iCurlHTTP vs API
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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)
API
Send and analyze HTTP/HTTPS requests directly from your mobile device. Save requests to collections for easy reuse and view detailed response information, including headers and round trip time. Customize connection timeout settings for efficient testing.
- Send HTTP/HTTPS requests
- Analyze REST API responses
- Request history
- Save requests to collections
- Display response headers and code
- Customize connection timeout
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• Test and analyze REST Api responses On-the-Go by sending HTTP/HTTPS requests with minimal customization. App Features : • Whole Requests history to view and load requests from it. • Save your Requests to Collections and load requests directly without writing it attributes again. • Parses and displays the complete raw response from server including Headers, Response Code, Round Time etc. • Supports both body types for POST requests i.e. Raw, KeyValue. • Quickly let you customize Connection Timeout Settings in Rest client.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: API at free against iCurlHTTP's paid. API also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). iCurlHTTP's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (30 vs 1). On price, ads, 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iCurlHTTP has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of iCurlHTTP's written reviews are positive against 100% of API's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iCurlHTTP ships an update every 7 months, API every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iCurlHTTP | API |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (30 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Cox | Hoang Son Dinh |
Customer experience
iCurlHTTP
API
In-app purchases
iCurlHTTP
No in-app purchases
API
No in-app purchases








