PonyDebugger vs Reveal App Comparison | StackShare

Overview

PonyDebugger

Stacks0

Followers19

Votes4

GitHub Stars5.9K

Forks591

Reveal App

Stacks16

Followers20

Votes0

PonyDebugger vs Reveal App: What are the differences?

What is PonyDebugger? Remote network and data debugging for your native iOS app using Chrome Developer Tools. PonyDebugger is a remote debugging toolset. It is a client library and gateway server combination that uses Chrome Developer Tools on your browser to debug your application's network traffic and managed object contexts To use PonyDebugger, you must implement the client in your application and connect it to the gateway server. There is currently an iOS client and the gateway server..

What is Reveal App? See your iOS application's view hierarchy at runtime with advanced 2D and 3D visualisations. Reveal brings the power of tools like Firebug and Web Inspector to iOS developers. See your application's view hierarchy at runtime with advanced 2D and 3D visualisations. Debug view layout and rendering problems in seconds.

PonyDebugger and Reveal App can be categorized as "Mobile Runtime Inspector" tools.

Some of the features offered by PonyDebugger are:

Network Traffic Debugging
Core Data Browser
View Hierarchy Debugging

On the other hand, Reveal App provides the following key features:

Instrument your apps - Simply link your iOS application with the Reveal library, start it up, and you'll be able to see and interact with your application like never before.
See changes, live! - You can edit and modify views in your running application to see the effect immediately. No more recompiling to test simple visual changes.
Focus - View hierarchies can get complex. Simply double click a view to isolate it, and all its subviews. Use the path bar to navigate up the hierarchy, and use the history buttons to go back to where you've been.

PonyDebugger is an open source tool with 5.71K GitHub stars and 597 GitHub forks. Here's a link to PonyDebugger's open source repository on GitHub.

Detailed Comparison

PonyDebugger	Reveal App
PonyDebugger is a remote debugging toolset. It is a client library and gateway server combination that uses Chrome Developer Tools on your browser to debug your application's network traffic and managed object contexts. To use PonyDebugger, you must implement the client in your application and connect it to the gateway server. There is currently an iOS client and the gateway server.	Reveal brings the power of tools like Firebug and Web Inspector to iOS developers. See your application's view hierarchy at runtime with advanced 2D and 3D visualisations. Debug view layout and rendering problems in seconds.
Network Traffic Debugging;Core Data Browser;View Hierarchy Debugging;Remote Logging	Instrument your apps - Simply link your iOS application with the Reveal library, start it up, and you'll be able to see and interact with your application like never before.;See changes, live! - You can edit and modify views in your running application to see the effect immediately. No more recompiling to test simple visual changes.;Focus - View hierarchies can get complex. Simply double click a view to isolate it, and all its subviews. Use the path bar to navigate up the hierarchy, and use the history buttons to go back to where you've been.
Statistics
GitHub Stars 5.9K	GitHub Stars -
GitHub Forks 591	GitHub Forks -
Stacks 0	Stacks 16
Followers 19	Followers 20
Votes 4	Votes 0
Pros & Cons
Pros 3 Coredata inspection GUI 1 View hierarchy inspection	No community feedback yet

What are some alternatives to PonyDebugger, Reveal App?

FLEX

FLEX (Flipboard Explorer) is a set of in-app debugging and exploration tools for iOS development. When presented, FLEX shows a toolbar that lives in a window above your application. From this toolbar, you can view and modify nearly every piece of state in your running application.

Stetho

Stetho is a sophisticated debug bridge for Android applications. When enabled, developers have access to the Chrome Developer Tools feature natively part of the Chrome desktop browser. Developers can also choose to enable the optional dumpapp tool which offers a powerful command-line interface to application internals.

Facebook Sonar

Sonar is a platform for debugging mobile apps on iOS and Android. Visualize, inspect, and control your apps from a simple desktop interface. Use Sonar as is or extend it using the plugin API.