ISC Dig vs Best NetTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ISC Dig
Perform DNS lookups on your iOS device. This utility allows you to enter a domain name and retrieve its DNS records, supporting many options from the command-line version.
- Perform DNS lookups
- Retrieve DNS records
- Supports command-line options
- iOS port of 'dig' command
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This is ISC's classic "dig" command for performing DNS lookups, ported to iOS. Just type in a domain name, and "dig" will lookup the DNS records for that domain. This version supports most of the options available in the BIND 9.14.2 command line version of "dig". Please send comments and questions to bind-users@lists.isc.org
Best NetTools
This utility app provides a suite of network tools for information searching, traceroute, ping, WHOIS, and DNS lookups. It's designed for network operators, website owners, and programmers seeking a fast and convenient assistant.
- Network information searching
- Traceroute
- Ping
- WHOIS lookup
- DNS dig
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Best NetTools is a toolkit that have many network utilities. Includes network information searching, traceroute, ping, whois, dig and other services. It is the popular used toolkit for network operators, websit owners, programmers and so on. It's a fast, simple, convenient assistant. Free users have a limit number of queries, please contact us for commercial license.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Best NetTools at every 2 months against ISC Dig's every 10 months. Best NetTools also leads on rating (3.5 vs 3.2). ISC Dig's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 33%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Best NetTools holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of ISC Dig's written reviews are positive against 33% of Best NetTools's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ISC Dig ships an update every 10 months, Best NetTools every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ISC Dig | Best NetTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (6 ratings) | 3.5 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. | Beijing Tiantexin Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
ISC Dig
Best NetTools
In-app purchases
ISC Dig
No in-app purchases
Best NetTools
No in-app purchases
