Comparison

Kognitive Edge vs mDNS

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Organization management
  • Product registration & ZTP
  • Account management
  • Fleet/deployment summary
  • Internet WAN monitoring
  • Traffic policies
  • Device metrics
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Kognitive Edge4 screens
mDNS3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Kognitive Edge versus mDNS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKognitive EdgemDNS
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKognitive Networks Inc.海锋 蓝

Customer experience

Kognitive Edge

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

mDNS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Kognitive Edge

No in-app purchases

None

mDNS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kognitive Edge free?
Kognitive Edge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is mDNS free?
mDNS costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kognitive Edge or mDNS?
Kognitive Edge and mDNS are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Kognitive Edge or mDNS have ads?
Neither Kognitive Edge nor mDNS shows ads.

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