Comparison

Remote Discover vs MTRay

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” 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 β€’ Detect Home Sharing remote controllable devices (iTunes, Apple TV). β€’ Detect Remote controller pairing. HOST INFORMATION β€’ Show IP address, Bonjour and DNS hostnames, PING capability. β€’ Show MAC address, MAC vendor, country, postal address. BONJOUR SERVICE INFORMATION β€’ Show Bonjour service informations: name, type, transport protocol and service related properties. β€’ Detect further Bonjour services on wireless speaker with detailed informations. DLNA DEVICE/SERVICE INFORMATION β€’ Analyze and describe device name, manufacturer, model, type, version, serial number, UPC code, etc. β€’ Determine operating system/version and UPnP server product and version. β€’ Show DLNA host IP address, port number, UPnP version, local name, domain name, MAC address (with vendor informations), PING capability. REACH UI FEATURES β€’ Info menu with feedback and privacy settings β€’ Use the camera icon (upper-right corner) to create and print/send/share a screenshot from the entire page. β€’ Pull down with your finger to refresh the informations. β€’ Long press on a cell to copy/print/send/open as/share the cell value. β€’ Shake your device to refresh the informations.

About

MTRay

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Troubleshoot connectivity, inspect certificates, look up domain registration data, and measure network performance with MTRay on iOS and macOS. Use individual tools for a quick check, or combine probes into reusable JavaScript reports with MTRay Pro. **INCLUDED FREE** β€’ Ping, TCP Port Scan, and text-based Traceroute, with automatic IPv4/IPv6 selection for Ping and Traceroute β€’ SSL/TLS Inspection: certificates, protocol, cipher, handshake timings, and certificate trust evaluated by your device β€’ HTTP Simple and DNS Simple for everyday requests and lookups β€’ Connection Timeline: DNS β†’ TCP β†’ TLS β†’ Request β†’ Transfer β€’ WHOIS queries and RDAP domain registration lookups; available details depend on the registry β€’ iPerf3 client: TCP/UDP upload and download tests, configurable UDP target rate, and optional username/password/RSA public-key authentication β€’ iPerf3 results include throughput and, when available, retransmissions, RTT, UDP jitter/loss, CPU usage, and server output β€’ Connection Quality: latency, packet loss, and jitter over repeated probes β€’ Offline IP geolocation with a map, Wake-on-LAN, and subnet calculations β€’ Network interfaces, routing tables, and ARP/NDP neighbors β€’ TCP, UDP, and WebSocket communication **MTRay Pro β€” ONE-TIME PURCHASE** The following features require Pro: β€’ MTR (My Traceroute): continuous route probing with per-hop loss and latency statistics β€’ Script: run built-in examples, edit custom JavaScript workflows, and save named scripts for reuse β€’ SSL Certificate Monitor: check certificate expiry across multiple hosts β€’ HTTP Advanced: HTTP/2 and HTTP/3, proxy settings, ECH, custom resolvers, verbose diagnostics, and curl command import/export β€’ DNS Advanced: custom servers and record types, including DoH, DoT, and DoQ β€’ Bonjour Browser for local network services β€’ Traceroute Route Map with geographic hops β€’ Export and share results; iCloud bookmark sync Buy once to unlock Pro on both iOS and macOS. No subscription. **SCRIPT EXAMPLES β€” Pro REQUIRED TO RUN** Start with Network Diagnostics, Multi-Host Health Check, DNS + Traceroute, Port Scanner, HTTP API Test, TLS Inspection, Domain Registration, or IP Geolocation. The Network Diagnostics example checks DNS, Ping, TLS, HTTP, and Traceroute independently. Built-in APIs cover DNS, Ping, Traceroute, HTTP, TCP port scanning, SSL/TLS inspection with certificate trust, WHOIS, domain RDAP, and offline IP geolocation. Set timeouts, catch JavaScript errors, format JSON, and generate Markdown or plain-text reports. Adapt the examples to your own diagnostic workflow. **WHO IT’S FOR** Network engineers, developers, IT professionals, and anyone who wants to examine connectivity and network services directly. **PRIVACY & NETWORKING** No account required. No ads. Diagnostic probes contact their target hosts and services; WHOIS/RDAP queries contact registration services. IP geolocation uses a bundled offline database. Local network tools require appropriate access. See the privacy policy and App Store privacy labels for data-handling details.

Screenshots

Remote Discover4 screens
MTRay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MTRay at Free against Remote Discover's $2.99. MTRay also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). Remote Discover's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

MTRay is free to download; Remote Discover costs $2.99 up front. MTRay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Remote Discover asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remote Discover ships an update every 2 months, MTRay every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 4 level
Remote Discover versus MTRay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote DiscoverMTRay
Price$2.99Free β€” better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
MonetizationPaidβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV β€” betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCsaba IranyiChill Information Technology Limited

In-app purchases

None

Remote Discover

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MTRay

One-time1
  • MTRay Pro$7.99

Questions

Is Remote Discover free?
Remote Discover costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MTRay free?
MTRay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Remote Discover or MTRay have ads?
Neither Remote Discover nor MTRay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Remote Discover or MTRay?
Remote Discover ships an update every 2 months, and MTRay every 8 days. Most recently, Remote Discover was updated on November 1, 2026 and MTRay on October 31, 2026.

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