Flame Services Browser vs PineTool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flame Services Browser
Discover and interact with services on your local wireless network. This utility lists available Bonjour (ZeroConf) services, displays their details, and allows you to launch compatible applications directly from the service listing.
- Discover Bonjour/ZeroConf services
- Browse services by server
- View detailed service information
- Copy service details
- Launch compatible applications
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Flame is a browser for Bonjour (also known as ZeroConf) network services. It lists the services advertised on your wireless network and you can browse them by server. When selecting a service, its advertised details are displayed. You can copy any of the service details by long-pressing a row. If an application on your iPhone or iPod touch can handle any of the advertised services, a command to open it right away is provided.
PineTool
This app connects to a specific soldering iron model via Bluetooth to display real-time temperature, power, and other operational data. Users can also adjust the iron's temperature set point directly from their device.
- Real-time tip temperature display
- Live power value visualization
- Temperature set point configuration
- Voltage and handle temperature monitoring
- Uptime and power source parameter display
- Live charting of temperature and power
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PineTool is a Bluetooth companion app for the Pinecil soldering iron. With it, you can: - See realtime tip temperature and power values - Visualise live tip temperature and power charts - Configure your iron's temperature set point - See realtime voltage, handle temperature, uptime, and power source parameters Please note that this app is only compatible with Pinecil V2 (green handle) running IronOS 2.21 or greater. --- This product is not endorsed, sponsored by or associated with PINE64 or Pine Store Ltd.
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Verdict
Flame Services Browser and PineTool both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of PineTool's written reviews are positive against 77% of Flame Services Browser's. PineTool also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.1). Flame Services Browser's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Flame Services Browser against 5.0 for PineTool. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 11 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Flame Services Browser's written reviews are positive against 100% of PineTool's.
| Parameter | Flame Services Browser | PineTool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Insam | Lachlan Bell |
Customer experience
Flame Services Browser
PineTool
In-app purchases
Flame Services Browser
No in-app purchases
PineTool
No in-app purchases
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