Beneath compared with other iOS developer tools

If you are looking for a way to inspect web pages on an iPhone or iPad, there are a handful of apps worth knowing about. These pages compare Beneath with each of them, using their own App Store descriptions rather than our impressions.

Two of these apps inspect web pages like Beneath does. Two are utility collections. Beneath now ships ten developer tools as well, so it overlaps with both groups, but only the first two are true alternatives. Each page says which kind it is comparing before it shows you a single feature row.

Wondering about the bigger question first? See Chrome DevTools on iPad and iPhone, which covers the Mac and desktop-tool routes alongside the on-device one.

Apps that inspect web pages

These are direct alternatives to Beneath. All of them are Safari extensions, where Beneath is a standalone browser.

Safari extension Beneath vs iDevTools iDevTools puts a Chrome-like DevTools panel inside Safari for a flat €0.99, with everything included. Beneath is a standalone browser that runs the genuine Chrome... iDevTools by 奕 徐 · €0.99 Safari extension Beneath vs Web Inspector Web Inspector is free and gives you the console and copy as cURL at no cost, which Beneath puts behind a one-time Pro unlock. Beneath is free to browse and read s... Web Inspector by And a Dinosaur · Free

Apps that overlap on tools, not on inspection

These are offline utility collections. Beneath now ships ten developer tools of its own, so these two genuinely overlap with it on conversion. Neither of them inspects a live page, which is where the overlap stops.

Offline utility collection Beneath vs Dev Tool Box Beneath and Dev Tool Box now carry the same ten utilities: JSON, Base64, URL encoding, JWT, hashes, case conversion, timestamps, number bases, string escaping and... Dev Tool Box by Seonggon Sim · Free Offline utility collection Beneath vs Exabox Exabox has the deeper utility bench, with more than 30 tools including a regex evaluator, fake data generator and REST client that Beneath does not have. Beneath ... Exabox by Alberto Malagoli · Free, with a one-time purchase

All four at a glance

AppTypeInspects live pages PriceMin iOSSize
Beneath Standalone browser, inspector and 10 developer toolsYes Free, with a one-time €9.99 Pro unlock 17.0 27.4 MB
Dev Tool Box Offline utility collection No Free 18.0 3.9 MB
Exabox Offline utility collection No Free, with a one-time purchase 13.0 101.6 MB
iDevTools Safari extension Yes €0.99 17.0 4.3 MB
Web Inspector Safari extension Yes Free 15.0 2.4 MB

Our method, and our bias

We build Beneath, so treat these pages as what they are: a comparison written by an interested party. Three things keep them honest.

  1. Figures are sourced, not remembered. Every price, size, version and rating came from Apple’s iTunes lookup API for the Netherlands storefront on 15 September 2026.
  2. Capabilities come from the other app’s own words, not from our testing impressions. Where a description is silent, the row says undocumented instead of no.
  3. We list what Beneath lacks. Beneath has no regex evaluator, no fake data generator, no REST client and no page audits, it charges for seven of its ten tools where Dev Tool Box gives all ten away free, and Web Inspector has years of ratings where Beneath has none yet. Those facts are on the pages, not buried.

If we have something wrong, tell us and we will correct it rather than quietly leave it.