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BracefulJSON Formatter & Viewer

Version 1.0 · Updated

About

Braceful is the calm, fast way to read and tidy JSON on your iPhone — and it works completely offline. No account, no network, no tracking. Paste, format, and go.

Switch between a Text view for editing and a Tree view for exploring. Braceful validates while you type and tells you exactly where a document breaks, down to the line and the column.

WHAT MAKES BRACEFUL DIFFERENT

  • Errors located, not just reported
    Invalid JSON gets the exact line and column of the problem, so you go straight to the character that broke it.
  • A tree you can actually navigate
    Objects and arrays collapse and expand, with keys, strings, numbers, booleans, and null each in their own color.
  • Big numbers survive
    Numbers are carried through as their original source text, so long integers and high-precision values are never silently rounded.
  • Your choice of indentation
    Pretty-print with two spaces, four spaces, or tabs — or minify the whole document to a single line.
  • Everything stays on the phone
    There is no account, no sign-in, no server round-trip, no ads, and no analytics. Your JSON never leaves the device.
  • Built to feel native
    A single screen with a floating action bar, quick Paste, Copy, Load Sample, and Clear actions, and a design that reads well in light and dark mode.

WHO IS BRACEFUL FOR?

  • Developers checking an API response away from their desk
  • Anyone handed a wall of minified JSON who needs it readable right now
  • People working with data they would rather not paste into a website
  • Anyone who wants a JSON viewer that opens instantly and works on a plane

PRICING

Included: formatting with any indentation, minifying, live validation with line and column, the collapsible tree view, syntax colors, paste, copy, load sample, and clear — with no limits on document size or usage. Braceful Pro is a one-time in-app purchase — not a subscription — and adds importing JSON from Files, exporting the formatted result, search and filter across the tree by key, value, or path, sorting object keys A→Z for clean diffs, and escaping or unescaping JSON strings.

FEEDBACK

Made by a small indie team. Email obeliskclubclub@gmail.com with feedback, bug reports, or feature requests.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://obelisk.club/jsonformatter/terms

Need a quick one-off? Try the free JSON formatter in your browser.

Core Capabilities

Format JSON with two-space, four-space, or tab indentation

Minify JSON down to one compact line

Validate as you type, with the exact line and column of any error

Collapsible, color-coded tree view of deeply nested JSON

Long integers preserved exactly, never rounded

Pro tools: import and export, search the tree, sort keys, escape strings

Interface

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