Comparison

cURLFactory vs Crystl

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

Head to head
About

cURLFactory

Features
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CurlFactory turns the URLs you fire all day into a grid of one-tap buttons. Pick an icon, paste an endpoint, and tap to send. No accounts, no servers, no friction. Built for makers, devs, and tinkerers who already have webhook URLs scattered across notes, group chats, and bookmark folders. CurlFactory gives them a home - your home screen. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Save any HTTP or HTTPS endpoint as a labeled, color-coded tile • Choose from 100+ icons covering home, work, travel, tools, money, media, and more • Tap a tile to fire the request and get an instant toast with the status code and timing • Inspect the response: tap a successful toast to see status, headers, and the first 4 KB of body • Hide sensitive curls behind Face ID - tokens stay invisible to over-the-shoulder eyes • Reorder, duplicate, or delete with a long-press • Skip onboarding, jump straight to building PERFECT FOR • Triggering Home Assistant, Hubitat, or Homebridge automations • Firing IFTTT or Zapier webhooks from your home screen • Pinging your own dev environments and APIs • Smart-home appliances that expose a local URL • Anything you'd otherwise paste into curl in a terminal ON-DEVICE PRIVACY CurlFactory was designed with privacy as the default. There is no account, no analytics, no telemetry. Every URL, title, and icon stays in your iPhone's app sandbox. Optional Face ID gating adds a second layer for sensitive endpoints. The app does not collect data - see our privacy policy for details. FREE & UNLIMITED • 5 saved curls free, forever - no trial, no clock • Unlock unlimited curls with a one-time in-app purchase. No subscription. Lifetime access. Family Sharing supported. • Restore Purchases works on a tap from anywhere DESIGNED FOR THE HOME SCREEN • Universal binary: works on iPhone and iPad • Light and dark mode • Dynamic Type and full VoiceOver labels • Haptics that feel right when a curl lands WHY CURL? The Unix curl command has been the universal "send a request" tool for thirty years. CurlFactory borrows the verb and gives it a home screen. MADE BY PIZERO CurlFactory is built by Pizero. Feedback, feature requests, and bug reports welcome.

About

Crystl

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crystl for iPhone is the companion to crystl for Mac, the desktop app that runs your AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini). Pair over your local network to watch shards live, read transcripts, approve tool requests, answer agent questions, and steer sessions from anywhere in the house. Requires crystl running on your Mac.

Screenshots

cURLFactory4 screens
Crystl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Crystl at none against cURLFactory's 1. 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. cURLFactory sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Crystl asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
cURLFactory versus Crystl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercURLFactoryCrystl
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPizeroChristopher Bolton

In-app purchases

1 purchases

cURLFactory

One-time1
  • Unlimited$3.99
None

Crystl

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is cURLFactory free?
cURLFactory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crystl free?
Crystl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do cURLFactory or Crystl have ads?
Neither cURLFactory nor Crystl shows ads.

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