Web Archive Inspector vs stupid devtools
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
stupid 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.
- Capture console logs and errors
- Inspect network calls (fetch/XHR)
- Run JavaScript
- Secure offline log storage
- Companion app for interaction
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stupid 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Web Archive Inspector at monthly against stupid devtools's every 11 months. Web Archive Inspector also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 50%) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). stupid devtools's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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.
stupid 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 complicate that: 67% of Web Archive Inspector's written reviews are positive against 50% of stupid devtools's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Web Archive Inspector ships an update monthly, stupid devtools every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Web Archive Inspector | stupid devtools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | George Garside | Stephan Cilliers |
Customer experience
Web Archive Inspector
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In-app purchases
Web Archive Inspector
No in-app purchases
stupid devtools
No in-app purchases
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