Discovery vs Flame Services Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Discovery
This utility displays Bonjour services on your local network or wide-area domains. It helps debug programs, detect connected computers, and monitor available services. Ideal for network administrators and developers.
- Browse local and remote Bonjour services
- Automatic domain and service detection
- Display service details (domain, IP, TXT record)
- Network debugging tool
- Monitor network devices
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Discovery is a utility that displays all of the Bonjour services available on the local network or on Wide-Area Bonjour domains. Use it to debug your latest program, detect computers connected to your network, or just keep tabs on what services are available. Perfect for network admins or developers! Features: • Browses for services on local or remote domains using Bonjour • Automatically detects all available local domains and services • Displays information about each service, including domain name, IP address(es), and TXT record
Flame Services Browser
Discover and interact with services on your local wireless network. This utility lists available Bonjour (ZeroConf) services, displays their details, and allows you to launch compatible applications directly from the service listing.
- Discover Bonjour/ZeroConf services
- Browse services by server
- View detailed service information
- Copy service details
- Launch compatible applications
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Flame is a browser for Bonjour (also known as ZeroConf) network services. It lists the services advertised on your wireless network and you can browse them by server. When selecting a service, its advertised details are displayed. You can copy any of the service details by long-pressing a row. If an application on your iPhone or iPod touch can handle any of the advertised services, a command to open it right away is provided.
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Verdict
Discovery and Flame Services Browser both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Discovery's written reviews are positive against 77% of Flame Services Browser's. Discovery also leads on ratings volume (67 vs 14) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Discovery against 4.9 for Flame Services Browser. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 14 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Discovery's written reviews are positive against 77% of Flame Services Browser's.
Discovery ships an update every 6 months, Flame Services Browser every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Discovery | Flame Services Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (67 ratings) | 4.9 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 76.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lily Ballard | Thomas Insam |
Customer experience
Discovery
Flame Services Browser
In-app purchases
Discovery
No in-app purchases
Flame Services Browser
No in-app purchases
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