stupid devtools vs Cookie Editor Safari Extension
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
stupid devtools
This app provides desktop-style debugging for mobile web development. Capture console logs, network requests, and JavaScript execution directly on your device. Review and analyze web activity securely offline.
- Capture console logs and errors
- Inspect network calls (fetch/XHR)
- Run JavaScript
- Secure offline log storage
- Companion app for interaction
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stupid devtools brings desktop-style debugging to mobile. Invoke the extension popup on any page to capture console logs, errors, and network calls, then review everything in the host app. Run JavaScript, inspect fetch/XHR requests with headers and bodies, and monitor runtime errors and unhandled rejections. Logs are organized by tab and stored securely offline on your device. Alongside the browser extension it also has a companion app to allow easily interacting with the web app and quickly switching to see logs.
Cookie Editor Safari Extension
Manage website cookies directly from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. View, create, edit, and delete cookies with detailed flags and expiry information. Ideal for web development, debugging, and privacy management.
- List all cookies per site
- View HttpOnly cookies and flags
- Create, edit, and delete cookies
- Built-in JWT decoder
- Copy cookies as cURL, fetch, etc.
- Privacy grade for each site
- Auto-clean trackers
- Save and switch sessions
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Cookie Editor is designed with a clean, native interface that lets you do every standard cookie operation right from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. See the cookies Safari hides, including HttpOnly ones. It is ideal for developing and testing web pages, debugging authentication flows, or simply managing your cookies for privacy. Completely free. Be careful! Do not share your cookies with anyone you do not trust. Cookies can contain very sensitive information like your login session. If you share your cookies with someone, they could gain full access to your account and compromise it. Feature list: - List all cookies for every site you visit in Safari, all in one app. - See HttpOnly cookies, exact expiry and the Secure, HttpOnly and SameSite flags. - Search and filter cookies by name, value, or domain. - Create, edit and delete cookies with full control over name, value, domain, path, expiry, Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite and Priority. - Protect cookies from accidental deletion. - Built-in JWT decoder to view header and payload instantly. - Smart format detection: JWT, Base64, URL-encoded and JSON values recognized automatically. - Copy as cURL, fetch, Puppeteer, Playwright and more. - Privacy grade from A to F for every site, with the reason why. - Clean tracking cookies and stay logged in. - Auto-clean trackers on the sites you choose. - Save sessions and switch accounts in one tap. - Record which cookies a site sets, and see how they changed over time. - Import cookies from a file or paste, and move a site's cookies and storage to another device. - Back up and restore with an optional password. - Home Screen widgets for expiring cookies and privacy grades. - Shortcuts and Siri actions to export, clean and switch. - Customizable theme (light or dark) and accent color. - Available in 33 languages. PRIVACY FIRST- - Everything runs on device - No accounts, no sign-ups - No telemetry, no analytics, no ads - Your cookie values never leave your device unencrypted - Optional iCloud Sync keeps your saved sessions, marks, pinned sites and keep-lists in step across iPhone, iPad and Mac, through your private iCloud, with cookie values encrypted on your device. Off by default. REQUIREMENTS- - iOS 15.4 or later - macOS 12.3 or later - iPhone, iPad and Mac supported Cookie Editor believes in privacy. Everything runs on device. No accounts, no telemetry, and nothing is shared unless you turn on iCloud Sync. Your cookies are safe and your data stays yours. To enable live cookie capture: open Safari → Settings → Extensions → turn on Cookie Editor → grant per-site permission when prompted.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: stupid devtools at 5.0 against Cookie Editor Safari Extension's 4.4. Cookie Editor Safari Extension's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 50%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
stupid devtools holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cookie Editor Safari Extension has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of stupid devtools's written reviews are positive against 86% of Cookie Editor Safari Extension's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
stupid devtools ships an update every 11 months, Cookie Editor Safari Extension monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | stupid devtools | Cookie Editor Safari Extension |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.4 (41 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #188 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephan Cilliers | Devashy Rangpariya |
Customer experience
stupid devtools
Cookie Editor Safari Extension
In-app purchases
stupid devtools
No in-app purchases
Cookie Editor Safari Extension
No in-app purchases
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