Kognitive Edge vs mDNS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kognitive Edge
Monitor and manage your network infrastructure from your mobile device. Register products, manage user accounts, and gain insights into internet WAN sources, device policies, and usage. Optimize network performance and connectivity for users.
- Organization management
- Product registration & ZTP
- Account management
- Fleet/deployment summary
- Internet WAN monitoring
- Traffic policies
- Device metrics
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The Kognitive Edge Mobile App offers a range of features for robust network monitoring and management from a mobile device. It allows for organization management, including product registration and account management, as well as site monitoring and control. Users can monitor internet WAN sources, check network and device policies, and view detailed usage and connectivity status. The Mobile App gives network professionals the ability to deliver an exceptional internet experience for users by providing detailed usage, connectivity status, and quick settings validation at a glance. Organization Management Product Registration: Product Registration / Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) from a mobile device Account Management: Add or Disable user accounts, set access privileges Fleet / Deployment Summary: Availability, Usage, Alerts, Geolocation, and Top Application Usage (DPI) Alerts: Monitor Alerts, Events, and Service Tickets Starlink Dashboard: Manage multiple Starlink Service Lines with high level usage, Alerts, and detailed Service Line Summary Site Monitoring and Control Internet WAN Monitoring: Check WAN sources connectivity status with historical plots and performance data, including Usage, Uptime, Latency & Jitter. Check Cellular performance and monitor SIM use. View Alerts and Events for each WAN source. Traffic Policies: Check Network and Device Policies Access Networks: Validate Access Network configuration and IP addresses Device Summary: View metrics on Top Networks and Top Devices: Overall Usage, Application Upload & Download, and Blocked Content. Pause (disable) Networks or Devices with a single click Settings: Check Device Polices and DNS Settings at each site Feature Overview Powerful – Fine grained user bandwidth allocations, throttling, and real time alerts keep network interruptions to a minimum with guests on board. Reliable – Chat with K4 Support, manage your plans for charters or dry dock seamlessly and in real time. Simple – Stop worrying about logging into multiple pieces of hardware. Your entire network is in your hand. Securely manage crew, guests, and owners to minimize disruption.
mDNS
Discover and manage Bonjour, DNS SD, and Avahi services on your local network. Filter, sort, and verify network services with detailed insights and direct access to URLs.
- Discover Bonjour, DNS SD, and Avahi services
- Browse by service type with presets and custom options
- View IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
- Filter by instance name, hostname, type, and more
- Sort and manage scan results
- Perform TCP/UDP reachability checks
- Open HTTP/HTTPS URLs in browser
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mDNS Browser helps you discover Bonjour, DNS SD (DNS Service Discovery), and common Avahi-advertised services on your local network. What you can do • Browse by service type, with useful presets and custom types • See IPv4 and IPv6 together, and filter what matters to you • Quick filter across instance name, hostname, type, addresses, and TXT records • Sort results so large scans stay manageable • Open a detail view, copy IPs and TXT lines, and run TCP or UDP reachability checks (chosen automatically from the service type) • Open HTTP or HTTPS in the system browser when a service resolves to a usable URL Privacy • Discovery runs on your LAN; the app is not designed to upload your scan results to our servers (there is no account system in the app). Notes • Whether a service appears depends on it actually advertising on the current network, and on multicast not being blocked by routers, VLANs, or firewalls. • Some services bind only to certain interfaces or subnets and may be invisible from other devices. Turn noisy LAN discovery into a clear, filterable, verifiable dashboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Kognitive Edge at Free against mDNS's $1.99. On rating, ratings volume, 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
Kognitive Edge is free to download; mDNS costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Kognitive Edge against 5.0 for mDNS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Kognitive Edge | mDNS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kognitive Networks Inc. | 海锋 蓝 |
Customer experience
Kognitive Edge
mDNS
In-app purchases
Kognitive Edge
No in-app purchases
mDNS
No in-app purchases









