Comparison

Flame Services Browser vs Service Browser

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Service Browser

Discover and browse devices and services on your local network. Analyze network information, including IP addresses, DNS servers, and MAC addresses. Useful for understanding your home or office network infrastructure.

Highlights
  • Local network service discovery
  • Bonjour service analysis
  • Internet information display
  • MAC address vendor lookup
  • Network property analysis
  • Offline MAC vendor database
Features
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Explore and browse your local network. Search for Bonjour services like iTunes libraries, shared file systems, AirPlay speakers, Apple TVs, AirPrint printers, Apple Remote Desktops, Mac computers, AirPort and Time Capsule devices and so on... Service Browser is a very powerful tool for discover the available Bonjour (Zeroconf) capable devices on your home or office local network. ABOUT BONJOUR Bonjour is Apple's implementation of Zero-configuration networking (Zeroconf), a group of technologies that includes service discovery, address assignment, and hostname resolution. Bonjour locates devices such as printers, other computers, and the services that those devices offer on a local network using multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) service records. Typical Bonjour services: • File sharing and Time Machine disk detection. • Printer sharing and AirPrint. • AirPlay audio (wireless speakers) and video streaming, screen mirroring (Apple TV). • iTunes Library sharing, pairing and remote controlling. • Home Sharing (iTunes, Apple TV), pairing and remote controlling. • Remote login to OSX computer (SSH, Telnet). • Screen sharing (VNC) and Apple Remote Desktop. • Optical disk sharing. • Apple AirPort family base station and status service. • Remote Apple Events. • Media streaming and controlling. CACHING iOS uses a cache of Multicast DNS records to prevent hosts from requesting information that has already been requested. For example, when one host requests, say, a list of LPR print spoolers, the list of printers comes back via multicast, so all local hosts see it. The next time a host needs a list of print spoolers, it already has the list in its cache and does not need to reissue the query. The Multicast DNS responder is responsible for maintaining the cache; application developers do not need to do anything to maintain it. SERVICE BROWSING • Search for available and currently running Bonjour services. • Analyze and describe Bonjour service name, type, protocol, port, IP addresses and other properties. • Show Bonjour host local name, domain name, MAC address (with vendor information), PING capability. INTERNET INFO • Show default gateways, IP addresses, networks. • Show DNS servers, search domain names, local MAC addresses, host name resolve. • Depth external address analysis: ISP name, autonomous system name, whois, ping, regional internet registry info. • Full offline MAC vendor database. REACH UI FEATURES • Info menu with feedback and privacy settings • Use the camera icon (upper-right corner) to create and print/send/share a screenshot from the entire page. • Pull down with your finger to refresh the information. • Long press on a cell to copy/print/send/open as/share the cell value. • Shake your device to refresh the information.

Screenshots

Flame Services Browser4 screens
Service Browser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flame Services Browser at Free against Service Browser's $3.99. Flame Services Browser also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 67%). Service Browser's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Flame Services Browser is free to download; Service Browser costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flame Services Browser ships an update every 7 months, Service Browser every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 20, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Flame Services Browser versus Service Browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlame Services BrowserService Browser
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.9 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS26.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas InsamCsaba Iranyi

Customer experience

Flame Services Browser

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative19.2%

Service Browser

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Flame Services Browser

No in-app purchases

None

Service Browser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flame Services Browser free?
Flame Services Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Service Browser free?
Service Browser costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flame Services Browser or Service Browser have ads?
Neither Flame Services Browser nor Service Browser shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flame Services Browser or Service Browser?
Flame Services Browser ships an update every 7 months, and Service Browser every 3 months. Most recently, Flame Services Browser was updated on June 20, 2026 and Service Browser on September 1, 2026.

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