Comparison

Remote Discover vs Katnet

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

Katnet

Features
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katnet is a network discovery and connectivity toolkit for IT Professionals. See which hosts are online, which ports respond, and what each device advertises-then jump straight into SSH or VNC when you need a terminal or remote desktop. Discover devices Run a TCP sweep across your subnet (with a sensible default port set, or your own list). Results merge with Bonjour browsing and SSDP/UPnP-style hints so cameras, printers, NAS boxes, and servers show up with clearer context. Enrichment includes lightweight probes where appropriate (for example HTTP, TLS certificate summaries, SSH banners, and SNMP where reachable) to build a richer fingerprint-without sending your scan results to us. Built-in clients Use SSH for shell access and VNC for remote screen sharing to machines you are authorized to manage. A URL test tab helps verify HTTP/HTTPS reachability and status. A Status view summarizes local addressing and network context. Privacy katnet is built for on-network, on-device use. Discovery talks to your routers, printers, and servers over local Wi-Fi or Ethernet. You control when scanning runs. Grant Local Network access when iOS asks so multicast, Bonjour, and LAN probes can work. Important Only scan networks and systems you own or have explicit permission to test. Unauthorized scanning or access may violate law or policy.

Screenshots

Remote Discover4 screens
Katnet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Katnet at Free against Remote Discover's $2.99. Remote Discover's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Katnet is free to download; Remote Discover costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 5 level
Remote Discover versus Katnet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote DiscoverKatnet
Price$2.99Free — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCsaba IranyiIT Guy IO

In-app purchases

None

Remote Discover

No in-app purchases

None

Katnet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remote Discover free?
Remote Discover costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Katnet free?
Katnet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Remote Discover or Katnet have ads?
Neither Remote Discover nor Katnet shows ads.

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