Cookie vs The Cookie Editor for Safari
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cookie
Manage your web browser cookies with this open-source tool. Easily view, create, edit, and delete cookies, and import/export them in various formats. Ideal for web development, testing, and enhancing online privacy.
- List all cookies
- Search cookies
- Create, edit, delete cookies
- Import/export cookies
- Delete all cookies
- Customizable interface
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Cookie-Editor is designed to have a simple to use interface that let you do most standard cookie operations. It is ideal for developing and testing web pages or even manual management of cookies for your privacy. Be careful! Do not share your cookies with anyone you do not trust! Cookies can contain very sensitive information like your login information. If you share your cookies with someone, they could gain full access to your account and compromise it. Feature list: - List all cookies for the current tab. - Search your cookies. - Create, edit and delete your cookies. - Import and export your cookies in many formats (JSON, Netscape, Header string) - Quickly delete all cookies for the current tab. - Customizable: chose what extra data to see, what theme to use (light or dark), the amount of detail to see (advanced mode). Cookie-Editor can help you: - Develop web pages. - Improve your SEO work. - Manage your cookies for privacy. - Improve your browsing experience. Cookie-Editor believes in privacy. Your Cookies are safe and all of your data remains offline. For all feature requests or bug report, please visit the GitHub repository and fill an issue https://github.com/Moustachauve/cookie-editor
The Cookie Editor for Safari
This app helps you identify and manage website trackers that use first-party cookies. It categorizes cookies, assigns privacy scores to sites, and allows you to view, edit, and delete them. Advanced features for importing, exporting, and managing sessions are available via a Pro subscription.
- Identify website trackers
- Categorize cookies (Ads, Analytics, Functional, Essential)
- Assign privacy scores to websites
- View, edit, add, and delete cookies
- Import/export cookies
- Manage cookie sessions
- One-tap cleanup
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Safari blocked third-party cookies. So trackers moved into first-party cookies — set right on the sites you visit, where Safari won't touch them. Cookie Editor shows you who's still watching, and hands you the controls. WHO'S TRACKING YOU • Names the trackers behind the gibberish — _ga is Google Analytics, _fbp is Meta Pixel — in plain language • Sorts every cookie into Ads, Analytics, Functional and Essential • Rates any site A to F with a shareable privacy score • Flags long-lived cookies built to outlive Safari's tracking protection BEFORE / AFTER CONSENT • Snapshot a site's cookies, accept the banner, then compare — see exactly what appeared • Catches advertising cookies set before you ever answered the banner — see it and judge for yourself SEES WHAT OTHER EDITORS CAN'T • Reads cookies through Safari's native API — including HttpOnly cookies that JavaScript-based editors simply can't see • Exact expiry dates and real lifetimes, plus Secure, HttpOnly and SameSite flags A FULL COOKIE EDITOR — FREE • View, edit, add and delete any cookie • Search and filter: All, Trackers, or Site • Delete All, then re-checked against Safari so you know what the site instantly recreated • No limits. No ads. IMPORT, EXPORT & SESSIONS — PRO • Import and export as JSON or cookies.txt (works with curl, wget and yt-dlp) • From the clipboard, from Files, or through the share sheet • Named snapshots — save a session, restore it later, or move it between your own iPhone, iPad and Mac over iCloud • One-tap cleanup: clear every tracker, or every cookie from a single company • Developer audit reports for consent and flag checks PRIVATE BY DESIGN • All tracker matching happens on your device. Nothing is ever uploaded. • No account. No ads. We don't track you. • Tested and updated for every major iOS and macOS release Cookie Editor Pro unlocks import, export, snapshots and one-tap cleanup — available as a subscription with a 3-day free trial, or a single one-time purchase. The full cookie editor is free, forever. Privacy Policy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/porconova/legal/refs/heads/main/CD-Privacy-Policy Terms of Use: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/porconova/legal/refs/heads/main/CD-Terms-of-Service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Cookie Editor for Safari at 100% against Cookie's 40%. The Cookie Editor for Safari also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Cookie's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (99 vs 3). 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. The Cookie Editor for Safari sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Cookie asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Cookie Editor for Safari holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cookie has 99 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Cookie's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Cookie Editor for Safari's.
Cookie ships an update every 4 months, The Cookie Editor for Safari every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cookie | The Cookie Editor for Safari |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (99 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 99 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #42 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christophe Gagnier | Dzianis Milasheuski |
Customer experience
Cookie
The Cookie Editor for Safari
Bugs and requests
Cookie
Reported bugs
9 issues- Extension cannot be loaded
- Manifest version error
- No cookies detected
- Not working on iOS 18
- Not working on MacOS updates
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- Not working after Sequoia update
- Not clearing cookies
- Not exporting all cookies
- Hacking/scam reports (potential security issue)
Requested features
6 requests- Update for iOS 18 compatibility
- Update for newer MacOS versions
- Fix extension loading issues
- Remove intrusive advertising
- Improve cookie parsing for import
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- Add option to show all cookies
The Cookie Editor for Safari
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cookie
No in-app purchases
The Cookie Editor for Safari
- Pro · Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Pro · Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Pro · Lifetime$17.99
Questions
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