Walnut vs Great Web View Tester
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Walnut
This app allows developers to test WKWebView and SFSafariViewController configurations in real-time. It offers built-in DevTools for console, network, storage, and performance analysis, along with JavaScript injection and accessibility auditing.
- Real-time WKWebView configuration testing
- Built-in DevTools (Console, Network, Storage)
- JavaScript injection and execution
- SFSafariViewController testing with content blockers
- Accessibility auditing (axe-core)
- Responsive viewport and device emulation
- Bookmark management
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The ultimate developer tool for testing WKWebView and SFSafariViewController configurations in real-time. KEY FEATURES WKWebView Testing • Real-time configuration testing with 20+ options • Built-in DevTools: Console, Network, Storage, Performance, Sources, Accessibility • JavaScript injection and snippet execution • Custom User-Agent emulation • Viewport and device emulation SFSafariViewController Testing • Native Safari experience with content blockers • Reader mode and responsive size control • Customizable bar colors and dismiss button styles Developer Tools • Console: Capture console.log with %c CSS styling support • Network: Monitor fetch/XHR requests with timing data • Storage: View/edit localStorage, sessionStorage, cookies • Performance: Web Vitals (LCP, FID, CLS) and Navigation Timing • Sources: DOM tree inspection, stylesheets, scripts • Accessibility: axe-core based accessibility auditing Additional Features • Bookmark management for quick URL access • Responsive viewport resizing (iPhone, iPad, Desktop presets) • Screenshot capture • API capability detection • Dark mode support Perfect for iOS developers who need to test web content rendering, debug JavaScript, analyze network requests, and ensure accessibility compliance.
Great Web View Tester
Test web views, authentication, and URL redirects on iOS. Offers multiple testing modes including ASWebAuthenticationSession, WKWebView, and SFSafariViewController. Capture and analyze callback URLs, redirections, and navigation history.
- ASWebAuthenticationSession testing
- Configurable WKWebView
- SFSafariViewController integration
- External browser testing
- Callback URL capture
- Navigation history tracking
- Redirect analysis
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Great Web View Tester is a developer tool for testing web views, authentication flows, and URL redirections on iOS. 4 Testing Modes: - ASWebAuthenticationSession — Test OAuth and login flows using Apple's secure authentication session. Configure callback URL scheme and ephemeral session mode. Capture callback URLs and authorization codes automatically. - WKWebView — Open any URL in a fully configurable WKWebView. Toggle JavaScript, address bar, navigation bar, page title, back/forward gestures, link preview, inline media playback, non-persistent data store, and cookie clearing. Set a listen URL to automatically capture redirections. - SFSafariViewController — Launch URLs in Safari's in-app browser with reader mode, bar collapsing, and customizable dismiss button style. Track full navigation history with redirect detection. - External Browser — Open URLs in the device's default browser and capture the return via universal link. Result Capture & Navigation History: All callback URLs, redirections, and errors are displayed with parsed query parameters and timestamps. Text is selectable for easy copying. Navigation history shows each request, redirect, and final load with millisecond-precision timestamps. Try all features with 10 free launches. Unlock unlimited usage with a subscription or one-time purchase. Pro Options To Unlock Unlimited Usage: Pro Monthly: Unlock unlimited usage for 1 month, $1.99/month, auto-renews monthly Pro Lifetime: Unlock unlimited usage for lifetime, $9.99 one-time purchase The monthly subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Manage your subscription in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://support.buddy.cn/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://support.buddy.cn/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Great Web View Tester at none against Walnut's shown. Walnut's advantage is iOS requirement (18.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Walnut sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Great Web View Tester sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Walnut against 5.0 for Great Web View Tester. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Walnut | Great Web View Tester |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 4 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jiwon Park | Jun Yu |
Customer experience
Walnut
Great Web View Tester
In-app purchases
Walnut
- Remove Ads$3.99
Great Web View Tester
- Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Pro Lifetime$9.99





