Web Archive Inspector vs Search Ops
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Web Archive Inspector
View and interact with offline web archive files on your iOS device. Execute JavaScript and access all linked resources for a fully functional offline browsing experience. Import archives created on any platform.
- Open and view web archive files
- Execute JavaScript within archives
- Full offline support
- Import archives from any platform
- QuickLook individual resources
- Supports various resource types and encodings
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Inspect your web archive files on iOS. • Open web archive files like Safari on macOS, with support for executing JavaScript contained in linked resources. • Full offline support for executing JavaScript and any other resources contained in the archive. • Import web archives created in Safari on any platform, including macOS. No need to rely on Reading List to keep articles to read later, including their interactivity. • QuickLook individual resources from the archive and share or save the resource as a new file. • Supports a variety of resource types and encodings. Get support on Twitter @grgarside or georgegarside.com/apps/web-archive-inspector
Search Ops
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Query ElasticSearch and OpenSearch databases * Free text strings, using compounds (AND/OR) and Date Ranges * View results as documents or in a table * Easily switch between hosts, indexes and filter on mapped data types Support ElasticSearch (v6.0 and above) and OpenSearch (v1.0 and above) * /_mapping * /_search * /_aliases Authentication: * Connection using a CloudID from Elastic.co or a direct host connection * Authenticate with Username/Password, Auth Token, API Token or API Key * Readonly access only. Requires a user with Viewer and Monitoring Role Privacy & Transparency: * Open Source business logic on Github * No tracking or analytics * Uses a local on device database (Realm) with encryption on Settings * Request Logs * Request Timeout * Max Document Size * Light / Dark Mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Web Archive Inspector at Free against Search Ops's $4.99. Search Ops's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On 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
Web Archive Inspector is free to download; Search Ops costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Web Archive Inspector ships an update monthly, Search Ops every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Web Archive Inspector | Search Ops |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | George Garside | Ryan McCaffery |
In-app purchases
Web Archive Inspector
No in-app purchases
Search Ops
No in-app purchases
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