IT Tools vs Network Utility Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IT Tools
This app offers a comprehensive suite of network analysis and diagnostic tools for users of all levels. It helps discover devices on your network, troubleshoot connectivity issues with ping and traceroute, and perform detailed DNS lookups. Visualize network paths and gain insights into your network's performance.
- High-speed WiFi network device discovery
- Continuous traceroute with path visualization
- Extensive DNS lookup capabilities
- Configurable ping tool with real-time graphing
- Whois lookup for host and IP details
- Real-time routing table statistics
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Network scanner and diagnostic utilities for users of all skill levels. Discover devices on your network, detect various types of problems and more! Includes high speed WiFi network device discovery, able to find devices on your local network other tools miss. Standard network diagnostic tools such as ping, traceroute, DNS lookup, and whois are also provided. WiFi Network Scanner Discover all the machines running on your network. • Supports IPv6 scanning via broadcast addresses • All Bonjour/mDNS services, including all extra data stored in the TXT record. • All UPnP devices, including sub-devices and services. • Discover devices using NetBIOS. This helps a lot on networks with many Windows machines. Continuous Traceroute Provides details of the network hops to the destination host. Optimized to determine the network path extremely quickly, often in less then 5 seconds. Once the path is determined, it proceeds to continuously ping each hop to provide additional statistics and alternate paths, similar to tools like PathPing and MTR. • Visualize traceroute geolocation data on the map • Configurable start and max TTL, interval and payload size • Choose which interface to use • Lists all hostnames that respond to each hop • View the AS Numbers associated with each hop DNS • Detects when an IP address is entered, and looks up the reverse PTR record • Use the current system DNS server, or supply your own • Choose from 50 supported DNS record types, including A, AAAA, CNAME, LOC, MX, NS, SRV, TXT • Request DNSSEC records • Optionally query using EDNS, including the NSID option. • View LOC and GPOS records on a map • Force DNS lookup over TCP to diagnose DNS server issues • View the full DNS response, with headers and the question, answer, authority and additional sections • Lookup internationalized domain names (IDN) Ping • Configurable TTL, Payload size, and interval • Choose which interface to use • Optionally keep the screen from going to sleep for very long ping sessions • Optional audible sound on errors or when responses arrive • Ping results can be graphed in real time to easily see response time spikes Whois • Lookup details about hosts, IP addresses, and more • Auto detects the whois server based on the query, or use a custom server Routing table • Route statistics updated in real time • Very useful for diagnosing WiFi and VPN configuration issues Interface • All network interfaces on your device • Network statistics updated in real time • Current WiFi and WWAN IP Address • WiFi SSID and BSSID
Network Utility Pro
This app provides a comprehensive suite of network analysis tools for easy understanding and management of your local and cellular network connections. Monitor data usage, scan your Wi-Fi, and perform detailed lookups for IP addresses and domain names.
- Network Information
- Cellular Data Monitor
- LAN Scanner
- Ping Tool
- Geo IP Lookup
- DNS Lookup (DIG)
- WHOIS Lookup
- Widget Support
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Keep under control your network with Network Utility, an user friendly set of network tools that will help you to analyze your LAN, and not only that. ► NETWORK INFO A complete and easy to understand report of your device's network interfaces. In that tab you'll find information like the IP, IPv6, other addresses or the data usage statistics about your Wi-Fi, Internet or Cellular connection (if any). ► CELLULAR DATA MONITOR Don't lose sight of your data usage, with four taps you'll have a data monitor configured and ready to use. The following data usage plans' period are supported: - Daily - Weekly - Monthly - 28 days - 30 days - 90 days ► LAN SCANNER Analyze your Wi-Fi with the LAN Scanner tool. Discovering who is connected to your network and Ping it, is a matter of two taps. Easily manage custom subnets to scan only a portion of your LAN. ► PING Ping a LAN device, Ping a server, ping whatever you want. IPv6 addresses are supported too and advanced options like packet size, timeouts, intervals, etc.. are available and easily configurable. The results of your Ping are available numerically in the aggregated stats, graphically in the real time graph or listed, a row per ICMP response received. ► GEO IP Have you ever wondered where a server or any other IP is located? That's the tool for you, show the location on a map and get additional details like the ISP or the ASN in the details pane. ► DIG A DNS lookup utility made simple. A list clearly shows the result of your query and the advanced options allow you to customize your request from the type of query to the DNS server. ► WHOIS Find any information about a domain name and it's owner e.g. the status, creation date, registrant email and address and many more. ► NSLOOKUP A no-frills textual DNS