A side-by-side look at the Apple Ads MCP and Rafflex MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Apple Ads MCP for marketing work as a local process; choose Rafflex for marketing over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
APPLE_ADS_ALLOW_DELETES.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Marketing | Marketing |
| Quality signal | 45/100 · Fair | 71/100 · Great |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | OAuth 2.0 |
| Pricing | Not declared | Paid service |
| Required env vars | APPLE_ADS_ALLOW_DELETES | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Verified |
| GitHub stars | 6 | — |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Apple Ads MCP | View Rafflex |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"apple-ads-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"--yes",
"markdownlint-cli2@0.23.2"
],
"env": {
"APPLE_ADS_ALLOW_DELETES": "YOUR_APPLE_ADS_ALLOW_DELETES_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"rafflex": {
"url": "https://api.rafflex.xyz/mcp"
}
}
}