Nice Trace vs TracerouteX
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
TracerouteX
This app provides a suite of network diagnostic tools, including real-time traceroute visualization and detailed network information. It offers IP lookup, Ping, Port Scan, DNS query, and LAN host scan functionalities. The app also features live network speed display on Dynamic Island and customizable widgets.
- Real-time traceroute visualization
- Detailed network information (IP, speed, traffic)
- IP lookup
- Ping
- Port Scan
- DNS query
- LAN host scan
- Live network speed display
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TracerouteX offers a comprehensive suite of network diagnostic tools within a sleek and intuitive interface: - Real-time traceroute visualization - Detailed network information: IP, speed, interface traffic - Comprehensive tools: IP lookup, Ping, Port Scan, DNS query, LAN host scan, HTTP requests - Live network speed display on Dynamic Island and customizable widgets Experience network diagnostics with elegance and precision. Privacy Policy: We do not collect any personal information. For details on Apple Maps’ privacy policy, please visit: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/apple-maps
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TracerouteX at Free against Nice Trace's $0.99. TracerouteX also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Nice Trace's advantage is review sentiment (93% vs 71%) and ratings volume (53 vs 7). 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
TracerouteX is free to download; Nice Trace costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TracerouteX holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nice Trace has 53 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Nice Trace's written reviews are positive against 71% of TracerouteX's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Nice Trace ships an update every 3 months, TracerouteX every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nice Trace | TracerouteX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (53 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.1% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pavel Ahafonau | FUTURE LINK NETWORK Company Limited |
Customer experience
Nice Trace
TracerouteX
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
TracerouteX
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nice Trace
No in-app purchases
TracerouteX
No in-app purchases