lookup utility. ► WIDGET * Network Utility comes with an useful widget that brings network informations and the cellular data usage into your notification center, home screen e lock screen. ► EXPORT RESULTS ANYWHERE Every utility has an export button that allows you to export the result of your task to the File app, to the Notes app and many other apps or simply copy the raw textual result. ► MAC APP Network Utility is also available on the Mac App Store as Network Kit X, the same app but tuned to take advantage of macOS. Start a tool on your iPhone/iPad a continue it on your Mac thanks to Handoff and Continuity. !! N.B. - Cellular data monitor is available only on iPhone or iPad with Cellular. - Due to an operating system limitation, LAN Scanner can only show the MAC address of detected devices on iOS 27 and later. Hostname resolution is only available when the LAN gateway is used as the DNS server. - Widgets are updated only at scheduled intervals (e.g. every 5 minutes), so they can show outdated info. Open the app to get info updated in real time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Network Utility Pro at 4.6 against IT Tools's 4.3. Network Utility Pro also leads on price ($2.99 vs $5.99) and ratings volume (189 vs 18). IT Tools's advantage is review sentiment (93% vs 82%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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
IT Tools costs $5.99 and Network Utility Pro $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Network Utility Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Network Utility Pro has 189 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of IT Tools's written reviews are positive against 82% of Network Utility Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
IT Tools ships an update every 4 months, Network Utility Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IT Tools | Network Utility Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (18 ratings) | 4.6 (189 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better | 81.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 189 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #194 | #188 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KEVIN KOLTZAU | Fausto Ristagno |
Customer experience
IT Tools
Network Utility Pro
User reviews
IT Tools
From 18 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and efficient network scanning
- 👍 Simple, intuitive user interface
- 🛠️ Comprehensive set of network diagnostic tools
- 📱 Portable alternative to laptop-based tools
- 🔄 Regular updates and active developer support
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional app crashes and force closes
- ❌ Missing WiFi channel analyzer feature
- 🎨 Lacks dark mode support
- 📚 No built-in help or support documentation
- 🔍 Inconsistent device discovery in network scans
Network Utility Pro
From 189 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
- 🎯 Comprehensive network diagnostic tools
- ⚡ Fast and accurate results
- 🎨 Clean and well-designed widget
- 🔧 Useful for network troubleshooting
Room to improve
- 💰 Pricing discrepancy between advertised and charged amount
- 🐛 Widget not updating in real-time
- 🐛 App crashes on large networks
- 🐛 Inconsistent data display and frequent resets
- 🐛 Personal hotspot data not tracked
Bugs and requests
IT Tools
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes when performing .us domain WHOIS lookups
- Network scan function error (recently fixed)
- Traceroute map feature not functional
- Network scan misses some connected devices
- App force closes semi-frequently
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- Incomplete VoiceOver support for results
- VPN network interface not selectable in network scan
- Local network scan returns error messages
Requested features
12 requests- Dark mode support
- WiFi channel analyzer
- Port scanning capability
- Wake-on-LAN functionality
- Subnet ping for Class C networks
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- Host/IP address caching in dropdown menus
- Ping graph or sparkline visualization
- Process isolation and termination
- VPN network scanning support
- Custom name server selection in DNS tool
- Improved VoiceOver accessibility support
- Map display for traceroute results
Network Utility Pro
Reported bugs
11 issues- Widget not refreshing with real-time data
- LAN scanner crashes on large networks (/21 subnet)
- Data usage widget shows incorrect information
- Personal hotspot data not counted
- Dual SIM card data only shows one SIM
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- E-SIM data ignored on iPhone XR
- Location permission toggle resets to 'Ask'
- Domain analysis tools (Dig, Whois, NSLookup) inefficient
- App freezes and inaccurate data readings
- Update installation failures
- Inconsistent widget behavior across iOS versions
Requested features
11 requests- Wake-on-LAN (WOL) support
- Custom DNS server selection for NSLOOKUP
- ARP request functionality
- Traceroute tool
- Extended ping capabilities
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- ARP table display
- Improved Geo IP function
- Wi-Fi network switching from widget
- Direct access to network settings from widget
- Support for unlimited data configuration
- Real-time widget refresh improvements
In-app purchases
IT Tools
No in-app purchases
Network Utility Pro
No in-app purchases
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