Reqable

Reqable is an HTTP traffic analysis and API testing tool for desktop and mobile. It is best suited to developers, testers, and networking or security professionals who need both proxy-based debugging and API collection workflows. Its breadth is a strong fit for cross-platform engineering work, but mobile users give up several of its editing and scripting tools.

Overview

Reqable combines inspection of live traffic with deliberate API testing, so it can cover both diagnosing application behavior and checking endpoints. The proxy supports HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2, WebSocket, multiple proxy types, and TLS 1.1 through 1.3; API testing adds HTTP/3 (QUIC) and Server-Sent Events. That protocol range is useful across varied network work, though API debugging requires installing a CA certificate.

Collections can be imported from Postman, Swagger, Insomnia, Hoppscotch, ApiFox, ApiPost, RapidAPI (Paw), cURL, and HAR. When signed out, collections stay on the device; signing in enables cloud storage and syncing across devices. Community edition commercial use is permitted, making the free plan a realistic option for business use if its caps are sufficient.

Key features

• Traffic inspection and replay: The proxy handles HTTP/1.x and HTTP/2, WebSocket, and HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, SOCKS4a, and SOCKS5 proxies. WebSocket inspection and traffic replay support investigation beyond a simple request viewer.
• API testing: Support for HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 (QUIC), WebSocket, and Server-Sent Events gives teams several ways to exercise APIs in one tool.
• Request and response control: Rewriting, breakpoints, response modification, and Python scripts allow users to alter traffic and process request or response data. These controls are useful for debugging, but the mobile app omits rewrite, breakpoint, and script capabilities, so that work belongs on desktop.
• Collection workflows: Broad import support helps users bring existing API definitions and requests into Reqable rather than starting over. Cloud sync requires signing in; without an account, collections remain local.
• Mobile-to-desktop forwarding: The mobile app can forward traffic to the desktop app through a VPN service without configuring a Wi-Fi proxy. That reduces network setup friction, though it does not make mobile a substitute for the desktop debugging feature set.

Pricing

Reqable uses a freemium model. Community costs nothing and permits commercial use. It covers one device, 100MB of storage, and three rules each for rewrite, script, breakpoint, gateway, and mirror. That is a useful starting point for an individual or small workflow, but the single-device allowance and rule limits constrain sustained or multi-device use.

Premium costs $49.90 a year, billed $49.9/year. It supports up to six devices, provides 1GB of storage, unlocks all features, and includes priority technical support. It is the more practical fit for an individual who needs the full feature set across devices; the storage allowance remains finite.

Enterprise has custom pricing and includes unlimited devices, team collaboration, private deployment, and customized feature development. It suits organizations that need shared use or private deployment rather than a single-user plan. Community support is provided for Community, email support for Premium, and email plus Discord support for Enterprise.

Platforms

Reqable is available for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. Linux downloads are for x86_64 and require GTK 3.0. Desktop is the right choice for users who depend on rewriting, breakpoints, or scripting; mobile is better suited to inspecting or forwarding traffic than to the full debugging workflow.

Who it's for

Reqable is aimed at people working in development, testing, networking, security, web scraping, and related engineering fields, or those using it under qualified guidance. Its combined proxy and API-testing approach is most compelling when a workflow needs both traffic investigation and collection-based testing. It is less suitable for mobile-only users who need editing or scripting, or for anyone unwilling to install a CA certificate for API debugging.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Proxy analysis and API testing sit in one product, with API testing extending to HTTP/3 and Server-Sent Events.
• Pro: Import support spans major collection formats and tools, plus cURL and HAR.
• Pro: The free Community edition allows commercial use, with clear allowances for devices, storage, and rule counts.
• Con: API debugging requires a CA certificate, adding a setup step.
• Con: The mobile app omits rewrite, breakpoint, and scripting features, limiting its usefulness for deeper debugging.
• Con: Community is limited to one device and 100MB storage; Premium raises those limits but still caps storage at 1GB.

Alternatives

Consider Web Debugging Proxies to compare tools in the same category. HTTP Toolkit is an alternative with a free plan, Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows platforms, and a Hobbyist tier covering basic interception, manual breakpoints, and built-in HTTP client tools. Fluxzy offers a free Community Edition for personal use across desktop, mobile, and self-hosted platforms. Moni Proxy is another freemium option with Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows support. mitmproxy is free and open source, and may suit readers seeking an interactive HTTPS proxy across Linux, macOS, self-hosted, web, and Windows. NetworkSpy offers a free tier on Linux, macOS, and Windows, with limits on several advanced features. Probe has a free tier covering HTTPS interception, mobile debugging, request and response inspection, breakpoints, JavaScript scripting, and collections. ProxyHawk is a mobile-focused alternative for Android, iOS, and macOS; its Monthly plan costs ₹417 a month and adds unlimited traffic, three devices, and debugging controls. Mediator is a free, Apache-2.0-licensed GUI gRPC debugging proxy for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Verdict

Reqable is a strong choice for technical users who want proxy traffic analysis, API testing, and collection imports in one cross-platform tool, especially if Community’s commercial-use allowance and limits fit their work. Choose Premium when the one-device cap or restricted feature set gets in the way. Look elsewhere if mobile editing and scripting are essential, or if the CA-certificate requirement is unacceptable.