Comparison

JSON Viewer Pro vs Focal

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

Head to head
About

JSON Viewer Pro

Features
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JSON Viewer Pro is the fast, offline-first JSON toolkit for iPhone and iPad. Paste, import or type any JSON and instantly beautify it, minify it, validate it and explore it as an expandable tree. Built for developers, students, QA engineers and anyone who works with APIs, config files or data. BEAUTIFY AND MINIFY IN ONE TAP Turn a wall of compact JSON into clean, indented, color-coded text in a single tap. Switch between pretty print and minified output instantly. Choose 2-space, 4-space or compact indentation. Copy or share the result without ever leaving the app. VALIDATE WITH PRECISE ERRORS Catch malformed JSON the moment you paste it. The built-in parser reports exactly where the problem is โ€” character position, line and column โ€” so a missing comma or unclosed brace is never a mystery again. EXPLORE AS A TREE Collapse and expand any object or array to navigate deeply nested structures without scrolling through thousands of lines. Tap any node to copy its dot-path (users[0].name), perfect for building queries or referencing a value in your code. SEARCH KEYS AND VALUES Find every occurrence of a keyword across the whole document. Match keys, values or both. Toggle case sensitivity and whole-word matching. Each hit shows its full path, type and a preview, with one-tap copy. SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING Keys, strings, numbers, booleans and null each get their own color, so the structure of your data is obvious at a glance. Output stays perfectly readable in both light and dark mode. SMARTER PASTING Pasted a Base64 or URL-encoded payload by accident? JSON Viewer Pro detects it and offers to decode it for you, so you can inspect the real JSON hiding inside. STATS AT A GLANCE See the total node count and maximum nesting depth of any document the moment it parses โ€” useful for sizing up an unfamiliar API response before you dig in. RECENT DOCUMENTS Every document you format or validate is saved to a local history list. Jump back to it with a tap, swipe to delete, or clear everything at once. WHY JSON VIEWER PRO One-tap beautify and minify with selectable indentation Precise validation with line, column and character position Expandable tree with copy-path for every node Full-text search across keys and values Color syntax highlighting for keys, strings, numbers, booleans and null Automatic Base64 and URL-encoded payload decoding Node count and depth statistics Local document history with swipe-to-delete Works fully offline โ€” your data never leaves the device No subscriptions, no ads, no sign-in. Pay once, use it forever. Download JSON Viewer Pro and make sense of any JSON in seconds.

About

Focal

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Focal is a fast, private JSON viewer that works completely offline. Open a JSON file and Focal turns it into a clean, collapsible tree you can actually read โ€” no pasting into a website, no uploading, nothing leaving your device. Huge exports open in an instant, search finds any key or value, and the inspector shows you the exact bytes from the file, never silently reformatted. โ€ข OFFLINE & PRIVATE โ€” your JSON never leaves your device. No account, no upload, no tracking, no ads. โ€ข OPENS HUGE FILES โ€” an indexed viewer opens massive JSON in an instant and scrolls smoothly. โ€ข SEARCH ANYTHING โ€” find any key or value instantly and jump straight to each match. โ€ข EXACT SOURCE โ€” inspect the real bytes from the file, never "prettified" behind your back. โ€ข ONE APP, EVERY DEVICE โ€” a focused reader for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Perfect for developers, QA and anyone who works with APIs, config files or data exports and just wants to read JSON quickly and privately.

Screenshots

JSON Viewer Pro3 screens
Focal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Focal at Free against JSON Viewer Pro's $2.99. Focal also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Focal is free to download; JSON Viewer Pro costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 2 level
JSON Viewer Pro versus Focal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJSON Viewer ProFocal
Price$2.99Free โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerๆ™จ ๅผ UMUTCAN SAHIN

In-app purchases

None

JSON Viewer Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Focal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JSON Viewer Pro free?
JSON Viewer Pro costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focal free?
Focal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do JSON Viewer Pro or Focal have ads?
Neither JSON Viewer Pro nor Focal shows ads.

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