Deep Whois vs NSLookup
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
NSLookup
This utility app retrieves detailed DNS information for any domain. It helps users find IP addresses, view name servers, and query specific DNS records like NS and CNAME. It can also force authoritative responses from main DNS servers.
- View domain DNS information
- Find target IP address
- See name server records
- Query NS and CNAME records
- Force authoritative responses
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NSLookup is an internet utility to get domain's DNS information. It will help you to find the target IP address of a domain or see what name servers are set on a specific domain. NSLookup for iPhone and iPad allows you to see the public DNS records of domains or sub domains. Then you may also query the NS and CNAME records. It's also possible to force it to get an authoritative response from main DNS server of the domain.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Deep Whois at 4.5 against NSLookup's 3.0. Deep Whois also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 54%) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Deep Whois sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and NSLookup sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Deep Whois holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deep Whois has 172 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Deep Whois's written reviews are positive against 54% of NSLookup's.
Deep Whois ships an update every 4 months, NSLookup every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deep Whois | NSLookup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (172 ratings) — better | 3.0 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better | 53.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 172 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 13.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pavel Ahafonau | Dayana Networks Ltd |
Customer experience
Deep Whois
NSLookup
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
NSLookup
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Deep Whois
- 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
- Deep Whois Plus (Lifetime)$0.99
NSLookup
- NSLookup Pro$1.99
Questions
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