Comparison

ProbePad vs Dev Tools Kit

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

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About

ProbePad

Features
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ProbePad is the API client Postman never built for iPhone and iPad — native, private, and fast enough to ship a production fix from the couch. New in v1.6: ProbePad watches your endpoints while you sleep — background health checks with failure alerts, status widgets on your Home and Lock Screen, Spotlight search, and one-tap cancellation. ENDPOINT MONITORING (PRO) • Mark any saved request as watched and ProbePad runs it in the background • A notification when a watched endpoint starts failing, with the request name and the status it returned • A cooldown per endpoint, so a flapping service does not alert you over and over • iOS decides when background work is granted. ProbePad tells you when the last check happened, never when the next one will • If Background App Refresh is off, the app says so plainly WIDGETS — HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN • Last Request — your most recent run, with its status and when it ran • Request Status — a saved request's last status and response time. Also a Lock Screen circular widget • Endpoint Monitor (PRO) — a watched endpoint's last result, and when it was checked • A widget sees a summary only: request name, host, status, timing. Never a header, a body or a token SPOTLIGHT, SIRI AND SHORTCUTS • Request names and hosts are searchable from the Home Screen — tap a result to open it • Indexing is a switch in Settings, and secrets and environment values are never indexed • "Run Saved Request" and "Send HTTP Request" App Intents for Siri, the Shortcuts app and Focus automations • The Shortcuts result carries the request, the status and the timing CANCEL A RUNNING REQUEST • One tap stops an in-flight request and tears the connection down • The cancelled attempt is written to history, not lost ON CALL, INSIDE THE RESPONSE • Find in the response body, with a live match count and wrapping next/previous — even on truncated bodies • Copy a single header value without selecting text • Replay a returned Set-Cookie as a request header, in one tap • History rows are tagged with the environment they ran against, and a cross-environment diff warns you first BUILD & EXECUTE • GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE with full header, query and body control • Multipart/form-data with file upload • JSON, raw and form-encoded bodies • Per-request timeout (1–300 s) ORGANIZE • Collections — group related requests, colour-coded (free) • Environments and variables — switch between dev, staging and production (PRO) • Secrets Vault — API keys in the iOS Keychain, Face ID or Touch ID (PRO) INSPECT • Syntax-highlighted JSON tree • Response history with side-by-side diff (free) • Status, headers, timing and byte count AUTHENTICATION • Bearer token, Basic, API key (header or query) • OAuth 2.0 authorization code with PKCE, and client credentials (PRO) • Automatic token refresh, Keychain storage • Provider presets: Google, GitHub, Azure AD, Auth0 • JWT inspection GRAPHQL & WEBSOCKET (PRO) • GraphQL editor with schema introspection, variables and named operations • ws:// and wss:// sessions with text and binary frames, a full transcript and auto-reconnect IMPORT • cURL — paste a command and get a request. Free, and staying free • 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 — nothing to buy, nothing to do. PRIVACY-FIRST • All your data stays on your device • No analytics, no third-party SDKs, no advertising identifier, no telemetry • PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy declares everything the app touches • Secrets live in the iOS Keychain, never in plain text Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Dev Tools Kit

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Dev Tools Kit is a handy toolbox for developers. Stop jumping between websites to format JSON, decode Base64 or test a regex. --------------------------------------------------- FREE TOOLS --------------------------------------------------- • JSON Formatter – Pretty-print or minify JSON. • Base64 – Encode and decode strings. • UUID Generator – Generate random UUID v4. • String Case – Convert text to camelCase, snake_case, kebab-case, Title Case, and more. • Number Base – Convert between binary, octal, decimal and hex. • HTML Encoder – Encode and decode HTML entities. • Password Generator – Generate secure random passwords. • Chmod Calculator – Build Unix permission strings with a visual editor. • QR Code Generator – Turn any text or URL into a QR code. • Text Statistics – Count characters, words, sentences, reading time, and more. • URL Parser – Break a URL down into scheme, host, port, path, query and fragment. --------------------------------------------------- PRO TOOLS (one-time purchase) --------------------------------------------------- • Regex Tester – Test and debug regular expressions on sample text. • URL Encoder – Encode / decode URLs. • Timestamp – Convert timestamps to readable dates and back, in any timezone. • Hash Generator – Compute MD5, SHA-1 and SHA-256. • JWT Decoder – Inspect JSON Web Tokens in a readable format. • Text Diff – Compare two texts line by line, or word by word. • Color Converter – Convert colors between HEX, RGB, HSL and Swift Color(…). • Lorem Ipsum – Generate placeholder text by words, sentences or paragraphs. • CRON Parser / Builder – Read and compose CRON expressions with a visual editor. • CSV ↔ JSON – Convert between CSV and JSON formats. • YAML ↔ JSON – Convert between YAML and JSON, direction auto-detected. • JWT Builder – Build and sign JWT tokens (HS256/HS384/HS512). • Token Counter – Estimate token counts for today's leading AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, xAI, DeepSeek). • SQL Formatter – Format and indent SQL queries, with syntax-highlighted output. • HTTP Client – Send GET/POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE requests with an auth assistant and a built-in status code reference. --------------------------------------------------- DESIGNED FOR DEVELOPERS --------------------------------------------------- • Search, pin favorites, and reorder tools to fit your workflow. • Share text from any app directly into a tool via the Share Extension. • Clean, fast interface — inputs are remembered between sessions. • Input history (Pro) – Reuse your last 10 values, pasted or typed, in every tool. • 100% offline — nothing is sent to any server. • One-time purchase, no subscriptions. • Future Pro tools included in the price. Dev Tools Kit is the small utility app you open dozens of times a week while coding, debugging or reviewing data.

Screenshots

ProbePad4 screens
Dev Tools Kit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ProbePad at weekly against Dev Tools Kit's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. ProbePad sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Dev Tools Kit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ProbePad ships an update weekly, Dev Tools Kit every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
ProbePad versus Dev Tools Kit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProbePadDev Tools Kit
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperOlof PettersonKevin Cabon

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ProbePad

Subscriptions1
  • ProbePad PRO Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • ProbePad PRO$5.99
  • ProbePad PRO Lifetime (Launch)$9.99
  • ProbePad PRO Lifetime$19.99
1 purchases

Dev Tools Kit

One-time1
  • Dev Tools Kit Pro$6.99

Questions

Is ProbePad free?
ProbePad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dev Tools Kit free?
Dev Tools Kit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ProbePad or Dev Tools Kit have ads?
Neither ProbePad nor Dev Tools Kit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ProbePad or Dev Tools Kit?
ProbePad ships an update weekly, and Dev Tools Kit every 3 months. Most recently, ProbePad was updated on September 21, 2026 and Dev Tools Kit on September 13, 2026.

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