iPad on your Mac. Traffic is mirrored to the paired Mac over local network even when the iOS app is not active. The Mac app can intercept and edit data of requests and responses before they are forwarded. No more futzing around with Wi-Fi proxy settings and trusted certificates. SCRIPTING Write JavaScript code that modifies proxied traffic. Scripts have access to requests and responses, letting you rewrite headers, URLs and body content, inject data, or implement conditional logic that goes beyond what static rules can express. SYNTAX AWARE EDITOR Edit requests from the message history or create new to any target. All previously sent requests are kept in the project file so you can return to your work later. The editor uses Tree-sitter for fast language parsing and syntax highlighting. It handles decoding of HTTP content automatically, letting you focus on testing the remote API. SERVER GRADE PERFORMANCE The magic lies in a little custom HTTP proxy that the iOS app runs in a local VPN extension. This proxy was developed using SwiftNIO, a framework for bizarrely fast asynchronous network applications. The proxy can perform TLS Manipulator in the Middle (MitM) to see inside HTTPS connections and apply custom logic to each message. To put it bluntly, you’ve probably never seen a HTTP proxy this fast before. And you likely won’t notice that your web browsing is even proxied at all. PRIVACY Proxygen contains no third party frameworks for crash reporting or analytics. Note that Proxygen is a TLS MitM proxy, which means that it sees HTTPS network traffic in plain text. This data is transferred from the proxy to the Proxygen app and stored as part of the project document. Make sure you handle the documents accordingly, as they may contain sensitive data such as session tokens and login credentials. Privacy policy https://proxygen.app/docs/privacy Terms of Use https://proxygen.app/docs/terms Device Mockup created from https://deviceframes.com/templates/iphone-13
JS Server
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Server turns your iPhone or iPad into a developer-friendly HTTP host. Point a listener at a file and it gets served. Write JavaScript and it runs. WHAT YOU CAN DO Serve static files Pick a file from the Files app, or edit one inline. Custom Content-Type per listener. A default HTML page is provided for quick smoke tests. Write JavaScript routes Every JavaScript listener gets an Express-like surface running inside JavaScriptCore. Register routes with server.get, server.post, server.all, and respond with res.html, res.json, res.text, res.send. Set status and headers fluently. No Node dependency. Your code evaluates on device. Read and write files from JS A sandboxed fs module is bridged through Swift: readFile, writeFile, exists, mkdir, readdir, unlink, stat. Every listener gets its own private directory. Any path that tries to escape the sandbox is rejected. Call external APIs Outbound fetch is bridged too. Pass a URL, optionally a method, headers, or a body, and get back status, ok, headers, text, and json. Perfect for proxies, webhooks, or quick integrations. Run multiple listeners at once Each listener runs on its own port, started and stopped independently. Bonjour advertises them on your local network so peers can find them by name. Live Activities A listener running in the background shows up in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen with the port and request count. Inspect every request The Console panel logs every HTTP request, every console.log, and every runtime error. Tap an HTTP row to expand the full request (method, URL, headers, body) and response (status, headers, body, timing). Syntax highlighting In-app editor with an IDE-style dark theme for JavaScript, Python, and HTML. WHO IT IS FOR Developers prototyping APIs on the go. QA engineers testing mobile clients against a controllable backend. Anyone who needs to serve a JSON blob, a mock endpoint, or a small HTML page from their iPad without setting up a real server. PRIVACY No accounts, no telemetry, no analytics. Nothing leaves the device except the HTTP responses you explicitly send. All code, data, and logs live in your app sandbox. Questions or feedback: server@cyber-man.pl
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Proxygen at Free against JS Server's $4.99. JS Server's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Proxygen is free to download; JS Server costs $4.99 up front. Proxygen sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. JS Server asks for nothing beyond the download.
Proxygen ships an update every 2 weeks, JS Server daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Proxygen | JS Server |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (18 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pasi Salenius | Tomasz Dbrowski |
In-app purchases
Proxygen
- Proxygen Plus (1 month)14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Proxygen Yearly$19.991 Year
- Proxygen for iOS Lifetime$9.99
- Proxygen Lifetime$39.99
JS Server
No in-app purchases









