Web DevTools+ vs Busymate DevTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Web DevTools+
Inspect and edit web page elements with a DOM inspector. Analyze CSS, test rendering and media queries, and view network assets. Includes SEO, storage, device info, and accessibility tools.
- DOM inspector and editor
- CSS analysis and quick tools
- Rendering and media query emulation
- Network asset viewer
- SEO and meta tag inspection
- Storage management
- Accessibility audits
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- Elements: A powerful syntax-highlighted DOM inspector and editor allows you to edit any page. - CSS Quick tools: Disabled CSS, background images, outline overflow issues, z-index and more - CSS Overview: Get a detailed look into the CSS on the page, stylesheets, colors, fonts and media queries - Rendering Tests: Emulate vision deficiencies such as color blindness, blurred version. Hide images to evaluate structure and fallback UX. Disabled modern image file formats such as AVIF and JPEG XL to test fallback UX for other/older browsers - Media query tests: Emulate how the page looks with print styles, prefers color-scheme, and prefers-contrast media queries. - Network - View all the assets on a page, tap on one to see info such as MIME-type, file-size, transfer times, Source allows you to see code for text-based assets with syntax highlighting, copy to clipboard and format options - SEO & meta: See meta tags such as title, descriptions, icons, Open Graph tags including previews of the images - Storage: with options to view or delete cookies, localStorage and Session storage and a detailed Web Manifest viewer. - Detailed Device Info panel with UserAgent, display and screen resolution, network speeds, connection type, ISP and more. - Accessibility audits, info and debug tools (ARIA inspect and img alt inspect). - Tools: one-tap quick audits from 8 popular, free services (Lighthouse, HTTP Observatory, SSL Labs, Wave Web Accessibility etc). No need to login or register, it'll open a new tab with your audit right there!
Busymate DevTools
Inspect HTTP and HTTPS traffic directly on your device. Capture requests, view headers and bodies, and decrypt specific domains without needing a desktop proxy. Ideal for developers debugging their own apps and websites.
- System-wide traffic capture
- HTTPS decryption for selected domains
- Real-time request/response feed
- Optional cloud sync for dashboard inspection
- On-device VPN tunnel
- User-controlled capture and decryption
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Busymate DevTools is a network debugging tool for developers. It captures the HTTP and HTTPS requests made on your device, so you can inspect headers, bodies, status codes, and timing while you build and debug your own apps and websites. It works like a desktop web-debugging proxy, but runs entirely on your iPhone or iPad — no Mac and no Wi-Fi proxy configuration required. WHAT IT DOES • Captures DNS and TCP traffic system-wide using Apple's NetworkExtension (a local, on-device VPN tunnel — nothing is routed through our servers). • Decrypts HTTPS only for the specific domains you add to the SSL-proxy list. Everything else stays end-to-end encrypted and is passed through untouched. • Shows every request/response pair in a real-time feed: method, URL, status, headers, query, and body. • Optionally syncs captures to your private Busymate dashboard at dash.busymate.dev so you can inspect them on a bigger screen, search, tag, and export to HAR. ADVANCED • Traffic rules — block, mock, or rewrite requests and responses that match your own rules, so you can test how your app handles errors, edge cases, and slow or missing responses. • Upstream proxy — optionally route a device's outbound traffic through an external proxy you have configured. • Deep links — open the app straight to a device or a request from a link. YOU ARE IN CONTROL • Capture never starts until you explicitly turn it on and accept the on-screen disclosure. • HTTPS is only ever decrypted for domains you choose. Add and remove them at any time. • Decryption requires installing and trusting a root certificate, used only to decrypt your own HTTPS traffic for the domains you choose — guided step-by-step inside the app. • You can stop capturing and remove the VPN profile from iOS Settings at any time. PRIVACY Busymate DevTools is built for inspecting traffic from apps and sites you own or are authorized to debug. Captured data can include sensitive values such as tokens and credentials, so only inspect domains you understand and control. Synced captures are stored under your own account and can be deleted at any time. See our privacy policy at busymate.dev/privacy. REQUIREMENTS • iOS / iPadOS 16.0 or later. • A free Busymate account (sign in with Apple or email) to pair the device and, optionally, sync captures to the dashboard. Busymate DevTools is intended for developers, QA engineers, and security testers working on their own software. It is not a tool for intercepting other people's traffic.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Web DevTools+ at every 5 days against Busymate DevTools's every 2 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Web DevTools+ against 5.0 for Busymate DevTools. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Web DevTools+ ships an update every 5 days, Busymate DevTools every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Web DevTools+ | Busymate DevTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.7 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Beautification | Sergiu Toderascu |
Customer experience
Web DevTools+
Busymate DevTools
In-app purchases
Web DevTools+
No in-app purchases
Busymate DevTools
No in-app purchases
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