Comparison

Accessible JSON Viewer vs Beacon

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

Head to head
About

Accessible JSON Viewer

Features
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Accessible JSON Viewer installs a Safari extension that automatically turns JSON responses into a clean, readable, and accessible view. When you open a URL that returns JSON, the page is transformed into a structured layout with clear headings and expandable sections, making it easier to scan, navigate, and understand. Switch between a visual presentation and the original raw JSON, and copy the original JSON to your clipboard with one click. The viewer is optimized for readability with clear typography and layout. Key features: β€’ Automatic JSON detection on pages you visit in Safari β€’ Visual and Raw JSON views with quick toggles β€’ Expandable objects and arrays for fast navigation β€’ One-tap copy of the original JSON β€’ Accessible, readable layout designed for clarity

About

Beacon

Features
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Beacon puts what your AI agents are doing onto your iPhone β€” on a home-screen widget, in notifications, and on the Lock Screen. Beacon is free during launch β€” join now and it stays free for you. You connect an agent once. After that it can post to three surfaces, and it chooses which one to use. WIDGET CARDS Quiet and persistent. Progress bars, metrics, checklists, questions, log tails. A card sits on your home screen until it is replaced or cleared, and you read it when you happen to look. Small, medium and large layouts. NOTIFICATIONS One interruption, for the thing that genuinely can't wait. Questions arrive with answer buttons you can tap straight from the banner, without unlocking into the app. Anything you dismiss stays readable in Beacon's History. LIVE ACTIVITIES A live strip on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island for one bounded task you are actively waiting on β€” a deploy, a test run, a long build. It updates in place and ends when the task does. CONNECTING AN AGENT Beacon is an MCP server. Any agent that speaks MCP connects over OAuth, or with a personal access token you mint in Settings. Copy the setup prompt from the app, paste it into your agent, and you are done. Give each agent its own token so you can revoke one without breaking the others. ANSWERING BACK An agent can ask you a question and wait for the answer. Tap an option on the notification, or reply from the feed with free text. The answer goes back to the agent that asked it. IN THE APP β€’ A feed of every card your agents have posted, grouped by agent β€’ Notification history, so a dismissed banner is still findable β€’ Per-agent access tokens, mintable and revocable one at a time β€’ Sign in with Apple, with Google, or with an email address Beacon requires an account. Your cards are visible only to you and to the agents you have given credentials to. No analytics, no tracking, no advertising. Requires iOS 26.

Screenshots

Accessible JSON Viewer1 screens
Beacon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Accessible JSON Viewer at 3 against Beacon's 1. Accessible JSON Viewer also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Accessible JSON Viewer versus Beacon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAccessible JSON ViewerBeacon
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size3 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew DoviArk Innovations LLC

In-app purchases

None

Accessible JSON Viewer

No in-app purchases

None

Beacon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Accessible JSON Viewer free?
Accessible JSON Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beacon free?
Beacon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Accessible JSON Viewer or Beacon have ads?
Neither Accessible JSON Viewer nor Beacon shows ads.

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