Comparison

IT Tools vs iNetTools

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

iNetTools

This app offers a comprehensive suite of network diagnostic tools for iPhone and iPad. It includes essential utilities like Ping, DNS Lookup, Trace Route, and Port Scan to help users diagnose network issues. The app supports both IPv4 and IPv6, and provides a simple interface for easy use.

Highlights
  • Ping
  • DNS Lookup
  • Trace Route
  • Port Scan
  • Whois
  • Server Monitor
  • Lan Scan
Features
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iNetTools Pro is the Pro Version of iNetTools. iNetTools is a suite of network diagnose tools on iPhone and iPad. It provides essential tools such as Ping, DNS Lookup, Trace Route, Port Scan, Whois, Server Monitor and Lan Scan. Supported features include: - Universal App supporting both iPhone and iPad. You only pay once and run it on all your devices.  - Supports both IPv4 and IPv6. - Tools included: Ping, DNS Lookup, Trace Route, Port Scan, Whois, Server Monitor and Lan Scan. - Support Server List for frequently used servers. - Support Recent Tasks for recent executed tasks. - Support unlimited Email Tech Support. With its simple interfaces, iNetTools Pro provides the easiest way to diagnose your network problems on iPhone and iPad. If you have any questions, please feel free to visit: http://www.comcsoft.com/Portfolio/our_apps/iNetTools/iNetTools_overview.php.

Screenshots

IT Tools4 screens
iNetTools4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: IT Tools at free against iNetTools's paid. IT Tools also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 67%). iNetTools's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (347 vs 18). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

IT Tools costs $5.99 and iNetTools $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iNetTools holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iNetTools has 347 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 67% of iNetTools's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
IT Tools versus iNetTools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIT ToolsiNetTools
Price$5.99$5.99
Rating4.3 (18 ratings)4.7 (347 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.2% of reviews — better67.4% of reviews
Number of ratings18347 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKEVIN KOLTZAUComcSoft Corporation

Customer experience

IT Tools

All ratings18 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews132 reviews
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.5%

iNetTools

All ratings347 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive67.4%
Neutral11.6%
Negative21.1%

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

iNetTools

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

IT Tools

No in-app purchases

None

iNetTools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IT Tools free?
IT Tools costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iNetTools free?
iNetTools costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IT Tools or iNetTools?
iNetTools is rated higher. IT Tools averages 4.3 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while iNetTools averages 4.7 from 347 ratings.
Do IT Tools or iNetTools have ads?
Neither IT Tools nor iNetTools shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IT Tools or iNetTools?
IT Tools ships an update every 4 months, and iNetTools every 4 months. Most recently, IT Tools was updated on September 29, 2026 and iNetTools on September 30, 2026.

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