Comparison

Pi vs Netdata Mobile

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

Head to head
About

Pi

Control your Pi-hole network ad blocker remotely. Quickly disable blocking, block specific services, and view real-time network statistics. Manage adlists, update gravity, and configure DNS/DHCP settings with ease.

Highlights
  • Disable/enable Pi-hole blocking
  • Block specific services
  • View real-time query logs
  • Add domains to whitelist/blacklist
  • Update gravity
  • Manage adlists
  • Configure DNS & DHCP settings
Features
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Take full control of your Pi-hole from your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Monitor your network, inspect DNS queries, manage blocking and lists, and control multiple Pi-hole instances from anywhere in the Apple ecosystem. *Disable Blocking* Quickly disable blocking from the app, interactive Home Screen widgets, your Apple Watch, or Siri. You'll see a Live Activity for the duration to remind you blocking is disabled! *Statistics & Queries* Look up what domains are queried most on your network, as well as clients that send out the most requests. View your Query Log as well as a 'Live Log' which shows queries on your network in real time. *Blocked Services* Want to quickly restrict access to Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, Roblox, and more? Block all kinds of services effortlessly with just one tap. *Manage Your Pi-hole* Manage Clients & Groups, Domains & Adlists, and change all kinds of Pi-hole settings such as DNS/DHCP settings. *Interactive Widgets & Live Activity* Choose from a wide range of Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets that show your Pi-hole status or statistics. There are also interactive widgets to disable blocking without opening the app! When you disable blocking, you will even see a Live Activity on your Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and Smart Stack. *Controls* Quickly toggle blocking right from your Lock Screen, Control Center, or Action Button. *Made for the Apple Ecosystem* Use Pi-hole Remote across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Your instances and preferences stay available across your devices through iCloud. Purchase Pi-hole Remote+ once and unlock it on every supported platform. == iPhone, iPad, and Mac features: - Enable or temporarily disable Pi-hole blocking - View detailed statistics and combined data from multiple instances - Search and filter your Query Log or watch queries appear in real time - Add domains to your allowlist or denylist, individually or in bulk - Block entire services such as social networks, streaming platforms, and games - Manage clients, groups, domains, adlists, DNS, and DHCP settings - Update Gravity and manage your Pi-hole configuration - Add and control an unlimited number of Pi-hole instances - Choose where each instance appears based on your Wi-Fi network - Connect securely using HTTPS, reverse proxies, custom paths, and custom headers - Use interactive widgets, Live Activities, and Lock Screen or Control Center controls - Control Pi-hole with Siri, App Shortcuts, Spotlight, and the Action Button - Sync settings and selected Pi-hole data between instances - Personalize the app with custom colors and alternative icons - Enjoy dedicated layouts for iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Full VoiceOver and Dark Mode support Apple Watch features: - View status and statistics, control one or all instances, access Blocked Services, and use complications and Live Activities Apple TV features: - View statistics and queries, control blocking and services, and switch between or combine instances on the big screen == Note: You need at least one working Pi-hole instance running on another device for this app to function and you must use Pi-hole Version 6.0 or up. Pi-hole Remote is a third-party app which uses the Pi-hole API and is in no way affiliated with Pi-hole. Find out more about Pi-hole at https://pi-hole.net/. This app offers a "Pi-hole Remote+" version with additional features, in the form of a lifetime purchase, a monthly subscription, or a yearly subscription. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period and will be charged to your App Store account. You can turn off auto-renew or manage subscriptions in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Netdata Mobile

Receive and manage real-time alerts and notifications for your infrastructure monitoring. Gain immediate insights into system performance and troubleshoot issues on the fly with comprehensive data visualization and anomaly detection.

