# iCurlHTTP

> Utilities

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id611943891](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id611943891)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id611943891`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jason Cox
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (30 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.19
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-16
- **First published:** 2013-03-12
- **Size:** 8.74 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/icurlhttp/id611943891)
- **Website:** [http://www.jasonacox.com/icurlhttp](http://www.jasonacox.com/icurlhttp)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://jasonacox.com/icurlhttp/privacy.html](http://jasonacox.com/icurlhttp/privacy.html)

## Description

HTTP Web Server Response Diagnostic Tool - Curl for iPhone and iPad

iCurlHTTP is a simple, easy to use app that allows you to run MacOS/Linux-like cURL tests against URLs.  It can simulate different web browsers (user-agents) to retrieve the raw HTTP headers and HTML response from web servers.  

** GET, HEAD & POST Requests (GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS and TRACE on iPad)
** SSL Support - https requests with basic certificate and handshake information
** Keeps a history of URLs tested with HEADER and POST data and provides them in a dropdown for easy repeated testing
** Simulates curl, iPhone, iPad, Safari, IE, Chrome and custom user-agent browsers
** Simple single-view interface with realtime result screen.
** iPhone and iPad support
** Verbose and Basic Detail
** HTTP Timing Details (Name Lookup, TCP Connect, SSL Handshake, First Byte and Total)
** Set custom User-Agent, Host Headers, Timeouts, HTTP Authentication, SSL Mode and POST Data
** Share Feature to send output to Clipboard, Printer and Email
** HTTP/2 Support
** IPv4 and IPv6 DNS Resolution with Option for Manual Address Resolution (via HOST:PORT:ADDRESS)

## Rankings

- #215,836 — Overall
- #23 — web scraping
- #52 — header

## Review summary

iCurlHTTP is praised for its clean UI and portability, offering strong API testing and SSL certificate inspection on Apple devices. Reviewers value the ability to inspect headers, cookies, and SSL certificate details, and its portability across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Recurrent downsides include performance slowdowns with large downloads or heavy parsing, missing redirects support, and certificate-related concerns that complicate some workflows.

### Pros

- Clean, intuitive interface.
- Strong on-the-go usability across Apple devices (portable testing).
- Powerful API testing and debugging with visibility into HTTP details (headers, cookies).
- Ability to view SSL certificates/details within the app.

### Cons

- Performance slowdowns when handling large downloads or parsing large data.
- Missing redirects support (-L) and the ability to follow redirects.
- Certificate-related concerns (custom certs and OpenSSL/security updates) that may affect security and reliability.

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