Busymate DevTools vs Cookie Editor Safari Extension
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Cookie Editor Safari Extension
Manage website cookies directly within Safari on your Apple devices. Easily view, edit, create, and delete cookies with a clean interface. Includes a JWT decoder and privacy scoring for web development and privacy management.
- List all cookies for any site in Safari
- Search and filter cookies
- Create, edit, and delete cookies
- Built-in JWT decoder
- Smart format detection (JWT, Base64, JSON)
- Privacy scoring for websites
- Customizable themes (light/dark)
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Cookie Editor is designed with a clean, native interface that lets you do every standard cookie operation right from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. See the cookies Safari hides, including HttpOnly ones. It is ideal for developing and testing web pages, debugging authentication flows, or simply managing your cookies for privacy. Completely free. Be careful! Do not share your cookies with anyone you do not trust. Cookies can contain very sensitive information like your login session. If you share your cookies with someone, they could gain full access to your account and compromise it. Feature list: - List all cookies for every site you visit in Safari, all in one app. - See HttpOnly cookies, exact expiry and the Secure, HttpOnly and SameSite flags. - Search and filter cookies by name, value, or domain. - Create, edit and delete cookies with full control over name, value, domain, path, expiry, Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite and Priority. - Protect cookies from accidental deletion. - Built-in JWT decoder to view header and payload instantly. - Smart format detection: JWT, Base64, URL-encoded and JSON values recognized automatically. - Copy as cURL, fetch, Puppeteer, Playwright and more. - Privacy grade from A to F for every site, with the reason why. - Clean tracking cookies and stay logged in. - Auto-clean trackers on the sites you choose. - Save sessions and switch accounts in one tap. - Record which cookies a site sets, and see how they changed over time. - Import cookies from a file or paste, and move a site's cookies and storage to another device. - Back up and restore with an optional password. - Home Screen widgets for expiring cookies and privacy grades. - Shortcuts and Siri actions to export, clean and switch. - Customizable theme (light or dark) and accent color. - Available in 33 languages. PRIVACY FIRST- - Everything runs on device - No accounts, no sign-ups - No telemetry, no analytics, no ads - Your cookie values never leave your device unencrypted - Optional iCloud Sync keeps your saved sessions, marks, pinned sites and keep-lists in step across iPhone, iPad and Mac, through your private iCloud, with cookie values encrypted on your device. Off by default. REQUIREMENTS- - iOS 15.4 or later - macOS 12.3 or later - iPhone, iPad and Mac supported Cookie Editor believes in privacy. Everything runs on device. No accounts, no telemetry, and nothing is shared unless you turn on iCloud Sync. Your cookies are safe and your data stays yours. To enable live cookie capture: open Safari → Settings → Extensions → turn on Cookie Editor → grant per-site permission when prompted.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Busymate DevTools at 5.0 against Cookie Editor Safari Extension's 4.4. Cookie Editor Safari Extension's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 3) and chart position (#183 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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.
Busymate DevTools holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cookie Editor Safari Extension has 41 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Busymate DevTools's written reviews are positive against 86% of Cookie Editor Safari Extension's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Busymate DevTools ships an update every 4 weeks, Cookie Editor Safari Extension monthly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Busymate DevTools | Cookie Editor Safari Extension |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.4 (41 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #183 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergiu Toderascu | Devashy Rangpariya |
Customer experience
Busymate DevTools
Cookie Editor Safari Extension
In-app purchases
Busymate DevTools
No in-app purchases
Cookie Editor Safari Extension
No in-app purchases
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