Comparison

PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger vs NetUtils

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

Head to head
About

PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger

This app offers highly secure and private messaging, voice, and video calls with end-to-end encryption. It includes advanced features like post-quantum encryption, disappearing messages, and device protection against malware and forensics.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encrypted messaging
  • HD voice and video calls
  • Post-quantum encryption
  • Disappearing messages
  • File transfers
  • Enhanced device protection
  • Emergency wipe
Features
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Keep your messages and calls absolutely private with PRIVUS SecurLine. Take your privacy back under control and ensure that no one can listen in on your audio and video conference calls or read your messages and attachments. Now also featuring enhanced device protection and emergency wipe! SecurLine by PRIVUS has been developed with privacy at its core. It is the most advanced, secure, private and encrypted HD quality voice, video and messaging application for the iPhone, with end-to-end encrypted conference calling, post quantum encryption, end-to-end encrypted group chats with file transfers, voice memos and disappearing messages. And on top anti-malware and anti-forensics app protection so only you have access to your data even if crossing into a "hostile" location.. Highly intuitive and easy to use, SecurLine does not compromise on security. Implementation of state-of-the-art, open source encryption over a peer-to-peer, zero knowledge architecture ensures calls are sent directly between devices to enable the highest levels of privacy with HD quality, verifiably secure communications. IMPORTANT NOTE PRIVUS SecurLine is free to download. Its use is subject to a licensing agreement. To acquire a licence, please ask your customer service representative or contact info@privus.io

About

NetUtils

This app provides comprehensive network utility tools, including ping, WHOIS, and DNS lookups. It offers detailed host and device information, website reputation, and contact details, aiding cybersecurity professionals and website owners.

Highlights
  • Network connectivity status
  • Host and device information
  • WHOIS data lookup
  • DNS information retrieval
  • Domain and IP reputation
  • Website contact and categorization
  • Ping utility
Features
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The all-in-one Network Utility application! • Network connectivity status • Network interface information • WiFi information • VPN information • Host information • Google Web Risk Information* • WHOIS information from WhoisXML API* • DNS information from WhoisXML API* • Domain and IP reputation information from WhoisXML API* • Website contact information from WhoisXML API* • Website categorization information from WhoisXML API* • IP geolocation information from WhoisXML API* • Ping utility • Device information • View page source * Purchase, subscription, or API key required Information used by cyber security professionals, payment processors, law enforcement, website owners, and domain investors. Find ties to cybercrime and enhance your cyber defense. This information could be particularly useful in mitigating phishing and other malware-enabled attacks. ► WHOIS Information (Subscription required or bring your own API key) ◆ Get registrant name, organization, e-mail address, registration address, registrar information, creation date, expiration date, updated date, domain availability, domain age, and much more. ◆ Real-time WHOIS data, ensuring that only the most up to date and accurate information is available ▸ Check domain names availability and to track domain registration changes. ▸ Ensure reliable and secure domain name ownership transfer and management. ▸ Protect your intellectual property and to check potential trademark infringements. ▸ Learn about your competition and identify investment opportunities. ▸ Identify all the connected domains, websites and IP addresses associated with fraudulent activities and criminals. ▸ Identify new business and partnership opportunities and to locate potential buyers through the contact details provided in the Whois records. ▸ Obtain more insights on your user base with statistical analyses, helping you create better marketing strategies and campaigns, focus on the right customers, and cater to formerly untapped markets ► DNS Information (Subscription required or bring your own API key) A domain has a number of records associated with it, a DNS server can be queried to determine the IP address of the primary domain (A record), mail servers (MX records), DNS servers (NS nameservers) and other items such as SPF records (TXT records). ◆ Displays the DNS information critical for identifying who is hosting a particular domain name or website. ◆ Determine the Mail Servers for Particular Domain You might use this API to find out what server(s) accept email for a specific domain (by doing an MX record lookup). ◆ Determine the IP address of the primary domain (A record), mail servers (MX records), DNS servers (name servers) and other items such as SPF records (TXT records). ◆ Determine whether the domain restricts who can send email - You might use this API to determine the SPF record for a domain (by looking up the TXT record for the domain), to see if the domain tries to restrict who can send email using the domain ► Reputation Information (Subscription required or bring your own API key) ◆ Instantly audit your or someone else’s domain or IP address with Domain Reputation API. The tool uses hundreds of parameters to calculate reputation scores. ► Contact Information (Subscription required or bring your own API key) ◆ Get well-parsed contact information from 235+ million active domain names without the hassle and expense of web scraping or doing manual research. ► Categorization Information (Subscription required or bring your own API key) ◆ Use our machine learning engine to scan a website’s content and meta tags. Our lookup extracts text to classify the site and assign the top IAB categories applicable to it with associated confidence scores aided by language processing. ► Web Risk (Purchase required or bring your own API key) ◆ Check URLs against Google's constantly updated lists of unsafe web resources Open source: https://github.com/twodayslate/NetUtils

Screenshots

PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger4 screens
NetUtils4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger at none against NetUtils's 7. PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). NetUtils's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. NetUtils sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger against 5.0 for NetUtils. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger ships an update weekly, NetUtils every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger versus NetUtils: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPRIVUS SecurLine MessengerNetUtils
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB40 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBit Armor AGZac Gorak

Customer experience

PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

NetUtils

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

NetUtils

Subscriptions4
  • Whois XML API Data - Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • monapi.io Data - Monthly3 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • Whois XML API Data - Yearly7 Days trial$10.491 Year
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  • monapi.io Data - Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time3
  • Google Web Risk API Data$0.99
  • Whois XML API Data$199.99
  • monapi.io Data$249.99

Questions

Is PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger free?
PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NetUtils free?
NetUtils is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger or NetUtils?
PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger and NetUtils are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger or NetUtils have ads?
Neither PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger nor NetUtils shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger or NetUtils?
PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger ships an update weekly, and NetUtils every 3 weeks. Most recently, PRIVUS SecurLine Messenger was updated on October 26, 2026 and NetUtils on October 19, 2026.

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