Smart Network vs mycelium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Network
Gain real-time visibility and control over your network. This utility app connects to Mikrotik routers managed by your ISP, allowing you to manage your internet connection. Log in using credentials provided by your Internet Service Provider.
- Real-time network visibility
- Network control capabilities
- Mikrotik router compatibility
- ISP-managed router integration
- ISP credential login
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smart.network allows for real-time network visibility and control and is compatible with Mikrotik routers that are managed by your Internet Service Provider. Upon initial launch, log in with the username and password provided to you by your ISP.
mycelium
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Mycelium is an IPv6 overlay network. Each node that joins the overlay network will receive an overlay network IP in the 400::/7 range. Features: - Mycelium is locality-aware, it will look for the shortest path between nodes - All traffic between the nodes is end-2-end encrypted - Traffic can be routed over nodes of friends, locality-aware - If a physical link goes down, Mycelium will automatically reroute your traffic - The IP address is IPV6 and linked to a private key Scalability is essential to us. We tried many overlay networks before but got stuck on all of them. However, we are now working on designing a network that scales to a planetary level.
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Verdict
Smart Network and mycelium are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Network | mycelium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smart Network | TF Tech |
In-app purchases
Smart Network
No in-app purchases
mycelium
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Smart Network free?
Is mycelium free?
Do Smart Network or mycelium have ads?
Which is updated more often, Smart Network or mycelium?
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