Comparison

Remote Discover vs Trace Pad Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Remote Discover

Explore your local network to find and identify remote controllers and controllable devices. Get detailed information about hosts, including IP addresses, hostnames, and MAC addresses. Discover Bonjour and DLNA services with comprehensive data.

Highlights
  • Discover remote controllers
  • Identify controllable devices
  • View host IP and MAC addresses
  • Analyze Bonjour services
  • Detail DLNA device information
  • Network scanning capabilities
Features
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Remote Discover is a small network explorer application. It helps you to discover remote controllers, remote controllable devices, remote controller pairings on your local home or office network. FIND REMOTE CONTROLLERS • Detect Home Sharing remote controllable devices (iTunes, Apple TV). • Detect Remote controller pairing. HOST INFORMATION • Show IP address, Bonjour and DNS hostnames, PING capability. • Show MAC address, MAC vendor, country, postal address. BONJOUR SERVICE INFORMATION • Show Bonjour service informations: name, type, transport protocol and service related properties. • Detect further Bonjour services on wireless speaker with detailed informations. DLNA DEVICE/SERVICE INFORMATION • Analyze and describe device name, manufacturer, model, type, version, serial number, UPC code, etc. • Determine operating system/version and UPnP server product and version. • Show DLNA host IP address, port number, UPnP version, local name, domain name, MAC address (with vendor informations), PING capability. REACH UI FEATURES • Info menu with feedback and privacy settings • Use the camera icon (upper-right corner) to create and print/send/share a screenshot from the entire page. • Pull down with your finger to refresh the informations. • Long press on a cell to copy/print/send/open as/share the cell value. • Shake your device to refresh the informations.

About

Trace Pad Pro

Features
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Trace Pad Pro provides a simple white screen for tracing, with the option to add a reference image you can resize, rotate, and move using simple on-screen gestures. Includes trace effect, screen brightness control, and screen locking. Image brightness, contrast, and opacity can also be adjusted. New tools: flip images horizontally, overlay a proportional tracing grid (long-press to change grid size), and toggle grayscale for clearer line work.

Screenshots

Remote Discover4 screens
Trace Pad Pro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Remote Discover at every 2 months against Trace Pad Pro's every 6 months. Trace Pad Pro's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Remote Discover costs $2.99 and Trace Pad Pro $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remote Discover ships an update every 2 months, Trace Pad Pro every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
Remote Discover versus Trace Pad Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote DiscoverTrace Pad Pro
Price$2.99$0.99 — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCsaba IranyiKanta Kikubo

In-app purchases

None

Remote Discover

No in-app purchases

None

Trace Pad Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remote Discover free?
Remote Discover costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trace Pad Pro free?
Trace Pad Pro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Remote Discover or Trace Pad Pro have ads?
Neither Remote Discover nor Trace Pad Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Remote Discover or Trace Pad Pro?
Remote Discover ships an update every 2 months, and Trace Pad Pro every 6 months. Most recently, Remote Discover was updated on October 12, 2026 and Trace Pad Pro on September 30, 2026.

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