McAfee Secure Home Internet vs NetTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
McAfee Secure Home Internet
Secure your home network and all connected smart devices. Manage network access, set up user-specific parental controls, and receive real-time alerts about suspicious activity. Monitor your network from anywhere to keep your family and data safe.
- Protect all connected devices
- Manage network client access
- Set up parental controls by user
- Receive instant security notifications
- Block suspicious devices
- Monitor network remotely
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The McAfee Secure Home Internet for Secure Home Internet enabled ARRIS Wi-Fi Cable Modem models* allows you to quickly and easily setup your ARRIS Secure Home Internet by McAfee system. Secure all your smart devices and keep your family and personal data safe with ARRIS Secure Home Internet by McAfee. Plus, keep up to date with real-time alerts about what’s going on at home. The app allows you to: - Protect all devices connected to your network - Manage client access to your network - Setup parental controls by user • Set user profiles based on age and acceptable website access • Set access times by user - Receive instant notifications • From devices trying to connect to your network. And instantly block them! • Of suspicious activity and allow or block it. • Of malicious website connection attempts • Of requests to override a website that’s been blocked via parental controls - Manage and monitor your network no matter where you are *Please note: This app works with ARRIS Wi-Fi Cable Modems with Secure Home Internet: SBG7580-AC SBG6950AC2 SBG7400AC2 SBG7600AC2
NetTools
Diagnose network issues with a suite of powerful tools on your phone. Explore local and external networks, check server availability, and scan for devices. Features include ping, traceroute, port scanning, and DNS lookups.
- Network information
- LAN explorer
- IP range scanner
- Ping and Traceroute
- Port scanner
- DNS records lookup
- Server availability check
- Wake On Lan
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Common tools for network diagnostics right in your pocket. This app allows to explore lan and external networks, check internet connection or servers availability with using your phone. The following tools are currently available: 1) Network information - displays external ip and detailed info about internet connection.. 2) LAN explorer - will find all devices in local network. 3) IP range scanner - search hosts by ip range, allows to dynamically check ports and filter hosts by opened ports. 4) Ping - easy way to check internet connection. 5) Traceroute - displays route to the host. 6) Port scanner - check ports in selected range, supports TCP and UDP protocols. 7) DNS records - find DNS records for selected domain. 8) Whois - displays information about domains owner. 9) Server check - checks availability of selected servers (supported methods: ping, tcp, http, https) 10) Wake On Lan - wake up machine by network. 11) TCP client - may be used for testing of servers those use text protocols (HTTP, whois, ...) 12) IP calculator App interface allows to use several tools in one moment, call tools from each other and also share result of their working or copy it to the clipboard. Every tool has multiple settings - IP scanner supports several modes. Ping and Traceroute can work with ICMP and UDP protocols. Also app allows to enter manually DNS servers those will be used by tools in the settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NetTools at 67% against McAfee Secure Home Internet's 2%. NetTools also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.6) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 19 months). McAfee Secure Home Internet's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. NetTools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. McAfee Secure Home Internet asks for nothing beyond the download.
NetTools holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 103 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 2% of McAfee Secure Home Internet's written reviews are positive against 67% of NetTools's.
McAfee Secure Home Internet ships an update every 19 months, NetTools every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | McAfee Secure Home Internet | NetTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (103 ratings) | 4.9 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 1.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 103 — better | 54 |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ARRIS Group, Inc. | Oleg Gutlyanskiy |
Customer experience
McAfee Secure Home Internet
NetTools
Bugs and requests
McAfee Secure Home Internet
Reported bugs
21 issues- App cannot find router
- App does not work
- App has not been updated
- Cannot log in
- Parental controls not accessible
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- App doesn't keep track of devices
- App doesn't name devices correctly
- App shows duplicate devices
- App limits device connections
- Safari not working due to app
- App crashes frequently
- App loads very slowly
- App logs out frequently
- App cannot connect to router
- App clock confused at 12:00 AM/PM
- App schedule cannot be edited
- App inaccessible to voiceover users
- Block device function is moody
- Cannot log in with existing McAfee account
- App doesn't identify WiFi
- Forced update breaks network
Requested features
9 requests- Allow blocking specific sites
- Provide MAC addresses for devices
- Fix duplicate device entries
- Allow more than two devices to connect
- Advance features to block certain sites
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- Provide MAC addresses or other identifiers
- Fix clock issues with AM/PM
- Allow editing of set times
- Filter by domain and keywords
NetTools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
McAfee Secure Home Internet
No in-app purchases
NetTools
- Premium features$3.99
Questions
Is McAfee Secure Home Internet free?
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