v_trace vs Traceroute
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.
Traceroute
This network utility visualizes the path data packets take to reach a destination, displaying each hop's details like roundtrip time and IP address. It helps diagnose connection issues and understand network topology, including ISP and target system connections.
- Visualizes packet routes
- Displays hop details (time, IP, domain)
- Diagnoses connection issues
- Shows network topology
- Safari webpage integration
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An iOS version of the famous unix traceroute command with a convenient extension to get a traceroute directly from a Safari webpage. A traceroute is a network tool used to show the route taken by packets across an IP network. The Traceroute tool will show you each hop sequentially, and total hops required. For each hop, it will display the hop #, roundtrip times, best time (ms), IP address, TTL, and domain name. Seeing the traceroute information can help you determine why your connections to a given server might be poor and can help you identify problems. It also shows you how systems are connected to each other, letting you see how your ISP connects to the Internet as well as how the target system is connected.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: v_trace at Free against Traceroute's $2.99. v_trace also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 1). Traceroute's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.5) and review sentiment (60% vs 37%). On update cadence, 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
v_trace is free to download; Traceroute costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Traceroute holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: v_trace has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of v_trace's written reviews are positive against 60% of Traceroute's.
v_trace ships an update every 5 months, Traceroute every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | v_trace | Traceroute |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 1.5 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.5% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vlad Alexa | Mathieu Bolard |
Customer experience
v_trace
Traceroute
In-app purchases
v_trace
No in-app purchases
Traceroute
No in-app purchases
