Nice Trace vs Ping & Trace Route
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nice Trace
Monitor your network's performance with this advanced traceroute tool. It visualizes the path to any internet host, identifies bottlenecks in real-time, and provides detailed information about each network hop. Quickly diagnose connectivity issues and understand your network's behavior.
- Real-time path monitoring
- Packet loss detection
- Network bottleneck identification
- Country of origin detection
- WHOIS lookups
- Trace results export
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Keep your network under control with Nice Trace - the most advanced traceroute app for iOS. The tool traces the route to the host in the Internet using easy, user-friendly interface and animations. You will immediately get information about any possible bottlenecks and problems since Nice Trace never stops working. It continues to monitor the whole path to the network resource in real time and keeps you informed. The specially designed asynchronous algorithm lets Nice Trace quickly pass through problematic hops not hanging on them, thus increasing the speed. Now you can reach the destination host fast like never before. FEATURES - Real-time path monitoring with packet loss detection - Easily spot possible network bottlenecks - Country of origin detection of the network owner - Network range and AS number lookup - WHOIS hostnames, IP addresses, ASNs - E-mail trace results - Ultrafast asynchronous network I/O Displays hops information (when available): - IP address - Reverse hostname (PTR DNS record) - Autonomous system (AS) number - Country of the network owner - Average packets round trip time (RTT) - Counts of packets that were sent and received - Percentage of the packet loss - IP network range (in hop details) - Other hops IP addresses and hostnames (in hop details) DEMO VIDEOS http://j.mp/nicetrace_vids MORE GREAT APPS · Spyglass - augmented reality & GPS navigator · Scany - Wi-Fi/LAN network scanner
Ping & Trace Route
Test network connectivity and performance with simultaneous ping and traceroute tools. Analyze latency, packet loss, and network paths to local or remote servers. Save detailed reports for later review.
- Multiple simultaneous ping tests
- Multiple simultaneous traceroute tests
- Customizable ping parameters (timeout, packet size, count)
- Trace from any ISP or mobile data
- Save ping logs and traceroute reports
- Supports multiple languages
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◆◆◆◆◆ Ping & Traceroute ◆◆◆◆◆ ▶ Multiple PING at a time to any local or worldwide hosted server. ▶ Simultaneous ping to the server. ▶ Multiple TRACEROUTE at the same time. ◆◆ PING ◆◆ ▶ Send a ping to any IP Address or website host. ▶ Set timeout period to Ping. ▶ Set packet size to be sent. ▶ Set how many times ping to be sent. ▶ Ping more than one time to compare previous and current ping. ▶ Save whole ping log to phone storage. ◆◆ TRACEROUTE ◆◆ ▶ Add multiple websites or IP addresses to trace. ▶ Trace from any ISP or mobile data. ▶ Traceroute supports multiple traces to compare. ▶ Save whole Trace Report to phone storage. ▶▶ Supported languages: English, Russian, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese. ▶▶ Note: All the supported languages are machine translations. There are possibilities of mistakes in any language. If you found any type of mistake then please write to us at contact@loopbots.com and we will verify and resolve it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nice Trace at 93% against Ping & Trace Route's 4%. Nice Trace also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Ping & Trace Route's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.4). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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
Ping & Trace Route is free to download; Nice Trace costs $0.99 up front. Ping & Trace Route sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Nice Trace asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nice Trace holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 37 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Nice Trace's written reviews are positive against 4% of Ping & Trace Route's.
Nice Trace ships an update every 3 months, Ping & Trace Route every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nice Trace | Ping & Trace Route |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (53 ratings) — better | 2.6 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.1% of reviews — better | 4.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pavel Ahafonau | Loopbots Technology |
Customer experience
Nice Trace
Ping & Trace Route
Bugs and requests
Nice Trace
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes after a few hops on some networks
- Displays nonsensical packet loss stats
- Misidentifies network locations
Requested features
5 requests- Add auto-trace feature
- Implement landscape mode on iPad
- Support IPv6 tracing
- Allow configuring TCP/UDP/ICMP payloads
- Provide option to copy/export trace results
Ping & Trace Route
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nice Trace
No in-app purchases
Ping & Trace Route
- Remove Ads$99.00
