IP Tools vs Big Network
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IP Tools
Explore your network with detailed insights into IP addresses, geolocation, and connectivity. Understand your public IP, DNS servers, and Wi-Fi details. Discover information about any public IP worldwide, including its location, ISP, and network prefixes.
- Current connectivity status
- Public IP geolocation
- IPv4 information lookup
- Network prefix details
- ASN information
- Visual Traceroute
- Ping utility
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IP Tools by BigDataCloud is a practical toolkit for checking IP addresses, networks, and internet routing information from your iPhone. Look up IPv4 and IPv6 address details, inspect ASN information, browse announced prefixes, check connectivity, resolve DNS records, ping hosts, and view estimated IP geolocation with confidence areas on the map. IP Address History can track how your public address changes over time, including IPv4 and IPv6, so you can understand connection changes while you move between Wi-Fi, mobile data, VPN, and other network paths. IP Tools can also help BigDataCloud improve IP geolocation quality by submitting optional anonymous location signals. The app is designed to report network and location observations about IP addresses, not personal profile information.
Big Network
This platform simplifies connectivity for distributed offices, teams, and remote locations. It enables seamless connection and access to resources everywhere through simple, secure, and reliable networking technology.
- Simplified connectivity for distributed offices
- Seamless connection for teams
- Remote location access
- Simple, secure, and reliable networking
- Access resources everywhere
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Our platform simplifies connectivity for distributed offices, teams and remote locations. Connect everything seamlessly together and access it everywhere using our simple, secure, and reliable networking technology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Big Network at 100% against IP Tools's 71%. Big Network also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). IP Tools's advantage is ratings volume (697 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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.
Big Network holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IP Tools has 697 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of IP Tools's written reviews are positive against 100% of Big Network's.
IP Tools ships an update monthly, Big Network every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IP Tools | Big Network |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (697 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 697 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BigDataCloud | Big Network |
Customer experience
IP Tools
Big Network
Bugs and requests
IP Tools
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cannot type or pinpoint IP addresses
- Unable to ping google.com
- Maps showing incorrect locations
- IPv4 mapper pinning inaccurate locations
Requested features
4 requests- Router setup and reboot functionality
- Search function for IPv4 space by country
- Better documentation and query explanations for novice users
- Improved icon design
Big Network
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IP Tools
No in-app purchases
Big Network
No in-app purchases
