Eruda Browser Console vs Busymate DevTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eruda Browser Console
This app provides a built-in browser with developer tools for testing and debugging web content directly on iOS. It allows users to view console logs, monitor network activity, run JavaScript, and inspect page elements without needing external tools.
- View console logs
- Monitor network activity
- Run JavaScript snippets
- Inspect HTML elements
- Monitor performance
- Switch user agents
- Debug own websites
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Eruda Browser Console is a lightweight developer utility for learning, testing, and debugging web content inside a controlled in-app browser environment on iOS. Designed for web developers, frontend engineers, QA testers, and learners, the app provides an integrated browser with a built-in developer console for experimenting with JavaScript and inspecting page behaviour during development and testing. Key Features • View console logs (log, warn, error) • Monitor network activity on test pages • Run JavaScript snippets in a sandbox environment • Explore HTML structure and page elements • Monitor performance and FPS during testing • Analyse page resources • Switch between mobile and desktop user agents • Debug your own websites, local servers, and development environments • No external tools or desktop required Built for Developers and Learners Whether you are: • Testing responsive layouts during development • Debugging issues on your own websites • Inspecting API responses in staging environments • Learning how web pages behave on real devices This app helps you experiment and debug directly on iOS within a controlled testing environment. Privacy & Security All browsing and debugging happens locally on your device. No tracking, no data collection, and no remote servers. Notes This app is intended for development, learning, and debugging your own web content and test pages. Some websites may limit inspection features due to their security policies. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Busymate DevTools
Inspect HTTP and HTTPS traffic directly on your device. Capture requests, view headers and bodies, and decrypt specific domains without needing a desktop proxy. Ideal for developers debugging their own apps and websites.
- System-wide traffic capture
- HTTPS decryption for selected domains
- Real-time request/response feed
- Optional cloud sync for dashboard inspection
- On-device VPN tunnel
- User-controlled capture and decryption
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Busymate DevTools is a network debugging tool for developers. It captures the HTTP and HTTPS requests made on your device, so you can inspect headers, bodies, status codes, and timing while you build and debug your own apps and websites. It works like a desktop web-debugging proxy, but runs entirely on your iPhone or iPad — no Mac and no Wi-Fi proxy configuration required. WHAT IT DOES • Captures DNS and TCP traffic system-wide using Apple's NetworkExtension (a local, on-device VPN tunnel — nothing is routed through our servers). • Decrypts HTTPS only for the specific domains you add to the SSL-proxy list. Everything else stays end-to-end encrypted and is passed through untouched. • Shows every request/response pair in a real-time feed: method, URL, status, headers, query, and body. • Optionally syncs captures to your private Busymate dashboard at dash.busymate.dev so you can inspect them on a bigger screen, search, tag, and export to HAR. ADVANCED • Traffic rules — block, mock, or rewrite requests and responses that match your own rules, so you can test how your app handles errors, edge cases, and slow or missing responses. • Upstream proxy — optionally route a device's outbound traffic through an external proxy you have configured. • Deep links — open the app straight to a device or a request from a link. YOU ARE IN CONTROL • Capture never starts until you explicitly turn it on and accept the on-screen disclosure. • HTTPS is only ever decrypted for domains you choose. Add and remove them at any time. • Decryption requires installing and trusting a root certificate, used only to decrypt your own HTTPS traffic for the domains you choose — guided step-by-step inside the app. • You can stop capturing and remove the VPN profile from iOS Settings at any time. PRIVACY Busymate DevTools is built for inspecting traffic from apps and sites you own or are authorized to debug. Captured data can include sensitive values such as tokens and credentials, so only inspect domains you understand and control. Synced captures are stored under your own account and can be deleted at any time. See our privacy policy at busymate.dev/privacy. REQUIREMENTS • iOS / iPadOS 16.0 or later. • A free Busymate account (sign in with Apple or email) to pair the device and, optionally, sync captures to the dashboard. Busymate DevTools is intended for developers, QA engineers, and security testers working on their own software. It is not a tool for intercepting other people's traffic.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Busymate DevTools at 5.0 against Eruda Browser Console's 1.0. Busymate DevTools also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months). Eruda Browser Console's advantage is chart position (#128 vs unranked). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Eruda Browser Console sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Busymate DevTools asks for nothing beyond the download.
Busymate DevTools holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Eruda Browser Console's written reviews are positive against 80% of Busymate DevTools's.
Eruda Browser Console ships an update every 4 months, Busymate DevTools every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Eruda Browser Console | Busymate DevTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #128 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Areeb Sayyed | Sergiu Toderascu |
Customer experience
Eruda Browser Console
Busymate DevTools
In-app purchases
Eruda Browser Console
- Eruda Pro$1.991 Month
Busymate DevTools
No in-app purchases
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