Marshal Stack vs JSONPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Marshal Stack
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Marshal Stack is one screen for everything you have already shipped. Your apps in the App Store, the sites and APIs behind them, and the servers you run yourself ā all read by one rule: green is fine, amber needs a look, red is down. WHAT IT WATCHES ⢠App Store ā rating, review count, latest version, and the release state: in review, rejected, ready for sale. ⢠Sites and APIs ā checked every minute, with the latency next to the result. A notification arrives when an address stops answering twice in a row, and again when it recovers. ⢠Your own servers ā CPU, memory, disk, load and the heaviest processes, reported by a small agent you install with one line on a machine you already own. ⢠Alerts that say what to do, not only what broke ā memory over the threshold, a process running from /tmp, a port that was not open yesterday. YOUR KEYS, YOUR MACHINES Connect your own App Store Connect key, or none at all. The server agent dials out over HTTPS: it opens no port, reads no files, touches no databases, and uninstalls with one command. There is no registration form. Sign in with GitHub, or just open the app and look around on sample data bundled inside it ā no account, no keys, no network. ON THE WRIST The same three states on Apple Watch. A glance tells you whether anything needs you, and a tap opens the one thing that does. Free. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads, no third-party trackers.
JSONPad
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JSONPad makes it easy to view, edit, and explore JSON directly on your device. Paste or type JSON directly, open a local file, or load data from a URL. Features: ⢠Clear syntax highlighting, indentation guides, and collapsible sections ⢠Edit JSON directly with continuous syntax validation ⢠Quickly locate errors with precise line and column information ⢠Search using plain text or complete RFC 9535 JSONPath expressions ⢠Navigate between matches and copy JSONPath results ⢠Copy or save edited documents ⢠Smooth handling of large JSON files ⢠Light and dark mode support Your documents are processed locally on your device. URL requests go directly from your device to the selected address and never through a JSONPad server.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: JSONPad at every 4 days against Marshal Stack's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Marshal Stack ships an update every 3 weeks, JSONPad every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Marshal Stack | JSONPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexandr Degteari | Colin Schmale |
In-app purchases
Marshal Stack
No in-app purchases
JSONPad
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Marshal Stack free?
Is JSONPad free?
Do Marshal Stack or JSONPad have ads?
Which is updated more often, Marshal Stack or JSONPad?
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