Web Inspector vs iCurlHTTP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Web Inspector
Inspect and share HTML, CSS, and JavaScript source code from mobile web pages directly on your device. Debug web applications by viewing source code as a real mobile browser would.
- Inspect HTML tags
- View CSS code
- Extract JavaScript
- Share source code
- Debug mobile web apps
- Simulate mobile browser
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Web Inspector allow you to retrieve (and share) html tags, css and javascript code (isource) from web page particularly mobile page (iPad and iPhone) directly from your mobile Debug your webapp to inspect the source as a real mobile device browser
iCurlHTTP
Test web server responses with cURL-like functionality on your iPhone or iPad. Simulate various browsers and inspect raw HTTP headers and HTML. Analyze network performance with detailed timing information.
- Simulate browser user-agents
- Inspect raw HTTP headers and HTML
- Support for GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, TRACE requests
- SSL support with certificate info
- History of tested URLs
- Detailed HTTP timing analysis
- HTTP/2 and IPv4/IPv6 support
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HTTP Web Server Response Diagnostic Tool - Curl for iPhone and iPad iCurlHTTP is a simple, easy to use app that allows you to run MacOS/Linux-like cURL tests against URLs. It can simulate different web browsers (user-agents) to retrieve the raw HTTP headers and HTML response from web servers. ** GET, HEAD & POST Requests (GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS and TRACE on iPad) ** SSL Support - https requests with basic certificate and handshake information ** Keeps a history of URLs tested with HEADER and POST data and provides them in a dropdown for easy repeated testing ** Simulates curl, iPhone, iPad, Safari, IE, Chrome and custom user-agent browsers ** Simple single-view interface with realtime result screen. ** iPhone and iPad support ** Verbose and Basic Detail ** HTTP Timing Details (Name Lookup, TCP Connect, SSL Handshake, First Byte and Total) ** Set custom User-Agent, Host Headers, Timeouts, HTTP Authentication, SSL Mode and POST Data ** Share Feature to send output to Clipboard, Printer and Email ** HTTP/2 Support ** IPv4 and IPv6 DNS Resolution with Option for Manual Address Resolution (via HOST:PORT:ADDRESS)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iCurlHTTP at 4.4 against Web Inspector's 2.9. iCurlHTTP also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (84% vs 56%). Web Inspector's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs paid). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iCurlHTTP holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Web Inspector's written reviews are positive against 84% of iCurlHTTP's.
Web Inspector ships an update every 22 months, iCurlHTTP every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Web Inspector | iCurlHTTP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (30 ratings) | 4.4 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | 84.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | JB STEVENARD | Jason Cox |
Customer experience
Web Inspector
iCurlHTTP
In-app purchases
Web Inspector
No in-app purchases
iCurlHTTP
No in-app purchases
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