IT Tools vs Text Mod
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
Text Mod
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Text Mod are powerful text utilities tool use for search, list, edit or modify text characters by using RegEx fast and easy. Features: ==Find & Count== Find and count search string in text ==Find & Replace== Find and replace search string in text ==Find in Between & List== Find and list string in between search text, eg. Find in between "I" and "You" in "I Love You, I Miss You, I Wait You" will result in "Love, Miss, Wait" ==Find in Between & Replace== Find and Replace string in between search text, eg. Find in Between "I" and "You" and replace with "And" in "I Love You, I Miss You, I Wait You" will result in "I And You, I And You, I And You" ==Find URL & List== Find and list URL in search text, will return url such as http://www.nitrio.com, http://www.abc.com ==Find Email & List== Find and list Email in search text, will return email such as abc@abb.com, vivi@nini.com ==Find HashTag & List== Find and list HashTag in search text, will return HashTag such as #Happy, #GoLucky ==Find RegEx & List== A RegEx, or Regular Expression, is a sequence of characters that forms a search pattern. RegEx can be used to check if a string contains the specified search pattern. Example: [0-9]{5} give search result exactly five integer letters such as 25125, 23652 [a-z]+, give search result such as hello, end, [including the comma] #[a-z0-9]+ give search result such as #meme12, #city, #doremi256 c[a-z]+ give search result such as cat, comma, city [0-9]{3}-[0-9]{5} give search result such as 253-52365, 563-95201, 598-12045 Search result is listed in difference way, such as: Original - default each individual result in newline. Comma - add a comma behind each result. Number - add a number behind each result. Custom - user defines what to include in front and behind individual result. Thanks for your support and do visit nitrio.com for more apps for your iOS devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: IT Tools at every 4 months against Text Mod's every 38 months. Text Mod's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $5.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On 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
IT Tools costs $5.99 and Text Mod $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IT Tools ships an update every 4 months, Text Mod every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IT Tools | Text Mod |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (18 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 93.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 38 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KEVIN KOLTZAU | Heng Jia Liang |
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
Text Mod
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
IT Tools
No in-app purchases
Text Mod
No in-app purchases









