v_trace vs SyncKing
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.
SyncKing
Create and host interactive second screen experiences for live streams or local multiplayer games. Customize with widgets like images, scoreboards, and status updates for real-time audience engagement. Requires a WiFi or cellular connection for both host and viewer.
- Host custom second screen experiences
- Real-time widget updates
- Scoreboard display
- Status sharing
- Audience notifications
- Connect via 4-digit code
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Host your own second screen experience filled with your own widgets. SyncKing is especially useful for live streams - be more engaging with your viewers to improve your channel interactivity. Not only that but is useful for local play whether you are at a pub, at home playing a quiz with your friends.. The options are limitless on how you can use SyncKing. Enable widgets to your liking. Show images, put up a scoreboard, share statuses, send your audience notifications and many other features in REAL-TIME. A valid connection to WiFi or Cellular is required to work for both the 'Host' and the 'Viewer'. Just enter the unique code 4-digit code to connect to the correct host.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SyncKing at 3.9 against v_trace's 1.5. SyncKing also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 37%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). v_trace's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SyncKing holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of v_trace's written reviews are positive against 75% of SyncKing's.
v_trace ships an update every 5 months, SyncKing every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | v_trace | SyncKing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (12 ratings) | 3.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.5% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vlad Alexa | Ashley Richards |
Customer experience
v_trace
SyncKing
In-app purchases
v_trace
No in-app purchases
SyncKing
No in-app purchases
