Detectir vs NetTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Detectir
This app provides comprehensive network security analysis, allowing users to monitor devices, detect threats, and identify vulnerabilities. It offers a user-friendly interface for both home and business networks, helping to fortify cybersecurity and understand network activity.
- Network device monitoring
- Open port detection
- Threat and vulnerability analysis
- Intruder detection and blocking
- Internet speed tests
- Bandwidth usage monitoring
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Your network scanner, made easy. Wifi network security scanner, analyzer and detector utility With our network scanner you can run comprehensive security analysis for ultimate cybersecurity. Monitor, inspect and detect: - Devices in your network - Open ports - Threats and vulnerabilities - Hiding mining - Potential vectors of hack attacks - Suspicious activities With Detectir, you don’t need to be a cybersecurity expert to have a fortified, secure network that you know inside out! Enjoy Detectir’s user-friendly, straightforward, easy-to- understand interface and become the master of your networks at home and at work! Detectir is ideal to use for all kinds of networks, from home networks to non-profit and commercial networks such as those in place for businesses, schools, governmental agencies, and many more. Detectir for Home Because of its user-friendly interface, Detectir makes it easy for the user to understand the status of the network and the type of threats detected. Detectir for Business Be confident knowing that a community of experts has your back at any time. State of the Art Network Protection For Everyone. Understand what you see, block every threat. With Detectir you can easily: * Monitor your network real-time, and know what it is you’re seeing * Improve your internet speed and bandwidth usage * Control internet access for your network’s users * Perform internet speed tests * Anticipate, detect, and block intruders and Protect your data and your IoT devices * Know which ports are open, when, and why- with the option of whether to allow it https://detectir.io/terms_of_use.html - Terms of Use https://detectir.io/contact.html - Support https://detectir.io/privacy_policy.html - Privacy Policy
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 ads: Detectir at none against NetTools's shown. Detectir also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (82% vs 67%). NetTools's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Detectir sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per 7 days 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, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 184 and 48 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Detectir's written reviews are positive against 67% of NetTools's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Detectir ships an update every 9 days, NetTools every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Detectir | NetTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (184 ratings) | 4.8 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 184 — better | 48 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cyberr GmbH | Oleg Gutlyanskiy |
Customer experience
Detectir
NetTools
Bugs and requests
Detectir
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Scan results not saving
- Buttons and features not working
- Incompatible with latest iOS version
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to view and delete offline devices
- Website blocking feature
- More free functionality
NetTools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Detectir
- Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$6.997 Days
NetTools
- Premium features$3.99






