Comparison

Pi Stats Mobile vs NetScan Pro

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

Head to head
About

Pi Stats Mobile

Monitor and control your Pi-hole network ad blocker remotely from your iPhone. View detailed statistics and manage your Pi-hole status, with an optional service for even deeper system insights.

Highlights
  • View Pi-hole statistics
  • Enable/disable Pi-holes
  • Pi Monitor for detailed data
  • Import Pi-holes via QR code
  • Open source application
Features
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Pi Stats puts your entire Pi-hole network in your pocket. Monitor, manage, and fine-tune your ad blocking from your iPhone and iPad with a beautifully redesigned interface. Keep an eye on every Pi-hole at a glance, then tap in for the full picture. • See how your Pi-holes are doing and enable or disable blocking in a tap. • Manage multiple Pi-holes from one place. • Detailed stats: a 24-hour query history chart, query types, upstream destinations, and your top domains and clients. • Health monitoring: check your core, web, and FTL versions, see when an update is available, and review or clear diagnostic messages. • Query Log: browse and search your most recent DNS queries. • Powerful list management: allow or block domains (regex supported), block entire services, and update your blocklists and Gravity right from the app. • Pause from anywhere: disable and re-enable blocking from Control Center, with a Live Activity countdown. • Home Screen and Control Center widgets to keep your stats close. • Pi Monitor* support for deeper insight into your Raspberry Pi: temperature, memory usage, uptime, and load average. • Quick setup: import your Pi-holes from Pi Stats for macOS by scanning a QR code. PRIVATE & OPEN SOURCE Pi Stats doesn't track anything you do. It's 100% open source, so you can check out the code via the Support URL. * Pi Monitor is an additional service that needs to be installed on your Raspberry Pi.

About

NetScan Pro

Features
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See every device on your Wi-Fi in seconds. Test your internet quality. Find which trackers are watching you — and block them in one tap. NetScan Pro is the network toolkit Apple should have built into iOS. Discover what's on your network: • Scan every device — phones, laptops, smart-home gadgets, cameras, printers • See vendor, OS, open ports, and a 0–100 security rating for each one • Auto-detect Matter / Thread / HomeKit hubs, IP cameras, NAS units, IoT • Identify devices by name, vendor (offline OUI database), or MAC Audit your privacy: • Privacy Audit — see your public IP, ISP, VPN posture, encrypted-DNS status • Tracker check — find which advertising and analytics domains reach your phone • One-tap tracker blocker — install AdGuard, Cloudflare, or Quad9 DNS protection • Works system-wide across every app on your iPhone, not just Safari Diagnose your internet: • Apple-style RPM + bufferbloat test • MTR / traceroute with live latency graphs • Per-port reasons (tcp-connected / tcp-rst / no-response) like nmap • UDP port scanner with protocol-aware probes for DNS, SNMP, mDNS, and more Sysadmin power tools: • DNS Lookup (A / AAAA / MX / TXT / SRV / CNAME) • WHOIS lookup with referral chasing • IP Geolocation with map view • Subnet Calculator (CIDR ↔ range ↔ mask) • Bonjour Browser — every mDNS service the LAN announces • Wake-on-LAN for any device with a known MAC See what's exposed: • Built-in CVE matcher flags vulnerable services (OpenSSH, nginx, IIS…) • WAN exposure check finds devices reachable from the internet via port-forwarding • Default-credential heuristic spots routers / cameras still on factory passwords • Per-device security score from 0–100 Beautiful reports: • Generate a multi-page PDF network snapshot you can share or archive • Export device list as text • AI-powered summary via Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro and later) iCloud-synced multi-network profiles, background change alerts, custom timing presets (T0–T5), and an Aggressive scan mode that runs every probe at once round out the package. Privacy promise: NetScan Pro runs every scan on-device. No personal data, MAC addresses, or device names ever leave your phone. No analytics. No ads. No tracking. No subscription. Ever. Built by an independent developer who scratches his own itch. — Use NetScan Pro only on networks you own or have permission to scan.

Screenshots

Pi Stats Mobile4 screens
NetScan Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pi Stats Mobile at $1.99 against NetScan Pro's $9.99. NetScan Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Pi Stats Mobile costs $1.99 and NetScan Pro $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pi Stats Mobile ships an update every 3 weeks, NetScan Pro monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pi Stats Mobile versus NetScan Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPi Stats MobileNetScan Pro
Price$1.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.2 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFernando BunnMatthew Mesropian

In-app purchases

None

Pi Stats Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

NetScan Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pi Stats Mobile free?
Pi Stats Mobile costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is NetScan Pro free?
NetScan Pro costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pi Stats Mobile or NetScan Pro have ads?
Neither Pi Stats Mobile nor NetScan Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pi Stats Mobile or NetScan Pro?
Pi Stats Mobile ships an update every 3 weeks, and NetScan Pro monthly. Most recently, Pi Stats Mobile was updated on October 7, 2026 and NetScan Pro on October 14, 2026.

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