Comparison

ByeBye v4 vs Best Trace

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

Head to head
About

ByeBye v4

Monitor the dwindling availability of IPv4 addresses and track the growth of IPv6 deployments. This utility provides easy tracking of IPv4 allocations and includes resources for learning about IPv6.

Highlights
  • Track IPv4 allocation rates
  • Monitor IPv6 deployment growth
  • Access IPv6 informational resources
  • View IPv6 videos
Features
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Are you ready for the end of IPv4 address availability? IPv4 addresses are running out. Estimates currently have the available IPv4 address pools allocated to the regional registries starting to run out in 2011. Track the rate of IPv4 allocations easily with this application. Is the progress of IPv6 deployment and usage important to you? IPv6 is the next-generation IP protocol with a significantly expanded address space. IPv6 includes additional enhancements to security, management and network design. Track the growth of IPv6 deployments with ease. Links to a number of IPv6 informational sites and videos are also included.

About

Best Trace

Visualize detailed network path information to help diagnose and resolve network issues. It provides insights into your current device's network connection and offers a convenient widget for at-a-glance monitoring.

Highlights
  • Visual network path details
  • Network problem resolution
  • Current device connection info
  • Home screen widget
  • IP geolocation database
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****** The Industry-leading Visual Traceroute Tool ****** Best Trace is a visualization tool that can help network operators, internet companies's development and operations teams and technology enthusiasts to view network path's detail information, it also can help them resolve the needs that they want to fix the problems of the network. It is based on our(IPIP.net) own needs and customers, combined with our IP geolocation database, then we created it. We support viewing your current iOS device's network connection information and has a widget to help you see it at any time. IPIP.net focus on location-related data reduction and release, is committed to becoming the location datas more accuracy and precision. Our main products--IPIP.net function is for city-level geographic data marked based on BGP/ASN datas, that accuracy is much higher than other products. Our customers existed in all types of internet companies, most in the advertising, security, E-commerce, entertainment industry, as well as CDN, DNS, VPN, and other network productivity tools. Free users have a limit number of queries, please contact us for commercial license.

Screenshots

ByeBye v43 screens
Best Trace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ByeBye v4 at 82% against Best Trace's 15%. ByeBye v4 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.6) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). Best Trace's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (21 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ByeBye v4 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Best Trace has 21 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of ByeBye v4's written reviews are positive against 15% of Best Trace's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ByeBye v4 ships an update every 6 months, Best Trace monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ByeBye v4 versus Best Trace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterByeBye v4Best Trace
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better1.6 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews — better15.4% of reviews
Number of ratings321 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHurricane Electric, LLCBeijing Tiantexin Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

ByeBye v4

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral18.2%
Negative0.0%

Best Trace

All ratings21 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive15.4%
Neutral11.5%
Negative73.1%

In-app purchases

None

ByeBye v4

No in-app purchases

None

Best Trace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ByeBye v4 free?
ByeBye v4 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Best Trace free?
Best Trace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ByeBye v4 or Best Trace?
ByeBye v4 is rated higher. ByeBye v4 averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Best Trace averages 1.6 from 21 ratings.
Do ByeBye v4 or Best Trace have ads?
Neither ByeBye v4 nor Best Trace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ByeBye v4 or Best Trace?
ByeBye v4 ships an update every 6 months, and Best Trace monthly. Most recently, ByeBye v4 was updated on June 5, 2026 and Best Trace on September 21, 2026.

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