S3Panel vs JSON Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
S3Panel
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S3Panel is an S3 browser and Cloudflare R2 bucket manager for iPhone and iPad. Connect your storage providers, browse buckets, inspect folders, download objects, and use manifest-backed search to find files quickly without copying customer object contents into S3Panel. Key features: - Manage S3-compatible and Cloudflare R2 connections - Browse buckets, folders, and objects from a responsive mobile workspace - View folder object counts and total sizes using cached manifest statistics - Search object names and keys quickly with the S3Panel manifest index - Upload and download files with transfer progress, retry, scheduling, and advanced upload options - Configure bucket policy, lifecycle rules, static website hosting, default encryption, ACL presets, and versioning where supported by the storage provider - Create share links and run parameterized Shortcuts actions for upload, search, and link workflows - Keep object contents in the customer storage provider; S3Panel stores only account data, connection metadata, and manifest/index information needed for search and folder stats S3Panel does not host or copy your bucket contents. Storage access is controlled by the credentials and permissions you provide. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ S3Panel Terms: https://s3panel.com/terms/
JSON Editor
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Json Editor: Smart Json turns a wall of JSON into something you can actually read on a phone. The same document, three linked views. Edit in any of them and the other two follow ā the text is always the source of truth, so nothing drifts out of sync. EDITOR ⢠Syntax highlighting that re-tokenizes only what you typed, so it stays fast ⢠Line-number gutter, wrap and font size controls ⢠A punctuation bar above the keyboard: braces, brackets, quotes, true, false, null, indent, undo and redo ⢠Invalid JSON gets a plain-language banner naming the problem, its line and its column. Tap Go to jump the caret there, or Fix to repair comments, trailing commas, single quotes and unquoted keys automatically TREE ⢠A collapsible outline with indent guides, type badges and child counts ⢠Search across keys and values, filter by type ⢠Edit any node in place: rename, change type, reorder, duplicate, add, delete GRAPH ⢠A tidy node-link diagram, left-to-right or top-to-bottom ⢠Pinch to zoom, pan, tap a node to expand it, fit to screen ⢠Tap a node to open an editor docked right underneath it ā the graph edits as well as it browses ⢠Expand all, expand to a depth, or expand one subtree ⢠Export the graph as PNG or SVG FIND WHAT YOU NEED ⢠One find bar in every view. Text search in the editor with match case and wrap-around; structural search in the tree and graph with scope and type filters, stepping through hits ⢠JSONPath: type an expression and watch it evaluate live, tinting its matches in the editor, the tree and the graph at once. A documented subset of RFC 9535, filter expressions included COMPARE ⢠Diff the open document against a file, the clipboard or a URL ⢠Structural, not textual ā reformatting is not a change ⢠Changed subtrees are tinted in the graph, and array elements are paired by identity when they have one CONVERT ⢠Preview your document as YAML, CSV, TOML or XML, each with a plain statement of what that format cannot carry DOCUMENT ACTIONS ⢠Beautify, minify, sort keys, auto-fix ⢠Escape and unescape a JSON string literal ⢠Copy in, copy out, share, and a statistics breakdown ⢠Undo and redo everything, with one history per document shared by every view GETTING JSON IN ⢠Open files from iCloud Drive and Files, with proper open, save and rename ⢠Start a document from the clipboard or from a URL. URL requests are a GET with your own headers, and the last ten are remembered; header values are stored in the keychain, not in plain preferences ⢠A share extension accepts JSON from any app ⢠JSON5 files open too, normalized to JSON with a banner saying what that cost ⢠Imports are named after where they came from, like mydomain.com-users.json BUILT RIGHT ⢠Native SwiftUI for iPhone and iPad, with full keyboard support ⢠Light or dark, or pinned to whichever you prefer ⢠A hand-written parser that preserves key order and keeps number literals exactly as written ā no precision lost on a round trip ⢠Works entirely offline. No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no data leaves your device SMART JSON PRO The app is free, and every feature computes and shows you its result for free. Pro is for keeping that result: ⢠Extract JSONPath matches to a new document, plus query history and saved queries ⢠Text diff, jump between changes, copy as a patch, choose the array identity field ⢠Save, share or open a conversion to YAML, CSV, TOML or XML --- Terms of Use: https://mygems.app/term Privacy Policy: https://mygems.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JSON Editor at none against S3Panel's 3. S3Panel's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. S3Panel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. JSON Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.
S3Panel ships an update every 2 days, JSON Editor every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | S3Panel | JSON Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days ā better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 18.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Hafsa GmbH | Hue Nguyen |
In-app purchases
S3Panel
- S3Panel Pro Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- S3Panel Pro Yearly3 Days trial$44.991 Year
- S3Panel Lifetime$89.99
JSON Editor
No in-app purchases









