Comparison

View Source Code vs SiteGrade

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

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About

View Source Code

Inspect the HTML source code of any webpage directly within Safari on your iPhone or iPad. Features include syntax highlighting, powerful search, and one-tap copying. Your browsing data remains private on your device.

Highlights
  • View HTML source code in Safari
  • Syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS, JavaScript
  • Multiple color themes
  • Built-in search functionality
  • One-tap copy to clipboard
  • Privacy-focused, no data collection
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Ever wondered how a website is built? View Source Code brings the classic "View Source" feature to Safari on iPhone and iPad. INSPECT ANY WEBPAGE Tap the extension icon in Safari to instantly view the complete HTML source code of any webpage. Perfect for developers debugging issues, learning how sites are structured, or just satisfying your curiosity. BEAUTIFUL SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING Source code is displayed with professional syntax highlighting that makes HTML, CSS, and JavaScript easy to read. Choose from 7 stunning themes including GitHub, Solarized Light, Tomorrow Night, Okaidia, and Twilight. POWERFUL SEARCH Find exactly what you're looking for with built-in search. Navigate between matches instantly with keyboard shortcuts or tap navigation. COPY WITH ONE TAP Need to grab the source? Copy the entire page source to your clipboard with a single tap. Great for sharing code snippets or saving for later analysis. PRIVACY FIRST Your browsing data stays on your device. View Source Code doesn't collect, store, or transmit any information about the websites you visit. No analytics, no tracking, no accounts. DARK MODE SUPPORT Looks great in both light and dark mode, automatically adapting to your system preferences. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY Get 5 free source views to try out all features. Love it? Unlock unlimited access with a one-time purchase. No subscriptions, no hidden fees. Perfect for: • Web developers debugging and inspecting sites • Students learning HTML, CSS, and web development • Designers checking how their work was implemented • Anyone curious about how the web works View Source Code — See how the web is built.

About

SiteGrade

Features
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SiteGrade checks the security configuration a website serves to browsers, grades it A to F, and explains every finding in plain English with the exact change to make. Type a domain on iPhone or iPad, or share a page straight from Safari, and the answer takes seconds. One purchase also covers Mac. WHAT IT CHECKS Security headers - Content-Security-Policy, including report-only policies - Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS), with max-age and includeSubDomains - X-Content-Type-Options - X-Frame-Options and CSP frame-ancestors - Referrer-Policy - Permissions-Policy - Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy, Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy and Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy - Server and framework version disclosure - Legacy X-XSS-Protection TLS/SSL certificate - Chain validity, trusted root, self-signed and hostname-mismatch detection - Expiry date, with a warning well before it becomes an outage - Negotiated protocol version, TLS 1.0 through TLS 1.3 Transport - Whether plain HTTP redirects to HTTPS, asked on port 80 directly - The full redirect chain, including cross-host and downgrading hops - Mixed content: the page loads in an isolated web view and every insecure subresource request is recorded, active and passive DNS and email - A, AAAA, CNAME and MX records - SPF and DMARC presence and policy - Reported as information only. DNS and email findings never move the letter grade. EXPLAINED, NOT DUMPED Every finding answers three questions: what it means, why it matters, and how to fix it, with copy-ready nginx and Apache values and a command to confirm the fix landed. There is also a fix prompt written from your own report that you can hand to a coding agent. THE GRADE SHOWS ITS WORK Points, caps and bands come from a rubric published inside the app on a "How grading works" screen, so you can always answer "why a B?". Every finding shows the raw evidence behind it: the header value received, the certificate fields, the DNS answers. FREE AND PRO Checking sites is free and unlimited, and every free check shows the grade and the full finding list. Pro is a one-time purchase, never a subscription. It covers iPhone, iPad and Mac, and it is shareable with your family. Pro unlocks: - Every finding's plain-English explanation, fix snippet and evidence - History, kept on your device and grouped by domain, so a grade has a trend instead of a moment - Compare, so a re-check shows what was fixed, what regressed and what is new - Export of the full report as Markdown or PDF, and the fix prompt PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION No accounts, no servers, no analytics, no trackers, no ads. Nothing you check is sent to us, because there is nowhere for it to go. Your reports stay on your device. HONEST ABOUT SCOPE This grade reflects the security configuration a site serves to browsers. It is not a security audit. Every check is passive and read-only: a GET request, one TLS handshake, DNS lookups and one page load, which is the same traffic a browser makes when it opens the page. SiteGrade is built for checking your own site or a site you manage. Terms of Use: https://joneslabs.dev/terms

Screenshots

View Source Code4 screens
SiteGrade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SiteGrade at none against View Source Code's 1. View Source Code's advantage is chart position (#197 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. View Source Code sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SiteGrade asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
View Source Code versus SiteGrade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterView Source CodeSiteGrade
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#197 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPolarity Labs Pte. Ltd.JonesLabs LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

View Source Code

One-time1
  • Lifetime$1.99
None

SiteGrade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is View Source Code free?
View Source Code is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SiteGrade free?
SiteGrade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do View Source Code or SiteGrade have ads?
Neither View Source Code nor SiteGrade shows ads.

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