Web Archive Inspector vs Browser Desktop
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
Browser Desktop
This app allows professionals to simulate various browsing environments for testing websites and web applications. It enables customization of screen sizes, browser types, operating systems, and device configurations to ensure cross-platform compatibility and responsiveness.
- Simulate browsers, OS, and devices
- Customize screen size for responsiveness
- Modify CPU/GPU for performance testing
- Enable/disable JavaScript
- Manage favorites and history
- Intuitive user interface
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Browser Desktop is a powerful and versatile web browsing application, specifically designed for developers, QA testers, and web professionals who need to simulate various browsing environments for their testing needs. Key Features: • Simulate different browsers, operating systems, and devices • Customize screen size to test responsiveness • Modify CPU and GPU configurations for performance testing • Enable or disable JavaScript as needed • Easily manage your favorites and browsing history • Intuitive and customizable user interface Whether you're developing a website, a progressive web app, or conducting compatibility tests, Browser Desktop provides you with a comprehensive and flexible testing environment. Test your creations under various conditions and ensure they work flawlessly across all platforms. Perfect for: • Web developers testing cross-browser compatibility • UI/UX designers verifying design responsiveness • QA testers performing thorough quality checks • Website owners wanting to check user experience across different devices
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Browser Desktop at 100% against Web Archive Inspector's 67%. Browser Desktop also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). Web Archive Inspector's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Browser Desktop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Web Archive Inspector has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Web Archive Inspector's written reviews are positive against 100% of Browser Desktop's.
Web Archive Inspector ships an update monthly, Browser Desktop every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Web Archive Inspector | Browser Desktop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | George Garside | KeoGlobal |
Customer experience
Web Archive Inspector
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In-app purchases
Web Archive Inspector
No in-app purchases
Browser Desktop
No in-app purchases
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