NetUtils vs 4i Toolbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NetUtils
This app provides comprehensive network utility tools, including ping, WHOIS, and DNS lookups. It offers detailed host and device information, website reputation, and contact details, aiding cybersecurity professionals and website owners.
- Network connectivity status
- Host and device information
- WHOIS data lookup
- DNS information retrieval
- Domain and IP reputation
- Website contact and categorization
- Ping utility
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The all-in-one Network Utility application! • Network connectivity status • Network interface information • WiFi information • VPN information • Host information • Google Web Risk Information* • WHOIS information from WhoisXML API* • DNS information from WhoisXML API* • Domain and IP reputation information from WhoisXML API* • Website contact information from WhoisXML API* • Website categorization information from WhoisXML API* • IP geolocation information from WhoisXML API* • Ping utility • Device information • View page source * Purchase, subscription, or API key required Information used by cyber security professionals, payment processors, law enforcement, website owners, and domain investors. Find ties to cybercrime and enhance your cyber defense. This information could be particularly useful in mitigating phishing and other malware-enabled attacks. ► WHOIS Information (Subscription required or bring your own API key) ◆ Get registrant name, organization, e-mail address, registration address, registrar information, creation date, expiration date, updated date, domain availability, domain age, and much more. ◆ Real-time WHOIS data, ensuring that only the most up to date and accurate information is available ▸ Check domain names availability and to track domain registration changes. ▸ Ensure reliable and secure domain name ownership transfer and management. ▸ Protect your intellectual property and to check potential trademark infringements. ▸ Learn about your competition and identify investment opportunities. ▸ Identify all the connected domains, websites and IP addresses associated with fraudulent activities and criminals. ▸ Identify new business and partnership opportunities and to locate potential buyers through the contact details provided in the Whois records. ▸ Obtain more insights on your user base with statistical analyses, helping you create better marketing strategies and campaigns, focus on the right customers, and cater to formerly untapped markets ► DNS Information (Subscription required or bring your own API key) A domain has a number of records associated with it, a DNS server can be queried to determine the IP address of the primary domain (A record), mail servers (MX records), DNS servers (NS nameservers) and other items such as SPF records (TXT records). ◆ Displays the DNS information critical for identifying who is hosting a particular domain name or website. ◆ Determine the Mail Servers for Particular Domain You might use this API to find out what server(s) accept email for a specific domain (by doing an MX record lookup). ◆ Determine the IP address of the primary domain (A record), mail servers (MX records), DNS servers (name servers) and other items such as SPF records (TXT records). ◆ Determine whether the domain restricts who can send email - You might use this API to determine the SPF record for a domain (by looking up the TXT record for the domain), to see if the domain tries to restrict who can send email using the domain ► Reputation Information (Subscription required or bring your own API key) ◆ Instantly audit your or someone else’s domain or IP address with Domain Reputation API. The tool uses hundreds of parameters to calculate reputation scores. ► Contact Information (Subscription required or bring your own API key) ◆ Get well-parsed contact information from 235+ million active domain names without the hassle and expense of web scraping or doing manual research. ► Categorization Information (Subscription required or bring your own API key) ◆ Use our machine learning engine to scan a website’s content and meta tags. Our lookup extracts text to classify the site and assign the top IAB categories applicable to it with associated confidence scores aided by language processing. ► Web Risk (Purchase required or bring your own API key) ◆ Check URLs against Google's constantly updated lists of unsafe web resources Open source: https://github.com/twodayslate/NetUtils
4i Toolbox
Configure, set up, and run analyses on hardware devices remotely. Monitor devices in real time, track signals, and control DOT PLCs. Offers personalized customer support from experts.
- Remote device setup and configuration
- Real-time device supervision
- Signal tracking
- DOT PLC control
- Hardware analysis
- Personalized customer support
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4i Toolbox allows users to set up, configure and run analyses on all of our hardware devices. Wireless device communication helps users to supervise devices in real time. This app also enables signal tracking, DOT PLC control and many other features. Why Choose 4i Toolbox: Remote configuration, analysis, and management of 4i Platform’s devices. Contact us: Contact our 4i experts and receive personalized customer support. Website: www.4iplatform.com Support: https://support.4iplatform.com/ Language: Available in English. License: 4i Toolbox belongs to 4i Platform Inc. All rights reserved. www.4iplatform.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 4i Toolbox at none against NetUtils's 7. NetUtils's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. NetUtils sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 4i Toolbox asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NetUtils against 5.0 for 4i Toolbox. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
NetUtils ships an update every 3 weeks, 4i Toolbox every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NetUtils | 4i Toolbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zac Gorak | 4i Platform Inc. |
Customer experience
NetUtils
4i Toolbox
In-app purchases
NetUtils
- Whois XML API Data - Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- monapi.io Data - Monthly3 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Whois XML API Data - Yearly7 Days trial$10.491 Year
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- monapi.io Data - Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Google Web Risk API Data$0.99
- Whois XML API Data$199.99
- monapi.io Data$249.99
4i Toolbox
No in-app purchases









