IP Tools vs CIDR
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.
CIDR
This utility calculates IP address ranges from an IP address and subnet mask. It supports IPv4 calculations, including prefix display, address range counts, and bit notation. Useful for quick CIDR notation checks and subnet mask conversions.
- IP address range calculation
- Subnet mask to CIDR conversion
- IPv4 prefix display
- Number of address ranges
- Bit notation display
- Quick reference table
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Calculate the IP address range from the IP address and subnet mask. It can be used to calculate IPv4 addresses, including prefix display, number of address ranges, and bit notation. CIDR calculation, when you want to check CIDR notation quickly. To convert subnet mask to CIDR notation. It can also be used as a quick reference table for subnet masks. Bit notation is also available, so it is suitable for learning IPv4.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IP Tools at none against CIDR's 1. IP Tools also leads on ratings volume (697 vs 1). CIDR's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. CIDR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. IP Tools asks for nothing beyond the download.
CIDR 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
IP Tools ships an update monthly, CIDR every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IP Tools | CIDR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (697 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 697 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BigDataCloud | akira ohmachi |
Customer experience
IP Tools
CIDR
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
CIDR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IP Tools
No in-app purchases
CIDR
- Remove Ads$1.99
