KeyBean vs ProbePad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
KeyBean
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KeyBean is a management software designed specifically for Apple, aimed at efficiently managing SSH keys, certificates, and CA (Certificate Authority) information. It provides a modern, user-friendly GUI that enables users to easily and conveniently edit and manage these critical security resources. The software comprehensively supports multiple key generation methods including ED25519, ECDSA, and RSA, allowing users to flexibly choose key lengths and offering quick key fingerprint viewing capabilities. Users can directly generate user or server certificates from CA and keys, conveniently reusing existing certificate information to create new certificates, thereby avoiding traditional complex command-line operations. ===================================== Subscription fee - 3.99/year Lifetime fee - $9.99 Unlock on all devices with a subscription or purchase. Free Trial Enjoy a 3-day free trial of all features (included with annual subscription). If you cancel your subscription before the trial expires, you can still use the app for 3 days at no cost. ===================================== Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://shellbean.notion.site/Privacy-de0bbfb42e924289bf47096b67db84ee
ProbePad
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ProbePad is the API client Postman never built for iPhone and iPad β native, private, and fast enough to ship a production fix from the couch. New in v1.6: ProbePad watches your endpoints while you sleep β background health checks with failure alerts, status widgets on your Home and Lock Screen, Spotlight search, and one-tap cancellation. ENDPOINT MONITORING (PRO) β’ Mark any saved request as watched and ProbePad runs it in the background β’ A notification when a watched endpoint starts failing, with the request name and the status it returned β’ A cooldown per endpoint, so a flapping service does not alert you over and over β’ iOS decides when background work is granted. ProbePad tells you when the last check happened, never when the next one will β’ If Background App Refresh is off, the app says so plainly WIDGETS β HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN β’ Last Request β your most recent run, with its status and when it ran β’ Request Status β a saved request's last status and response time. Also a Lock Screen circular widget β’ Endpoint Monitor (PRO) β a watched endpoint's last result, and when it was checked β’ A widget sees a summary only: request name, host, status, timing. Never a header, a body or a token SPOTLIGHT, SIRI AND SHORTCUTS β’ Request names and hosts are searchable from the Home Screen β tap a result to open it β’ Indexing is a switch in Settings, and secrets and environment values are never indexed β’ "Run Saved Request" and "Send HTTP Request" App Intents for Siri, the Shortcuts app and Focus automations β’ The Shortcuts result carries the request, the status and the timing CANCEL A RUNNING REQUEST β’ One tap stops an in-flight request and tears the connection down β’ The cancelled attempt is written to history, not lost ON CALL, INSIDE THE RESPONSE β’ Find in the response body, with a live match count and wrapping next/previous β even on truncated bodies β’ Copy a single header value without selecting text β’ Replay a returned Set-Cookie as a request header, in one tap β’ History rows are tagged with the environment they ran against, and a cross-environment diff warns you first BUILD & EXECUTE β’ GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE with full header, query and body control β’ Multipart/form-data with file upload β’ JSON, raw and form-encoded bodies β’ Per-request timeout (1β300 s) ORGANIZE β’ Collections β group related requests, colour-coded (free) β’ Environments and variables β switch between dev, staging and production (PRO) β’ Secrets Vault β API keys in the iOS Keychain, Face ID or Touch ID (PRO) INSPECT β’ Syntax-highlighted JSON tree β’ Response history with side-by-side diff (free) β’ Status, headers, timing and byte count AUTHENTICATION β’ Bearer token, Basic, API key (header or query) β’ OAuth 2.0 authorization code with PKCE, and client credentials (PRO) β’ Automatic token refresh, Keychain storage β’ Provider presets: Google, GitHub, Azure AD, Auth0 β’ JWT inspection GRAPHQL & WEBSOCKET (PRO) β’ GraphQL editor with schema introspection, variables and named operations β’ ws:// and wss:// sessions with text and binary frames, a full transcript and auto-reconnect IMPORT β’ cURL β paste a command and get a request. Free, and staying free β’ Postman v2.1 collections, OpenAPI 3.0 and Swagger 2.0 (PRO) PROBEPAD PRO Lifetime is a one-time purchase (US$19.99). Yearly is US$9.99 per year after a seven-day free trial and renews automatically until you cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Prices for your region are shown in the app. Bought ProbePad before v1.6? You keep PRO forever, at no charge, including everything in this release β nothing to buy, nothing to do. PRIVACY-FIRST β’ All your data stays on your device β’ No analytics, no third-party SDKs, no advertising identifier, no telemetry β’ PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy declares everything the app touches β’ Secrets live in the iOS Keychain, never in plain text Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ProbePad at weekly against KeyBean's every 7 months. KeyBean's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. KeyBean sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year and ProbePad sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
KeyBean ships an update every 7 months, ProbePad weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KeyBean | ProbePad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | εδΊ¬ε¦η΅η§ζζιε ¬εΈ | Olof Petterson |
In-app purchases
KeyBean
- Annual Subscription3 Days trial$3.991 Year
- Lifetime$9.99
ProbePad
- ProbePad PRO Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- ProbePad PRO$5.99
- ProbePad PRO Lifetime (Launch)$9.99
- ProbePad PRO Lifetime$19.99









