Comparison

Nice Trace vs Best NetTools

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time path monitoring
  • Packet loss detection
  • Network bottleneck identification
  • Country of origin detection
  • WHOIS lookups
  • Trace results export
Features
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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

About

Best NetTools

This utility app provides a suite of network tools for information searching, traceroute, ping, WHOIS, and DNS lookups. It's designed for network operators, website owners, and programmers seeking a fast and convenient assistant.

Highlights
  • Network information searching
  • Traceroute
  • Ping
  • WHOIS lookup
  • DNS dig
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Best NetTools is a toolkit that have many network utilities. Includes network information searching, traceroute, ping, whois, dig and other services. It is the popular used toolkit for network operators, websit owners, programmers and so on. It's a fast, simple, convenient assistant. Free users have a limit number of queries, please contact us for commercial license.

Screenshots

Nice Trace4 screens
Best NetTools4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nice Trace at 93% against Best NetTools's 33%. Nice Trace also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (53 vs 6). Best NetTools's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Best NetTools is free to download; Nice Trace costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nice Trace holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nice Trace has 53 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Nice Trace's written reviews are positive against 33% of Best NetTools's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nice Trace ships an update every 3 months, Best NetTools every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Nice Trace versus Best NetTools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNice TraceBest NetTools
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (53 ratings) — better3.5 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews93.1% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings53 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB9 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPavel AhafonauBeijing Tiantexin Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Nice Trace

All ratings53 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews261 reviews
Positive93.1%
Neutral1.9%
Negative5.0%

Best NetTools

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

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

Best NetTools

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Nice Trace

No in-app purchases

None

Best NetTools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nice Trace free?
Nice Trace costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Best NetTools free?
Best NetTools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nice Trace or Best NetTools?
Nice Trace is rated higher. Nice Trace averages 4.7 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Best NetTools averages 3.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Nice Trace or Best NetTools have ads?
Neither Nice Trace nor Best NetTools shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nice Trace or Best NetTools?
Nice Trace ships an update every 3 months, and Best NetTools every 2 months. Most recently, Nice Trace was updated on October 27, 2026 and Best NetTools on October 24, 2026.

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