Comparison

SSE Inspector vs Knockbox

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

Head to head
About

SSE Inspector

Debug AI API streams with this tool that preserves SSE responses, showing every packet, semantic delta, and timing. It supports multiple AI models and imports cURL commands for easy session management, editing, and sharing.

Highlights
  • Preserves original SSE responses
  • Displays packet details and timing
  • Supports OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, Llama
  • Imports sessions via cURL commands
  • Edits, reruns, and shares debugging sessions
  • No account required, data stays on device
Features
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SSE Inspector is a focused stream debugger for developers building with AI APIs and LLMs. It preserves the original SSE (Server-Sent Events) response and presents every packet, semantic delta, packet interval, response header, and assembled output so broken, stalled, merged, or incomplete streams are easier to diagnose. It supports OpenAI, DeepSeek, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, Llama, and custom SSE mappings. Paste a cURL command to instantly import its URL, method, headers, body, and credentials; the app automatically detects the protocol from endpoint and request characteristics. Sessions can be edited, rerun, replayed, imported, exported, and shared as redacted Debug Bundles. No account required. Sessions and credentials remain on device and are sent only to endpoints you explicitly run. Initial Release! A powerful companion for AI & LLM developers to debug Server-Sent Events. AI SSE Presets: Ready-to-use environments for OpenAI, DeepSeek, Claude, Gemini, and Ollama/Llama. Smart cURL Import: Paste cURL to automatically detect and map protocols. Deep Diagnostics: Raw SSE stream viewing, real-time response rendering, timing charts, and interval analytics. Session Management: Edit, rerun, replay, import, and export debugging sessions with ease.

About

Knockbox

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Knock once, and your phone buzzes. Knockbox turns one HTTP request into a push notification on your iPhone. Anything that can send a request can reach you: a deploy script, a cron job, a monitoring check, a CI pipeline, or a coding agent that has just finished a long task. If it needs your go-ahead before continuing, it can wait for your answer. curl -d "Build finished" https://your-server/api/v1/send/YOUR_TOKEN THE SERVER IS YOURS Knockbox is the client for a server you control. The server is open source and runs on a VPS, a NAS, or a Raspberry Pi at home. It holds its own Apple push key, so a notification goes from your machine to Apple and then to your phone, without passing through anyone in between. If you would rather not run anything, open knockbox.miramiao.com on your iPhone and you are connected — no sign-up, no password. WHAT A MESSAGE CAN CARRY • A Markdown body with headings, lists, links and syntax-highlighted code. • Images, shown in the notification and kept with the message. • Long text. The body is fetched as the notification lands rather than packed into it, so there is no length limit to work around. • A title, a channel, and an interruption level: quiet, normal, or time sensitive when it has to break through Focus. REPLIES • The sender can attach a set of options, or allow a free-text answer. • Answer from the message itself. Your server posts the reply back to the address the sender gave, signed, and the sender takes it from there. • The sender can set a deadline. After it passes the message reads "Reply window closed" and the server stops accepting — you are never left thinking an answer went through. • A message is answered once, and the answer is the same across your devices. CHANNELS • One token per channel, so a noisy monitor and a personal reminder stay apart. • Muting a channel truly stops it: the mute lives on the server, so nothing is sent at all. • Search your history, mark as read, delete a message, or clear a channel. Deletions are real, on the device and on the server. MORE THAN ONE DEVICE Pair a second iPhone or iPad from a device that is already connected. Both receive everything and share read state. TRY IT WITHOUT A SERVER Demo mode fills the app with example messages and sends a sample notification, so you can see how it works before setting anything up. FREE, AND THAT IS ALL No ads, no analytics, no account with us, no in-app purchase, no subscription. The app is free and the server is open source. Server source code: https://github.com/aichy126/knockbox Public server: https://knockbox.miramiao.com How to send: https://knockbox.miramiao.com/docs Questions: info@miramiao.com

Screenshots

SSE Inspector4 screens
Knockbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Knockbox at daily against SSE Inspector's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SSE Inspector ships an update weekly, Knockbox daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SSE Inspector versus Knockbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSSE InspectorKnockbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer猛 李苗 苗

In-app purchases

None

SSE Inspector

No in-app purchases

None

Knockbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SSE Inspector free?
SSE Inspector is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Knockbox free?
Knockbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SSE Inspector or Knockbox have ads?
Neither SSE Inspector nor Knockbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SSE Inspector or Knockbox?
SSE Inspector ships an update weekly, and Knockbox daily. Most recently, SSE Inspector was updated on October 17, 2026 and Knockbox on October 6, 2026.

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