Comparison

MDA5 vs IP Scanner & Service Watcher

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

Head to head
About

MDA5

Features
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About

IP Scanner & Service Watcher

Features
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IP Scanner & Service Watcher is a field toolkit for IT support engineers, network administrators, CCTV/camera technicians, and home lab users. Diagnose the network you are connected to, discover LAN devices, check open ports, inspect TLS certificates, resolve DNS, run ping/traceroute, and watch important services from your phone. KEY FEATURES - LAN discovery: scan the current subnet or a custom CIDR/IP range and review device IP, MAC, vendor, online/offline state, and open-port status. - Port scanning: use focused profiles for IT, servers, network devices, and CCTV systems, or enter custom ports and ranges. - Multi-instance tasks: run ping, LAN port checks, WAN checks, traceroute, and loop scans side by side, then jump back to each live task from the running-task badge. - WAN visibility: detect public IPv4/IPv6 and check public port reachability through an external probe. - Network tools: Ping, DNS Lookup, Traceroute, Website Check, Site Alive, Endpoint Health, Content Match, SSL/TLS Check, Domain Expiry, Subnet Calculator, Wake-on-LAN, and MAC vendor lookup. - Service Watchers: convert supported tool runs into recurring checks with healthy/failing/recovered states, thresholds, cooldowns, history, and optional notifications. - Clear diagnostics: TLS, HTTP, DNS, TCP, IPv6, and OS-level limitations are reported clearly so field work does not stop at a vague network error. The app is designed for networks and systems you own or are authorized to test. It is not a nearby Wi-Fi/SSID scanner, Wi-Fi analyzer, wardriving tool, VPN, proxy, or broad internet scanner. No account is required for the core scanning tools.

Screenshots

MDA54 screens
IP Scanner & Service Watcher4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: IP Scanner & Service Watcher at every 2 months against MDA5's every 4 months. MDA5's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MDA5 ships an update every 4 months, IP Scanner & Service Watcher every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
MDA5 versus IP Scanner & Service Watcher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMDA5IP Scanner & Service Watcher
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer杏生 卢Hung Cao Vu

In-app purchases

None

MDA5

No in-app purchases

None

IP Scanner & Service Watcher

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MDA5 free?
MDA5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IP Scanner & Service Watcher free?
IP Scanner & Service Watcher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MDA5 or IP Scanner & Service Watcher have ads?
Neither MDA5 nor IP Scanner & Service Watcher shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MDA5 or IP Scanner & Service Watcher?
MDA5 ships an update every 4 months, and IP Scanner & Service Watcher every 2 months. Most recently, MDA5 was updated on October 26, 2026 and IP Scanner & Service Watcher on October 25, 2026.

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