Mobile Nebula vs NextHub Remote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mobile Nebula
This tool creates a secure, high-performance overlay network to connect devices globally. It combines encryption, security groups, certificates, and tunneling for seamless device connectivity, scaling from a few devices to tens of thousands.
- Scalable overlay networking
- High performance
- Enhanced security
- Seamless device connection
- Encryption and tunneling
- Certificate-based authentication
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Nebula is a scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security. It lets you seamlessly connect computers anywhere in the world. It can be used to connect a small number of devices, but is also able to connect tens of thousands of devices. Nebula incorporates a number of existing concepts like encryption, security groups, certificates, and tunneling, and each of those individual pieces existed before Nebula in various forms. What makes Nebula different to existing offerings is that it brings all of these ideas together, resulting in a sum that is greater than its individual parts.
NextHub Remote
Manage all your NextDNS accounts from a single dashboard on your device. Monitor connection status, view analytics, filter logs, and even control NextDNS settings. Enjoy a private and feature-rich experience with optional tipping.
- Manage multiple NextDNS accounts
- Check NextDNS connection status
- View analytics and query logs
- Live stream query logs
- Control NextDNS settings
- Home screen widgets
- Private and secure
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NextHub is a dashboard for all your NextDNS accounts right on your device. - Add and manage multiple configurations from multiple NextDNS accounts. - Check NextDNS connection status on your device. - View rich analytics. - Filter and search your query logs. - Live Stream your query logs. - Enable or Disable NextDNS from NextHub using Shortcuts. - Widgets: See quick statistics right on your home page. - Manage your configuration’s settings right from NextHub. - Add a note with allow or deny list entries for reference. - See historical ping to NextDNS servers logged right on your device. - Authenticate access to NextHub with a passphrase, Face ID, or Touch ID. - Light and Dark mode support. - Shortcuts to jump right into Configuration Management and Logs from the main view! - 100% Private. Your data does not leave your device. Nobody but you can see it. All features of the app are free to use, and will always be. Tipping is optional and can be done right on NextHub. Tipping does not unlock any additional features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NextHub Remote at 100% against Mobile Nebula's 56%. NextHub Remote also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (107 vs 20). Mobile Nebula's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. NextHub Remote sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Mobile Nebula asks for nothing beyond the download.
NextHub Remote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NextHub Remote has 107 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Mobile Nebula's written reviews are positive against 100% of NextHub Remote's.
Mobile Nebula ships an update every 2 months, NextHub Remote every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mobile Nebula | NextHub Remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (107 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 107 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Defined Networking, Inc | Vishal Vijayashekkar |
Customer experience
Mobile Nebula
NextHub Remote
Bugs and requests
Mobile Nebula
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NextHub Remote
Reported bugs
5 issues- Shortcuts to disable/enable NextDNS not showing
- Live logs sometimes don't work
- App icon remains white in iOS 18 Dark Mode
- Losing search results from logs when closing app
- Small glitches in new iOS
Requested features
6 requests- Parental controls feature
- App icon compatible with iOS 18 Dark Mode
- iMac support
- Paid features for further development
- Filter out unwanted domains (e.g., Apple/iCloud)
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- Update for new iOS with glitch fixes
In-app purchases
Mobile Nebula
No in-app purchases
NextHub Remote
- Small Tip (Coffee)$1.99
- Medium Tip (Lunch)$4.99
- Large Tip (Device Upgrade)$9.99
