Open Source vs Inspect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Source
This open-source application serves as a platform for developers to showcase and test innovative technologies. It allows for self-promotion of new features and provides a space to contribute and view demo projects.
- Developer showcase platform
- Test new features
- Promote homebrew technologies
- View source code
- Contribute demos
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A launch pad for developers to test and promote new features. ******************************************************* This open source app was created to allow developers to self-promote homebrew technologies. View the source and contribute your own demos at: https://github.com/jcope/OpenSource ******************************************************** Disclaimer: We are in no way associated with Apple(c) nor do we intend to infringe on any of their legal rights. All integrated apps are screened for copyright infringement and any known violation will result in the immediate removal.
Inspect
Examine the TLS certificate chain of any website directly on your iPhone or iPad. Understand trust status, protocols, and security signals. Export certificates for further analysis or sharing.
- Inspect live TLS certificate chains
- Review trust status and security signals
- Browse and export certificates
- Safari extension for current page inspection
- Action extension for shared URLs
- Home Screen widget for Live Monitor
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Inspect lets you inspect a site's TLS certificate chain on iPhone and iPad. Paste a host name or HTTPS URL, review trust state, protocol, certificate chain, and security signals, then export any certificate in the chain. Features: - Inspect live TLS certificate chains - Review trust status, protocol, validity, SANs, key usage, fingerprints, and extensions - Surface risky signals like expired certificates, weak algorithms, broken chain linkage, and possible interception products - Browse every certificate in the presented chain - Export DER certificates for sharing or debugging - Inspect the current page in Safari with the Safari extension - Inspect shared URLs and page data from other apps with the action extension - Check Live Monitor status from the Home Screen widget
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Inspect at 4.5 against Open Source's 3.7. Inspect also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). Open Source's advantage is iOS requirement (7.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Inspect holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inspect has 126 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Open Source's written reviews are positive against 87% of Inspect's.
Open Source ships an update every 6 months, Inspect every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Source | Inspect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.5 (126 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 86.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 126 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emma Technologies, L.L.C. | Tao Xu |
Customer experience
Open Source
Inspect
In-app purchases
Open Source
No in-app purchases
Inspect
No in-app purchases
