v_trace vs Ping & Trace Route
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
v_trace
Visualize your network's path to any destination. This tool maps server locations and displays hop latency with color-coded pins. Understand your internet connection's route and performance.
- Visual traceroute
- Map display of network hops
- Color-coded latency indicators
- Target IP address or hostname input
- Hop latency determination
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v_trace is a visual traceroute application that shows* a list of the network servers from your machine to a target ip address or hostname and it attempts to place each to their corresponding location on a map. The map display consists of a pin for each hop, the color of the pins change from green to red reflecting the latency of the hop. *The ability to show and determine hops depends on your network's routing policies, if the packets are filtered no hops can be determined.
Ping & Trace Route
Test network connectivity and performance with simultaneous ping and traceroute tools. Analyze latency, packet loss, and network paths to local or remote servers. Save detailed reports for later review.
- Multiple simultaneous ping tests
- Multiple simultaneous traceroute tests
- Customizable ping parameters (timeout, packet size, count)
- Trace from any ISP or mobile data
- Save ping logs and traceroute reports
- Supports multiple languages
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◆◆◆◆◆ Ping & Traceroute ◆◆◆◆◆ ▶ Multiple PING at a time to any local or worldwide hosted server. ▶ Simultaneous ping to the server. ▶ Multiple TRACEROUTE at the same time. ◆◆ PING ◆◆ ▶ Send a ping to any IP Address or website host. ▶ Set timeout period to Ping. ▶ Set packet size to be sent. ▶ Set how many times ping to be sent. ▶ Ping more than one time to compare previous and current ping. ▶ Save whole ping log to phone storage. ◆◆ TRACEROUTE ◆◆ ▶ Add multiple websites or IP addresses to trace. ▶ Trace from any ISP or mobile data. ▶ Traceroute supports multiple traces to compare. ▶ Save whole Trace Report to phone storage. ▶▶ Supported languages: English, Russian, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese. ▶▶ Note: All the supported languages are machine translations. There are possibilities of mistakes in any language. If you found any type of mistake then please write to us at contact@loopbots.com and we will verify and resolve it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ping & Trace Route at 2.7 against v_trace's 1.5. Ping & Trace Route also leads on ratings volume (36 vs 12) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). v_trace's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (35% vs 4%). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Ping & Trace Route sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. v_trace asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ping & Trace Route holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 36 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of v_trace's written reviews are positive against 4% of Ping & Trace Route's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
v_trace ships an update every 5 months, Ping & Trace Route every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | v_trace | Ping & Trace Route |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (12 ratings) | 2.7 (36 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.4% of reviews — better | 4.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 36 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vlad Alexa | Loopbots Technology |
Customer experience
v_trace
Ping & Trace Route
In-app purchases
v_trace
No in-app purchases
Ping & Trace Route
- Remove Ads$99.00
