Comparison

IP Tools vs ScanNet

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Current connectivity status
  • Public IP geolocation
  • IPv4 information lookup
  • Network prefix details
  • ASN information
  • Visual Traceroute
  • Ping utility
Features
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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.

About

ScanNet

Discover all devices connected to your network, whether at home or in a specified IP range. Gain insights into each device and its activity, useful for both casual users and IT professionals. Features include port checking, multiple scan modes, and advanced search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Find all network hosts
  • Check open ports during scan
  • Multiple scan modes (ARP, ICMP, UDP, DNS)
  • Advanced host search
  • Save and open device lists
  • Includes ping, traceroute, port scanner
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App will find all hosts in your home network or in selected IP range. It can be used not only to know who are using your WiFi and learn more about every device, but also for solving professional tasks. By installing ScanNet - Network Scanner on your device, you get a handy and easy-to-use network scanner that does not require special knowledge when working in the default mode. Following functions and capabilities of the application will be useful for administrators and IT specialists: 1) The ability to check ports right during the search for hosts. Filtering by open ports allows you to quickly find the server you need on your network. 2) IP scanner supports 4 scan modes - arp read, icmp ping, udp ping, dns request. The ability to manually set a DNS server significantly expands the functionality of scanning private networks. 3) A wide range of settings allows you to manually set both the scanning mode and the used methods of name resolution - currently supported by DNS, mDNS, netbios. 4) Advanced search in the list of found hosts - you can search both by all available information, and by address, name, open ports. 5) Personalization - the ability to change the picture and the hostname displayed in the interface. This function requires binding to the WiFi network name for the best performance. In order for the application to get the network name, access to the location will be requested. 6) The function of saving a list of found devices and opening it for study later. 7) The program includes network utilities familiar to every administrator - ping, tracerout, port scanner. Premium access allows you to access them directly from the device information screen. In the free version, all utilities are available for calling from the application menu.

Screenshots

IP Tools4 screens
ScanNet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IP Tools at none against ScanNet's 1. IP Tools also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. ScanNet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. IP Tools asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for IP Tools against 4.7 for ScanNet. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 697 and 345 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of IP Tools's written reviews are positive against 79% of ScanNet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IP Tools ships an update monthly, ScanNet every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
IP Tools versus ScanNet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIP ToolsScanNet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (697 ratings) — better4.7 (345 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings697 — better345
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBigDataCloudOleg Gutlyanskiy

Customer experience

IP Tools

All ratings700 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative25.0%

ScanNet

All ratings345 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.4%

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

ScanNet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

IP Tools

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ScanNet

One-time1
  • Premium features$3.99

Questions

Is IP Tools free?
IP Tools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScanNet free?
ScanNet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, IP Tools or ScanNet?
IP Tools is rated higher. IP Tools averages 4.8 out of 5 from 697 ratings, while ScanNet averages 4.7 from 345 ratings.
Do IP Tools or ScanNet have ads?
ScanNet shows ads; IP Tools does not.
Which is updated more often, IP Tools or ScanNet?
IP Tools ships an update monthly, and ScanNet every 2 months. Most recently, IP Tools was updated on September 19, 2026 and ScanNet on September 28, 2026.

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