WebView vs Great Web View Tester
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WebView
Test your webpages within a Safari or WebKit WebView environment. This app streamlines the process of checking web functionality without needing to set up your own iOS WebView. It supports camera and microphone permissions for testing SDK integrations.
- Test webpages in WebView
- Supports Safari and WebKit
- No need for own iOS WebView environment
- Camera and microphone permission support
- Test SDK integrations
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Easily test webpages in a Safari or WebKit WebView. Save time by not having to spin up your own iOS WebView environment to test your webpage's functionality in a WebView. This app has camera and microphone permission support, which is useful for testing the Zoom Video SDK and Zoom Meeting SDK embedded in a WebView.
Great Web View Tester
Test web views, authentication, and URL redirects on iOS. Offers multiple testing modes including ASWebAuthenticationSession, WKWebView, and SFSafariViewController. Capture and analyze callback URLs, redirections, and navigation history.
- ASWebAuthenticationSession testing
- Configurable WKWebView
- SFSafariViewController integration
- External browser testing
- Callback URL capture
- Navigation history tracking
- Redirect analysis
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Great Web View Tester is a developer tool for testing web views, authentication flows, and URL redirections on iOS. 4 Testing Modes: - ASWebAuthenticationSession — Test OAuth and login flows using Apple's secure authentication session. Configure callback URL scheme and ephemeral session mode. Capture callback URLs and authorization codes automatically. - WKWebView — Open any URL in a fully configurable WKWebView. Toggle JavaScript, address bar, navigation bar, page title, back/forward gestures, link preview, inline media playback, non-persistent data store, and cookie clearing. Set a listen URL to automatically capture redirections. - SFSafariViewController — Launch URLs in Safari's in-app browser with reader mode, bar collapsing, and customizable dismiss button style. Track full navigation history with redirect detection. - External Browser — Open URLs in the device's default browser and capture the return via universal link. Result Capture & Navigation History: All callback URLs, redirections, and errors are displayed with parsed query parameters and timestamps. Text is selectable for easy copying. Navigation history shows each request, redirect, and final load with millisecond-precision timestamps. Try all features with 10 free launches. Unlock unlimited usage with a subscription or one-time purchase. Pro Options To Unlock Unlimited Usage: Pro Monthly: Unlock unlimited usage for 1 month, $1.99/month, auto-renews monthly Pro Lifetime: Unlock unlimited usage for lifetime, $9.99 one-time purchase The monthly subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Manage your subscription in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://support.buddy.cn/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://support.buddy.cn/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Great Web View Tester at 5.0 against WebView's 4.3. Great Web View Tester also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 18 months). WebView's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Great Web View Tester sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. WebView asks for nothing beyond the download.
Great Web View Tester holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WebView has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
WebView ships an update every 18 months, Great Web View Tester every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WebView | Great Web View Tester |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tommy Gaessler | Jun Yu |
Customer experience
WebView
Great Web View Tester
In-app purchases
WebView
No in-app purchases
Great Web View Tester
- Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Pro Lifetime$9.99
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