Highlights
  • Real-time alerts and notifications
  • Infrastructure monitoring
  • On-the-fly troubleshooting
  • Anomaly detection
  • Comprehensive data visualization
  • Logs explorer
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Netdata Notifications App allows you to receive and manage Alerts and Notifications for monitoring your infrastructure. It provides a dynamic way of monitoring and troubleshooting on the fly. Netdata is an advanced monitoring solution tailored for monitoring your infrastructure (Servers, VMs, Cloud, Applications, IOT etc), delivering real-time insights with high-resolution data for efficient and comprehensive system analysis. - Effortless full-stack observability end-to-end monitoring, no manual setup. - Real-Time, Low-Latency Dashboards: Metrics are collected per second and displayed immediately, facilitating prompt analysis and decision-making. - Comprehensive Metrics Collection: Integrates with over 800 sources to collect a wide range of metrics, including operating system, container, and application metrics. - Unsupervised Anomaly Detection: Employs multiple machine-learning models for each metric, enabling the system to detect anomalies based on historical data patterns. This feature aids in early identification and resolution of potential issues. - Pre-configured Alerts: Comes with hundreds of ready-to-use alerts for common issues, ensuring you are promptly informed about critical system events. - Powerful Visualization: Offers clear and precise data visualization, allowing in-depth analysis without requiring complex query languages. - Low Maintenance and Easy Scalability: Designed for zero-touch machine learning, automated dashboards, and auto-discovery of metrics, Netdata is low maintenance and easily scales from a single server to thousands in multi-cloud environments. - Open and Extensible Platform: Our modular design makes it highly extensible, allowing for custom integrations and enhancements to suit specific monitoring needs. - Logs Explorer: Features a comprehensive logs explorer for viewing, filtering, and analyzing systemd journal logs, enhancing your ability to diagnose and resolve issues swiftly. Netdata is adept at navigating complex, dynamic environments, adeptly handling real-time analysis of vast data volumes. It's fully equipped to work with diverse range of services from AWS, GCP, Azure and other Cloud providers, providing a versatile and comprehensive monitoring solution for your AWS infrastructure.

Screenshots

Pi4 screens
Netdata Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pi at 89% against Netdata Mobile's 9%. Pi also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.2) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 18). Netdata Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Pi sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Netdata Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pi holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pi has 1.2K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Pi's written reviews are positive against 9% of Netdata Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pi ships an update every 2 weeks, Netdata Mobile every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pi versus Netdata Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiNetdata Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better1.2 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews88.5% of reviews — better8.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better18
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRocketScience ITNetdata, Inc

Customer experience

Pi

All ratings1,236 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral1.3%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews393 reviews
Positive88.5%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.1%

Netdata Mobile

All ratings12 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative91.7%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive8.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative87.0%

Bugs and requests

Pi

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Crashes when pressing certain options
  • Unable to reach Pi Hole after configuration
  • Statistics screen crashes the app
  • Widgets not working
  • Live Logs not working properly
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  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

13 requests
  • Add and remove adlists from the internet
  • DHCP management, like assign static IPs, change host names of devices
  • Change other pihole settings, like upstream DNS servers
  • A command line interface
  • Group management, I.e. the ability to whitelist or blacklist certain domains only for certain groups of devices, and to be able to create new groups and edit which devices are in each group
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  • Option to style query bar graph as stacked bar graph colored by client
  • Notification to update pihole
  • Ability to update the OS and pihole from the app
  • Wildcard support for the whitelist
  • View DHCP Leases or add reservations
  • Query Log
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

Netdata Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Pi

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly PHR+$0.991 Month
  • PHR+ Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time5
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$3.99
  • Large Tip$6.99
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  • PHR+ Lifetime$11.99
  • Huge Tip$17.99
None

Netdata Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pi free?
Pi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Netdata Mobile free?
Netdata Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pi or Netdata Mobile?
Pi is rated higher. Pi averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Netdata Mobile averages 1.2 from 18 ratings.
Do Pi or Netdata Mobile have ads?
Neither Pi nor Netdata Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pi or Netdata Mobile?
Pi ships an update every 2 weeks, and Netdata Mobile every 6 weeks. Most recently, Pi was updated on September 23, 2026 and Netdata Mobile on August 25, 2026.

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