Comparison

FlarePurge vs HTTPBuddy

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

Head to head
About

FlarePurge

Features
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Clear the Cloudflare cache of any zone you manage — in three taps, from your iPhone, iPad or Mac. FlarePurge is a native Apple app for developers, agencies and teams who run websites behind Cloudflare. Select a zone, tap the orange flame, confirm. Done. No more opening the Cloudflare dashboard just to clear a CSS file. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Purge the entire cache of a zone • Selective purge — up to 30 specific URLs or hostnames, automatic batching • Bulk purge — every zone in a Cloudflare account in one confirm • Multi-account — add as many Cloudflare accounts as you need • Favorites — pin the zones you touch every day • History — the last purges from this session NATIVE ON EVERY APPLE DEVICE • iPhone with a tuned iOS 17 design • iPad with sidebar + detail split view • Mac with true keyboard shortcuts (⌘F search, ⌘R reload, ⌘1–9 favorites), menu bar integration and full macOS UI PRIVACY IS THE CONTRACT • No analytics. No tracking. No third-party SDKs. • No backend of ours: traffic goes directly from your device to api.cloudflare.com. • TLS with certificate pinning (SPKI SHA-256 hashes of Cloudflare's certs). • API tokens stored in the system Keychain, device-only by default; optional iCloud Keychain sync. • Favorites sync via your own private CloudKit container — we have zero visibility. SAFE BY DESIGN • Only accepts scoped Cloudflare API tokens — Global API Key is not supported, by design. • Minimum token scopes documented up front: Zone:Zone:Read + Zone:Cache Purge:Purge. • Destructive operations always require explicit confirmation. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT FREE No ads. No in-app purchases. No subscription. Not now, not later for the purge flow. 21 LANGUAGES English, Spanish, Catalan, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, Romanian, Polish, Thai, Hungarian, Greek, Hebrew, and more. REQUIREMENTS • A Cloudflare account with at least one zone and an API token. • iPhone / iPad on iOS 17 or later. • Mac on macOS 14 Sonoma or later. NOT AFFILIATED WITH CLOUDFLARE, INC. FlarePurge is an independent client. "Cloudflare" is a trademark of Cloudflare, Inc. Support: support@flarepurge.com Made in Madrid and Herencia (Ciudad Real), Spain by Color Vivo Internet, SL.

About

HTTPBuddy

Features
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HTTPBuddy is a powerful API client and debugging tool that lets you send HTTP/HTTPS requests, establish WebSocket connections, and send/receive data frames anytime, anywhere. With HTTPBuddy, you can: • Send requests and view responses from anywhere. • Debug API issues even when away from your computer. • Easily read JSON, HTML, XML, and plain text responses. • Import APIs from Postman for debugging on the go. • Periodically check observed APIs for availability and correctness. Features: • User-friendly request editor for easily editing HTTP headers and request bodies. • Supports all major HTTP methods, including GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD, and OPTIONS. • Automatically highlights JSON, HTML, and XML content with searchable strings. • Integrates with Postman/Apifox for importing APIs to debug. • View API documentation. • View and replay historical requests. • Supports expression injection and scripting to inject dynamic parameters before sending requests, meeting complex authorization needs.

Screenshots

FlarePurge4 screens
HTTPBuddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FlarePurge at none against HTTPBuddy's 1. HTTPBuddy's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. HTTPBuddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FlarePurge asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlarePurge ships an update every 3 months, HTTPBuddy every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
FlarePurge versus HTTPBuddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlarePurgeHTTPBuddy
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperColor Vivo Internet, SLNanning Signalling Network Technology Co., Ltd

In-app purchases

None

FlarePurge

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

HTTPBuddy

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$1.99

Questions

Is FlarePurge free?
FlarePurge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HTTPBuddy free?
HTTPBuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FlarePurge or HTTPBuddy have ads?
Neither FlarePurge nor HTTPBuddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlarePurge or HTTPBuddy?
FlarePurge ships an update every 3 months, and HTTPBuddy every 5 days. Most recently, FlarePurge was updated on October 7, 2026 and HTTPBuddy on October 15, 2026.

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