Comparison

Proxy Capture vs ProbeDeck

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Proxy Capture

Simplify network debugging with one-tap proxy setup and switching. Features include live activities, widget control for efficiency, and automatic LAN proxy detection. Effortlessly manage network rules for simulation.

Highlights
  • One-tap proxy connection
  • Live Activities for connection status
  • Widget control for quick switching
  • Automatic LAN proxy detection
  • Granular rule control
  • Network simulation
Features
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One-Tap Packet Capture! Say goodbye to complex proxy setup. Connect with a single tap. One-Tap Proxy Switching! Live Activities: Stay in control of your proxy connection status. Widget Control: Quickly switch capture lines, dramatically boosting efficiency. Effortless Rule Control Granular rules, instant switching, easy network simulation. Auto-Discover LAN Proxies! No manual config. Automatically detect available local proxies. Widget Control, Double Efficiency! One-tap proxy connect/switch via widget. Double your efficiency! Subscription: Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use https://proxycapture.pages.dev/terms-of-service Privacy Policy https://proxycapture.pages.dev/privacy

About

ProbeDeck

Features
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ProbeDeck is a secure mobile client compatible with ClickHouse® servers, built for cluster operations from your iPhone. ProbeDeck is built for DevOps, SRE, platform and data engineers on call. Connect over TLS, through an SSH tunnel or a bastion. See cluster health, find the query that is eating the cluster and kill it in seconds, while production credentials never touch someone else's server. WHY PROBEDECK • Trust-first. Your credentials stay on your device and never leave it. There is no backend, no proxy, no traffic relay. Your connection goes straight from your phone to your server. • It knows ClickHouse. Replication lag, read-only replicas and Keeper trouble, parts and merges, "too many parts", stuck mutations, disk pressure. These are the pages you get, so this is the first screen you see. • Safety on each statement. ProbeDeck classifies your SQL before it sends anything. DROP, TRUNCATE, ALTER UPDATE and ALTER DELETE, DETACH, DROP PARTITION, OPTIMIZE FINAL and KILL need a type-to-confirm step showing the exact target. Costly statements carry a warning. Set a connection read-only and unlock writes when you mean to. • Honest about what cannot be undone. KILL MUTATION stops a mutation but does not roll back what it already wrote. ProbeDeck says so instead of offering a fake Undo. • Built for mobile networks. Reconnect with backoff, path-aware monitoring of Wi-Fi and cellular handoffs, and specific errors in place of an endless spinner. A ClickHouse error in the response body reads as a query error, not as a dead network. • A production badge marks each risky action, so you know which cluster you are about to touch. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Connect over TLS, an SSH tunnel or a bastion host, with a Face ID app lock. • Inspect a self-signed or custom-CA certificate fingerprint and accept it per connection. • Read cluster health at a glance: replicas, disks, parts, merges, mutations and metrics. • List running queries with elapsed time, memory and the user behind each one. • KILL QUERY on the query burning the cluster, KILL MUTATION on the one that is stuck. • Browse databases, tables, columns and DDL. • Run SQL in the editor and read results laid out for a phone screen. • Ask the AI assistant why a replica is lagging, through your own Ollama or your own API key. PRIVACY • Local-first. Your hosts, passwords, SSH keys and certificates stay on your device, in the iOS Keychain. • No secrets in logs. ProbeDeck keeps passwords, hostnames, database, table and column names and values out of its logs. • The AI assistant talks to your Ollama or your key. Nothing reaches us, because we run no server. Schema context is filtered by an allow-list before it goes to a model, and the assistant never executes anything by itself. • Crash and error reporting is on by default and can be turned off in Settings. Reports are scrubbed and never include hostnames, table names, values or credentials. • No tracking, no IDFA and no advertising identifiers. ProbeDeck is foreground-first. It fits on-call inspection and operations rather than always-on background alerting. FREE VS PRO ProbeDeck is free to try, with a real, usable free tier, not a locked demo. • Free: connect over TLS, SSH tunnel or bastion; the whole monitoring surface, including replicas, disks, parts, merges, mutations and metrics; browse schema and data; run read SQL; one saved connection. • Pro unlocks operating: KILL QUERY and KILL MUTATION, write and DDL SQL, the AI assistant, and multiple saved connections. "ProbeDeck Pro" is a one-time unlock. No subscription, no ads, no account required. ProbeDeck works with self-hosted ClickHouse, ClickHouse Cloud and clusters behind an SSH bastion, over the HTTP interface on ports 8123 and 8443. ClickHouse is a registered trademark of ClickHouse, Inc. ProbeDeck is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ClickHouse, Inc.

Screenshots

Proxy Capture4 screens
ProbeDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ProbeDeck at none against Proxy Capture's 3. ProbeDeck also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). Proxy Capture's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Proxy Capture sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. ProbeDeck asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Proxy Capture ships an update every 2 weeks, ProbeDeck every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Proxy Capture versus ProbeDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProxy CaptureProbeDeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer维 房Vladimir Chemeris

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Proxy Capture

Subscriptions2
  • Annual Premium Membership3 Days trial$3.991 Year
  • Annual Premium Membership7 Days trial$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership$19.99
None

ProbeDeck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Proxy Capture free?
Proxy Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ProbeDeck free?
ProbeDeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Proxy Capture or ProbeDeck have ads?
Proxy Capture shows ads; ProbeDeck does not.
Which is updated more often, Proxy Capture or ProbeDeck?
Proxy Capture ships an update every 2 weeks, and ProbeDeck every 2 days. Most recently, Proxy Capture was updated on September 30, 2026 and ProbeDeck on October 7, 2026.

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