diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 02af4036..dd909594 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -609,7 +609,8 @@ New Package-level Variables:
 
 New Context Methods:
 
-- `Context.IsRecovered()` reports whether the current request was recovered from the [recover middleware](https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/master/middleware/recover). Also the `iris.IsErrPrivate` function and `iris.ErrPrivate` interface have been introduced. 
+- `Context.IsDebug() bool` reports whether the application is running under debug/development mode. It is a shortcut of Application.Logger().Level >= golog.DebugLevel.
+- `Context.IsRecovered() bool` reports whether the current request was recovered from the [recover middleware](https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/master/middleware/recover). Also the `iris.IsErrPrivate` function and `iris.ErrPrivate` interface have been introduced. 
 - `Context.RecordBody()` same as the Application's `DisableBodyConsumptionOnUnmarshal` configuration field but registers per chain of handlers. It makes the request body readable more than once.
 - `Context.IsRecordingBody() bool` reports whether the request body can be readen multiple times.
 - `Context.ReadHeaders(ptr interface{}) error` binds request headers to "ptr". [Example](https://github.com/kataras/iris/blob/master/_examples/request-body/read-headers/main.go).
diff --git a/cache/client/handler.go b/cache/client/handler.go
index 202d07e5..b2805685 100644
--- a/cache/client/handler.go
+++ b/cache/client/handler.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func getOrSetKey(ctx *context.Context) string {
 	}
 
 	// Note: by-default the rules(ruleset pkg)
-	// explictly ignores the cache handler
+	// explicitly ignores the cache handler
 	// execution on authenticated requests
 	// and immediately runs the next handler:
 	// if !h.rule.Claim(ctx) ...see `Handler` method.
diff --git a/context/application.go b/context/application.go
index b1d5b4db..9516743d 100644
--- a/context/application.go
+++ b/context/application.go
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ type Application interface {
 
 	// Logger returns the golog logger instance(pointer) that is being used inside the "app".
 	Logger() *golog.Logger
+	// IsDebug reports whether the application is running
+	// under debug/development mode.
+	// It's just a shortcut of Logger().Level >= golog.DebugLevel.
+	// The same method existss as Context.IsDebug() too.
+	IsDebug() bool
 
 	// I18nReadOnly returns the i18n's read-only features.
 	I18nReadOnly() I18nReadOnly
diff --git a/context/context.go b/context/context.go
index 8d5b65c4..a782882c 100644
--- a/context/context.go
+++ b/context/context.go
@@ -5054,6 +5054,12 @@ func (ctx *Context) Application() Application {
 	return ctx.app
 }
 
+// IsDebug reports whether the application runs with debug log level.
+// It is a shortcut of Application.IsDebug().
+func (ctx *Context) IsDebug() bool {
+	return ctx.app.IsDebug()
+}
+
 const errorContextKey = "iris.context.error"
 
 // SetErr is just a helper that sets an error value
diff --git a/iris.go b/iris.go
index 0f9b2692..9741ce9e 100644
--- a/iris.go
+++ b/iris.go
@@ -276,6 +276,14 @@ func (app *Application) Logger() *golog.Logger {
 	return app.logger
 }
 
+// IsDebug reports whether the application is running
+// under debug/development mode.
+// It's just a shortcut of Logger().Level >= golog.DebugLevel.
+// The same method existss as Context.IsDebug() too.
+func (app *Application) IsDebug() bool {
+	return app.logger.Level >= golog.DebugLevel
+}
+
 // I18nReadOnly returns the i18n's read-only features.
 // See `I18n` method for more.
 func (app *Application) I18nReadOnly() context.I18nReadOnly {