Comparison

Web Archive Inspector vs devtools

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

devtools

This app provides desktop-style debugging for mobile web development. Capture console logs, network requests, and JavaScript execution directly on your device. Review and analyze web activity securely offline.

Highlights
  • Capture console logs and errors
  • Inspect network calls (fetch/XHR)
  • Run JavaScript
  • Secure offline log storage
  • Companion app for interaction
Features
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browser devtools brings desktop-style debugging to mobile. Invoke the extension popup on any page to capture console logs, errors, and network calls, then review everything in the host app. Run JavaScript, inspect fetch/XHR requests with headers and bodies, and monitor runtime errors and unhandled rejections. Logs are organized by tab and stored securely offline on your device. Alongside the browser extension it also has a companion app to allow easily interacting with the web app and quickly switching to see logs.

Screenshots

Web Archive Inspector4 screens
devtools4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: devtools at 100% against Web Archive Inspector's 67%. devtools also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Web Archive Inspector's advantage is 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

devtools 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 devtools's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Web Archive Inspector versus devtools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeb Archive Inspectordevtools
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (13 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeorge GarsideStephan Cilliers

Customer experience

Web Archive Inspector

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

devtools

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Web Archive Inspector

No in-app purchases

None

devtools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Web Archive Inspector free?
Web Archive Inspector is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is devtools free?
devtools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Web Archive Inspector or devtools?
devtools is rated higher. Web Archive Inspector averages 4.8 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while devtools averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Web Archive Inspector or devtools have ads?
Neither Web Archive Inspector nor devtools shows ads.

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