ProbePad vs DevTools+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
ProbePad
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ProbePad is the API client Postman never built for iPhone and iPad โ native, private, and fast enough to ship a production fix from the couch. New in v1.6: ProbePad watches your endpoints while you sleep โ background health checks with failure alerts, status widgets on your Home and Lock Screen, Spotlight search, and one-tap cancellation. ENDPOINT MONITORING (PRO) โข Mark any saved request as watched and ProbePad runs it in the background โข A notification when a watched endpoint starts failing, with the request name and the status it returned โข A cooldown per endpoint, so a flapping service does not alert you over and over โข iOS decides when background work is granted. ProbePad tells you when the last check happened, never when the next one will โข If Background App Refresh is off, the app says so plainly WIDGETS โ HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN โข Last Request โ your most recent run, with its status and when it ran โข Request Status โ a saved request's last status and response time. Also a Lock Screen circular widget โข Endpoint Monitor (PRO) โ a watched endpoint's last result, and when it was checked โข A widget sees a summary only: request name, host, status, timing. Never a header, a body or a token SPOTLIGHT, SIRI AND SHORTCUTS โข Request names and hosts are searchable from the Home Screen โ tap a result to open it โข Indexing is a switch in Settings, and secrets and environment values are never indexed โข "Run Saved Request" and "Send HTTP Request" App Intents for Siri, the Shortcuts app and Focus automations โข The Shortcuts result carries the request, the status and the timing CANCEL A RUNNING REQUEST โข One tap stops an in-flight request and tears the connection down โข The cancelled attempt is written to history, not lost ON CALL, INSIDE THE RESPONSE โข Find in the response body, with a live match count and wrapping next/previous โ even on truncated bodies โข Copy a single header value without selecting text โข Replay a returned Set-Cookie as a request header, in one tap โข History rows are tagged with the environment they ran against, and a cross-environment diff warns you first BUILD & EXECUTE โข GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE with full header, query and body control โข Multipart/form-data with file upload โข JSON, raw and form-encoded bodies โข Per-request timeout (1โ300 s) ORGANIZE โข Collections โ group related requests, colour-coded (free) โข Environments and variables โ switch between dev, staging and production (PRO) โข Secrets Vault โ API keys in the iOS Keychain, Face ID or Touch ID (PRO) INSPECT โข Syntax-highlighted JSON tree โข Response history with side-by-side diff (free) โข Status, headers, timing and byte count AUTHENTICATION โข Bearer token, Basic, API key (header or query) โข OAuth 2.0 authorization code with PKCE, and client credentials (PRO) โข Automatic token refresh, Keychain storage โข Provider presets: Google, GitHub, Azure AD, Auth0 โข JWT inspection GRAPHQL & WEBSOCKET (PRO) โข GraphQL editor with schema introspection, variables and named operations โข ws:// and wss:// sessions with text and binary frames, a full transcript and auto-reconnect IMPORT โข cURL โ paste a command and get a request. Free, and staying free โข Postman v2.1 collections, OpenAPI 3.0 and Swagger 2.0 (PRO) PROBEPAD PRO Lifetime is a one-time purchase (US$19.99). Yearly is US$9.99 per year after a seven-day free trial and renews automatically until you cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Prices for your region are shown in the app. Bought ProbePad before v1.6? You keep PRO forever, at no charge, including everything in this release โ nothing to buy, nothing to do. PRIVACY-FIRST โข All your data stays on your device โข No analytics, no third-party SDKs, no advertising identifier, no telemetry โข PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy declares everything the app touches โข Secrets live in the iOS Keychain, never in plain text Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
DevTools+
A comprehensive suite of developer tools for mobile devices. Quickly format, convert, decode, and test code with a vast collection of utilities. Designed for efficient local processing with no account required.
- JSON formatter, validator, and converter
- API tester with REST, GraphQL, and cURL support
- Regex tester and highlighter
- JWT decoder and analysis
- Base64 encoder/decoder
- Timestamp and timezone conversion
- Local-first data processing
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496 developer tools, ready on iPhone and iPad. DevTools+ puts everyday code utilities in one searchable app. Format JSON, test APIs, inspect regex, decode JWTs, encode Base64, generate UUIDs, convert timestamps, format SQL, and handle hundreds of other development tasks without jumping between random websites. FIND THE RIGHT TOOL FAST - Search all 496 tools across 29 categories - Pin favorites and reopen recent tools - Start with practical examples - Copy and share results - Keep supported history, snippets, and API work organized FORMAT AND CONVERT - JSON formatter, validator, minifier, tree view, sort, and escape - JSON to YAML, CSV, XML, TypeScript, and Java - XML, YAML, TOML, CSV, Markdown, SQL, and text utilities DECODE AND INSPECT - JWT decoder and analysis tools - Base64 encoder and decoder - URL, HTML, Unicode, hexadecimal, and character encoding tools - Hash, HMAC, password, certificate, header, and security helpers - Timestamp, timezone, cron, MIME type, port, and HTTP status references BUILD AND TEST - API tester and REST, GraphQL, cURL, header, and WebSocket helpers - Regex tester, match highlighter, replace, and reference tools - UUID, random data, mock payload, barcode, and QR generators - Git, CSS, React Native, testing, documentation, file, and log utilities LOCAL-FIRST BY DESIGN Most tools process directly on your device. Tools that need a network connection are clearly identified. Nothing you enter is sent anywhere unless the selected tool requires a network request. NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED Open the app and start working. A useful selection of tools is free. DevTools+ Pro unlocks the complete toolkit and removes ads. Built for developers, QA engineers, API testers, students, and technical teams who want a focused utility on their phone. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: DevTools+ at 15.1 against ProbePad's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. ProbePad sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and DevTools+ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ProbePad ships an update weekly, DevTools+ every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ProbePad | DevTools+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | โ | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Weekly โ better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | โ | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olof Petterson | Tosh Labs Private Limited |
In-app purchases
ProbePad
- ProbePad PRO Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- ProbePad PRO$5.99
- ProbePad PRO Lifetime (Launch)$9.99
- ProbePad PRO Lifetime$19.99
DevTools+
- Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pro Annual$19.991 Year









