Network Utility Pro vs Avoid Social Media Distraction
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Network Utility Pro
This app provides a comprehensive suite of network analysis tools for easy understanding and management of your local and cellular network connections. Monitor data usage, scan your Wi-Fi, and perform detailed lookups for IP addresses and domain names.
- Network Information
- Cellular Data Monitor
- LAN Scanner
- Ping Tool
- Geo IP Lookup
- DNS Lookup (DIG)
- WHOIS Lookup
- Widget Support
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Keep under control your network with Network Utility, an user friendly set of network tools that will help you to analyze your LAN, and not only that. ► NETWORK INFO A complete and easy to understand report of your device's network interfaces. In that tab you'll find information like the IP, IPv6, other addresses or the data usage statistics about your Wi-Fi, Internet or Cellular connection (if any). ► CELLULAR DATA MONITOR Don't lose sight of your data usage, with four taps you'll have a data monitor configured and ready to use. The following data usage plans' period are supported: - Daily - Weekly - Monthly - 28 days - 30 days - 90 days ► LAN SCANNER Analyze your Wi-Fi with the LAN Scanner tool. Discovering who is connected to your network and Ping it, is a matter of two taps. Easily manage custom subnets to scan only a portion of your LAN. ► PING Ping a LAN device, Ping a server, ping whatever you want. IPv6 addresses are supported too and advanced options like packet size, timeouts, intervals, etc.. are available and easily configurable. The results of your Ping are available numerically in the aggregated stats, graphically in the real time graph or listed, a row per ICMP response received. ► GEO IP Have you ever wondered where a server or any other IP is located? That's the tool for you, show the location on a map and get additional details like the ISP or the ASN in the details pane. ► DIG A DNS lookup utility made simple. A list clearly shows the result of your query and the advanced options allow you to customize your request from the type of query to the DNS server. ► WHOIS Find any information about a domain name and it's owner e.g. the status, creation date, registrant email and address and many more. ► NSLOOKUP A no-frills textual DNS lookup utility. ► WIDGET * Network Utility comes with an useful widget that brings network informations and the cellular data usage into your notification center, home screen e lock screen. ► EXPORT RESULTS ANYWHERE Every utility has an export button that allows you to export the result of your task to the File app, to the Notes app and many other apps or simply copy the raw textual result. ► MAC APP Network Utility is also available on the Mac App Store as Network Kit X, the same app but tuned to take advantage of macOS. Start a tool on your iPhone/iPad a continue it on your Mac thanks to Handoff and Continuity. !! N.B. - Cellular data monitor is available only on iPhone or iPad with Cellular. - Due to an operating system limitation, LAN Scanner can only show the MAC address of detected devices on iOS 27 and later. Hostname resolution is only available when the LAN gateway is used as the DNS server. - Widgets are updated only at scheduled intervals (e.g. every 5 minutes), so they can show outdated info. Open the app to get info updated in real time.
Avoid Social Media Distraction
Temporarily block distracting elements on popular websites like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. Enhance focus, boost productivity, and improve self-control by hiding videos, stories, shorts, and ads.
- Block website interference
- Hide feeds, stories, shorts, and ads
- Selective element hiding
- Improve work efficiency
- Enhance self-control
- Safari extension
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Using the Avoid Social Media Distraction app feature to temporarily block website interference, you can hide interference on websites such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, Gmail, LinkedIn, etc., so that you can concentrate, improve work efficiency, and enhance self-control. This Safari extension allows you to selectively hide attention grabbing components on each website, such as videos, shorts, comments, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Avoid Social Media Distraction at free against Network Utility Pro's paid. Avoid Social Media Distraction also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and device support (4 vs 2). Network Utility Pro's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 60%) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Network Utility Pro costs $2.99 and Avoid Social Media Distraction $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Network Utility Pro against 4.7 for Avoid Social Media Distraction. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 189 and 71 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Network Utility Pro's written reviews are positive against 60% of Avoid Social Media Distraction's.
Network Utility Pro ships an update every 2 months, Avoid Social Media Distraction every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Network Utility Pro | Avoid Social Media Distraction |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (189 ratings) | 4.7 (71 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 189 — better | 71 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #199 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fausto Ristagno | 泳诗 陈 |
Customer experience
Network Utility Pro
Avoid Social Media Distraction
Bugs and requests
Network Utility Pro
Reported bugs
11 issues- Widget not refreshing with real-time data
- LAN scanner crashes on large networks (/21 subnet)
- Data usage widget shows incorrect information
- Personal hotspot data not counted
- Dual SIM card data only shows one SIM
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- E-SIM data ignored on iPhone XR
- Location permission toggle resets to 'Ask'
- Domain analysis tools (Dig, Whois, NSLookup) inefficient
- App freezes and inaccurate data readings
- Update installation failures
- Inconsistent widget behavior across iOS versions
Requested features
11 requests- Wake-on-LAN (WOL) support
- Custom DNS server selection for NSLOOKUP
- ARP request functionality
- Traceroute tool
- Extended ping capabilities
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- ARP table display
- Improved Geo IP function
- Wi-Fi network switching from widget
- Direct access to network settings from widget
- Support for unlimited data configuration
- Real-time widget refresh improvements
Avoid Social Media Distraction
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Network Utility Pro
No in-app purchases
Avoid Social Media Distraction
No in-app purchases
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