Comparison

Deep Whois vs OONI Probe

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

Head to head
About

Deep Whois

This app provides comprehensive WHOIS lookups for domains, IP addresses, and network ranges. It offers advanced features like historical data, change tracking, and notifications for domain expirations. Explore all domain zones and IP versions with seamless RDAP support.

Highlights
  • WHOIS lookup for domains, IPs, ASNs, and ENS
  • WHOIS history and change tracking
  • Domain expiration tracking with notifications
  • Supports all domain zones and IP versions (IPv4/IPv6)
  • Seamless RDAP support
  • Automatic WHOIS server selection
Features
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Deep Whois is the most complete and advanced Whois app with whois history, change and expiration tracking, notifications, color themes, RDAP and ENS. The tool lets you lookup info in ALL Whois databases for ALL hostnames, domains, TLDs, web sites, IDNs, IP addresses (both IPv4 and IPv6), IP network ranges, autonomous systems (ASNs, ISP IDs), and Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domains. Deep Whois works out of the box and finds ownership, country and more info about everything with no need to mess with complex options and server selection. FEATURES - Whois domains, IP addresses, ranges, IDNs and ASNs - Supports ALL domain zones, TLDs, IDNs known to date - Supports IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and networks - Support ARIN, RIPE, APNIC, LACNIC, AFRINIC and referral servers - Seamless RDAP support for domains where Whois is no longer available - Automatic selection of Whois servers - Trace across a chain of Whois servers (add "+trace" into query) - Digging Whois records from referrals - Result history for all lookups - Group results into multiple histories - E-mail Whois results PRO FEATURES - Whois history - Whois change and expiration tracking (for any domain) - Notifications - Color themes for Whois display - ENS: Lookup and track Ethereum Name Service domains/address If you love Deep Whois, try Deep Whois Pro for 7 days free! Go back in time with historical whois, track domain expiration, whois data changes with notifications, and do more with Deep Whois Pro. At confirmation of the Deep Whois Pro purchase, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and it will be charged for renewal within 24-hours before the end of the current period. Automatic renewal can be turned off at any time in your Account Settings after purchase. After the cancellation of the renewal, Deep Whois Pro will expire at the end of the current period. DEMO VIDEOS http://j.mp/deepwhois_vids If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us at https://happymagenta.com/deepwhois/support.html Privacy Policy: https://www.unblip.com/tmp/privacy_and_terms/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.unblip.com/tmp/privacy_and_terms/terms.html

About

OONI Probe

This app helps you detect internet censorship and surveillance systems by examining website and app blocking. It also measures your network's speed and performance, providing data that can serve as evidence of interference. All collected data is published openly to promote transparency.

Highlights
  • Examine website and app blocking
  • Measure network speed and performance
  • Detect censorship and surveillance systems
  • Collect evidence of internet censorship
  • Publish open network measurement data
  • Free and open source software
Features
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Are websites and social media apps blocked? Is your network unusually slow? Run OONI Probe to find out! With this app, you will examine the blocking of websites and instant messaging apps, measure your network's speed and performance, and check whether systems that could be responsible for censorship and surveillance are in your network. OONI Probe is developed by the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), a free software project (under The Tor Project) that aims to uncover internet censorship around the world. Since 2012, OONI’s global community has collected millions of network measurements from more than 200 countries, shedding light on multiple cases of network interference. ▶ Collect evidence of internet censorship You can check whether and how websites and instant messaging apps are blocked. The network measurement data you will collect may serve as evidence of internet censorship. ▶ Detect systems responsible for censorship and surveillance OONI Probe tests are also designed to uncover the presence of systems (middleboxes) that could be responsible for censorship and surveillance. ▶ Measure the speed and performance of your network You can measure the speed and performance of your network by running OONI's implementation of the Network Diagnostic Test (NDT). You can also measure video streaming performance with the Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) test. ▶ Open data OONI publishes network measurement data because open data allows third parties to verify OONI findings, conduct independent studies, and answer other research questions. Openly publishing OONI data also helps increase transparency of internet censorship around the world. You can explore and download OONI data here: https://ooni.io/data/ ▶ Free software All OONI Probe tests (including our NDT and DASH implementations), are based on free and open source software. You can find OONI software projects on GitHub: https://github.com/ooni. Curious to learn how OONI Probe tests work? Learn more: https://ooni.io/nettest/ To receive updates from the OONI-verse, follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpenObservatory

Screenshots

Deep Whois4 screens
OONI Probe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OONI Probe at none against Deep Whois's 4. OONI Probe also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Deep Whois's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 58%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Deep Whois sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. OONI Probe asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Deep Whois against 4.5 for OONI Probe. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 172 and 84 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Deep Whois's written reviews are positive against 58% of OONI Probe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deep Whois ships an update every 4 months, OONI Probe every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Deep Whois versus OONI Probe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeep WhoisOONI Probe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (172 ratings)4.5 (84 ratings)
Positive reviews85.4% of reviews — better58.1% of reviews
Number of ratings172 — better84
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPavel AhafonauThe Tor Project

Customer experience

Deep Whois

All ratings172 ratings
Positive86.6%
Neutral4.1%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews247 reviews
Positive85.4%
Neutral2.4%
Negative12.1%

OONI Probe

All ratings84 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive58.1%
Neutral12.9%
Negative29.0%

Bugs and requests

Deep Whois

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incorrect location/ISP information for some IP addresses
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Unreliable performance on older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Expand search capabilities (e.g., reverse IP lookup, domain history)
  • Add support for more domain registrars and TLDs
  • Implement dark mode and customization options
  • Improve integration with other network/security tools

OONI Probe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Deep Whois

Subscriptions3
  • Deep Whois Pro (1 Week)$1.997 Days
  • Deep Whois Pro (1 Month)3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Deep Whois Pro (1 Year)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Deep Whois Plus (Lifetime)$0.99
None

OONI Probe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Deep Whois free?
Deep Whois is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OONI Probe free?
OONI Probe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Deep Whois or OONI Probe?
Deep Whois and OONI Probe are both rated 4.5 out of 5 on the App Store, from 172 and 84 ratings respectively.
Do Deep Whois or OONI Probe have ads?
Deep Whois shows ads; OONI Probe does not.
Which is updated more often, Deep Whois or OONI Probe?
Deep Whois ships an update every 4 months, and OONI Probe every 2 months. Most recently, Deep Whois was updated on September 23, 2026 and OONI Probe on September 22, 2026.

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