Link Scanner vs NetTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Link Scanner
Extract website URLs, phone numbers, email addresses, and more from images, videos, or your device camera. Instantly browse websites, make calls, or send emails directly from scanned links. Supports over 5 types of data extraction.
- Scan links from camera, photos, or videos
- Extract website URLs, phone numbers, emails
- Directly browse websites, call numbers, send emails
- Store scanning results in history
- Supports over 5 types of links
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Scan and extract useful links effortlessly with our advanced Link Scanner. Use your device camera, an image, or a video to extract website URLs, phone numbers, email addresses, and more. With just one click, you can browse a website, call a phone number, or send an email. -- FEATURES -- • Scan links via your device camera, photos, or videos. • Store scanning results in your history for easy access. • Directly browse websites, call phone numbers, or send emails. • Supporting over 5 types of links. -- SUPPORTED LINKS -- • Website URLs • Phone numbers • Parcel tracking numbers • Flight numbers • Email addresses • Date and Time • Currency -- FEEDBACK -- We value your feedback and suggestions. Contact us at feedback@zatech.nl with any comments or concerns. If you enjoy using our app, please leave a review and rating on the App Store. Terms & Conditions http://zatech.nl/terms-and-conditions.html Privacy Policy http://zatech.nl/privacy-policy.html
NetTools
Diagnose network issues with a suite of powerful tools on your phone. Explore local and external networks, check server availability, and scan for devices. Features include ping, traceroute, port scanning, and DNS lookups.
- Network information
- LAN explorer
- IP range scanner
- Ping and Traceroute
- Port scanner
- DNS records lookup
- Server availability check
- Wake On Lan
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Common tools for network diagnostics right in your pocket. This app allows to explore lan and external networks, check internet connection or servers availability with using your phone. The following tools are currently available: 1) Network information - displays external ip and detailed info about internet connection.. 2) LAN explorer - will find all devices in local network. 3) IP range scanner - search hosts by ip range, allows to dynamically check ports and filter hosts by opened ports. 4) Ping - easy way to check internet connection. 5) Traceroute - displays route to the host. 6) Port scanner - check ports in selected range, supports TCP and UDP protocols. 7) DNS records - find DNS records for selected domain. 8) Whois - displays information about domains owner. 9) Server check - checks availability of selected servers (supported methods: ping, tcp, http, https) 10) Wake On Lan - wake up machine by network. 11) TCP client - may be used for testing of servers those use text protocols (HTTP, whois, ...) 12) IP calculator App interface allows to use several tools in one moment, call tools from each other and also share result of their working or copy it to the clipboard. Every tool has multiple settings - IP scanner supports several modes. Ping and Traceroute can work with ICMP and UDP protocols. Also app allows to enter manually DNS servers those will be used by tools in the settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NetTools at 4.9 against Link Scanner's 4.3. NetTools also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 43%). Link Scanner's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Link Scanner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and NetTools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NetTools holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Link Scanner's written reviews are positive against 67% of NetTools's.
Link Scanner ships an update monthly, NetTools every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Link Scanner | NetTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (49 ratings) | 4.9 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 49 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maarten Meijer | Oleg Gutlyanskiy |
Customer experience
Link Scanner
NetTools
In-app purchases
Link Scanner
- Remove Ads$1.99
NetTools
- Premium features$3.99









