Comparison

Best Trace vs My Tech Buddy

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

Head to head
About

Best Trace

Visualize detailed network path information to help diagnose and resolve network issues. It provides insights into your current device's network connection and offers a convenient widget for at-a-glance monitoring.

Highlights
  • Visual network path details
  • Network problem resolution
  • Current device connection info
  • Home screen widget
  • IP geolocation database
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****** The Industry-leading Visual Traceroute Tool ****** Best Trace is a visualization tool that can help network operators, internet companies's development and operations teams and technology enthusiasts to view network path's detail information, it also can help them resolve the needs that they want to fix the problems of the network. It is based on our(IPIP.net) own needs and customers, combined with our IP geolocation database, then we created it. We support viewing your current iOS device's network connection information and has a widget to help you see it at any time. IPIP.net focus on location-related data reduction and release, is committed to becoming the location datas more accuracy and precision. Our main products--IPIP.net function is for city-level geographic data marked based on BGP/ASN datas, that accuracy is much higher than other products. Our customers existed in all types of internet companies, most in the advertising, security, E-commerce, entertainment industry, as well as CDN, DNS, VPN, and other network productivity tools. Free users have a limit number of queries, please contact us for commercial license.

About

My Tech Buddy

Features
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My Tech Buddy is your personal technology guide, designed to make tech simple for everyone. Not sure what that device is? Point your camera at it and get an instant identification with a plain-language explanation of what it does and how to use it. Have a tech question but don't know where to start? Just ask — My Tech Buddy answers in clear, jargon-free language so you actually understand the answer. Features: • Identify — Snap a photo of any device and get an instant explanation • Ask — Get answers to your tech questions in simple, friendly language • Diagnose — Troubleshoot common tech problems step by step • Connect — Get help connecting devices and setting things up • Library — Save and revisit everything you've identified Whether you're helping a family member set up a new gadget or figuring out a device you've never seen before, My Tech Buddy is the patient, knowledgeable friend who's always ready to help. Technology, gently explained.

Screenshots

Best Trace4 screens
My Tech Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Best Trace at monthly against My Tech Buddy's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Best Trace ships an update monthly, My Tech Buddy every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Best Trace versus My Tech Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest TraceMy Tech Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.6 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews15.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeijing Tiantexin Technology Co., Ltd.Oliver Williams

In-app purchases

None

Best Trace

No in-app purchases

None

My Tech Buddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Best Trace free?
Best Trace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Tech Buddy free?
My Tech Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Best Trace or My Tech Buddy have ads?
Neither Best Trace nor My Tech Buddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Best Trace or My Tech Buddy?
Best Trace ships an update monthly, and My Tech Buddy every 2 months. Most recently, Best Trace was updated on October 12, 2026 and My Tech Buddy on October 7, 2026.

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