Requesta vs HTTPWidget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Requesta
This app allows users to send HTTP requests and examine server responses. It's a free, lightweight tool for API testing, offering features like request customization and detailed response inspection.
- Set request headers, method, and scheme
- Inspect server response details (headers, body, status code)
- View response payload size and duration
- Access request history and repeat requests
- View images and PDFs in response
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Requesta is a free lightweight utility app that lets you make HTTP requests and check out server responses. Ideally for API testing! Some features you will use: • Setting request headers, method and scheme • Inspecting server response: headers, body, status code, payload size, duration etc • See history and repeat requests in light speed • See images and PDFs in response
HTTPWidget
Create a personalized dashboard to display data from any API, including stocks, weather, and sports scores. Save, test, and monitor HTTP requests, then visualize key information in widgets and charts. It's designed for developers but accessible to users with basic HTTP knowledge.
- Personalized API dashboard
- Save and test HTTP requests
- Display data in widgets and charts
- Process responses with JavaScript
- Track trends and set notifications
- iCloud sync for requests
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Build a personal dashboard from any API — stocks, weather, crypto, sports scores, and more. HTTPWidget helps you save, test, and monitor HTTP requests, then surface the values you care about in widgets and charts. It’s powerful enough for developers, but friendly for anyone who understands basic HTTP. --- Why HTTPWidget --- - Extract the info you care about and display it in the app, on your home screen, or on your lock screen - Save frequently used HTTP(S) requests and run them with one tap - Debug and verify API responses quickly - Process responses with JavaScript for custom logic - Track trends over time - Set notifications when values change - Sync your requests via iCloud Whether you’re building a live dashboard or keeping a close eye on key metrics, HTTPWidget makes your data glanceable and actionable.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: HTTPWidget at 27 against Requesta's 1. On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Requesta against 5.0 for HTTPWidget. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HTTPWidget has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Requesta | HTTPWidget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 88.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roman Mirzoyan | 嘉银 李 |
Customer experience
Requesta
HTTPWidget
In-app purchases
Requesta
No in-app purchases
HTTPWidget
No in-app purchases
