WebSitePulse vs Service Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WebSitePulse
Stay informed about your website's uptime and performance with real-time alerts and status updates. Manage your monitoring targets directly from your mobile device, receiving instant notifications for any changes.
- Real-time status updates
- Push notifications for alerts
- Suspend/activate monitoring
- Suspend/resume notifications
- Instant tests on demand
- Refresh on demand
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The WebSitePulse Current Status application connects you to the WebSitePulse monitoring services and displays the current status of each monitoring target. Real time alerts and status updates are now at your fingertips, wherever you go. Features: - Get alerted with Push notifications. - View current status and response time for each target and location. - Suspend/Activate monitoring for all targets and per target. - Suspend/Resume Notifications for all targets and per target. - Instant test on demand. - Refresh on demand. Requirements: To usе the WebSitePulse mobile application you need to have a WebSitePulse account. You can learn more about the WebSitePulse monitoring services at www.websitepulse.com, where you can also sign up for a free, free-trial or a paid account.
Service Browser
Discover and browse devices and services on your local network. Analyze network information, including IP addresses, DNS servers, and MAC addresses. Useful for understanding your home or office network infrastructure.
- Local network service discovery
- Bonjour service analysis
- Internet information display
- MAC address vendor lookup
- Network property analysis
- Offline MAC vendor database
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Explore and browse your local network. Search for Bonjour services like iTunes libraries, shared file systems, AirPlay speakers, Apple TVs, AirPrint printers, Apple Remote Desktops, Mac computers, AirPort and Time Capsule devices and so on... Service Browser is a very powerful tool for discover the available Bonjour (Zeroconf) capable devices on your home or office local network. ABOUT BONJOUR Bonjour is Apple's implementation of Zero-configuration networking (Zeroconf), a group of technologies that includes service discovery, address assignment, and hostname resolution. Bonjour locates devices such as printers, other computers, and the services that those devices offer on a local network using multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) service records. Typical Bonjour services: • File sharing and Time Machine disk detection. • Printer sharing and AirPrint. • AirPlay audio (wireless speakers) and video streaming, screen mirroring (Apple TV). • iTunes Library sharing, pairing and remote controlling. • Home Sharing (iTunes, Apple TV), pairing and remote controlling. • Remote login to OSX computer (SSH, Telnet). • Screen sharing (VNC) and Apple Remote Desktop. • Optical disk sharing. • Apple AirPort family base station and status service. • Remote Apple Events. • Media streaming and controlling. CACHING iOS uses a cache of Multicast DNS records to prevent hosts from requesting information that has already been requested. For example, when one host requests, say, a list of LPR print spoolers, the list of printers comes back via multicast, so all local hosts see it. The next time a host needs a list of print spoolers, it already has the list in its cache and does not need to reissue the query. The Multicast DNS responder is responsible for maintaining the cache; application developers do not need to do anything to maintain it. SERVICE BROWSING • Search for available and currently running Bonjour services. • Analyze and describe Bonjour service name, type, protocol, port, IP addresses and other properties. • Show Bonjour host local name, domain name, MAC address (with vendor information), PING capability. INTERNET INFO • Show default gateways, IP addresses, networks. • Show DNS servers, search domain names, local MAC addresses, host name resolve. • Depth external address analysis: ISP name, autonomous system name, whois, ping, regional internet registry info. • Full offline MAC vendor database. REACH UI FEATURES • Info menu with feedback and privacy settings • Use the camera icon (upper-right corner) to create and print/send/share a screenshot from the entire page. • Pull down with your finger to refresh the information. • Long press on a cell to copy/print/send/open as/share the cell value. • Shake your device to refresh the information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Service Browser at 67% against WebSitePulse's 20%. WebSitePulse's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99). 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
WebSitePulse is free to download; Service Browser costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WebSitePulse ships an update every 4 months, Service Browser every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WebSitePulse | Service Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 13 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WebSitePulse | Csaba Iranyi |
Customer experience
WebSitePulse
Service Browser
In-app purchases
WebSitePulse
No in-app purchases
Service Browser
No in-app purchases
Questions
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