System Status vs Network Utility
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
System Status
Monitor your device's core performance metrics with this utility app. It provides real-time information on battery status, disk usage, CPU load, and network connections. Customize your view with light or dark themes and receive instant updates on system changes.
- Graphical battery level display
- Disk usage monitoring
- Real-time CPU usage
- Network connection information
- System boot time and uptime
- Light/dark theme support
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System Status is a lite version of System Status Pro - an advanced tool for monitoring your iPhone and iPad performance. The lite version displays your device's basic parameters such as battery level, disk usage, CPU load and network connections. BATTERY • Graphical battery level display • Battery state monitoring (discharging, charging, full) DISK • Used and free disk capacity monitoring CPU • CPU usage updated in real time • Average load over the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes OPERATING SYSTEM • System boot time and uptime CELL & NETWORK • Cell and Wi-Fi network connection information • IP address of the current connection • External IP address MORE • Light/dark theme • Real time updates of the display once the monitored parameters change • Copy/paste support • Detailed help • Regular updates
Network Utility
This app provides a comprehensive suite of network analysis tools for your device. Monitor data usage, scan your local network, perform DNS lookups, and get detailed IP information. Export results and utilize widgets for quick access to network stats.
- Network Information
- Cellular Data Monitor
- LAN Scanner
- Ping Tool
- Geo IP Lookup
- DNS Lookup (DIG, NSLOOKUP)
- Domain WHOIS
- Widgets
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Keep under control your network with Network Utility, an user friendly set of network tools that will help you to analyze your LAN, and not only that. ► NETWORK INFO A complete and easy to understand report of your device's network interfaces. In that tab you'll find information like the IP, IPv6, other addresses or the data usage statistics about your Wi-Fi, Internet or Cellular connection (if any). ► CELLULAR DATA MONITOR Don't lose sight of your data usage, with four taps you'll have a data monitor configured and ready to use. The following data usage plans' period are supported: - Daily - Weekly - Monthly - 28 days - 30 days - 90 days ► LAN SCANNER Analyze your Wi-Fi with the LAN Scanner tool. Discovering who is connected to your network and Ping it, is a matter of two taps. Easily manage custom subnets to scan only a portion of your LAN. ► PING Ping a LAN device, Ping a server, ping whatever you want. IPv6 addresses are supported too and advanced options like packet size, timeouts, intervals, etc.. are available and easily configurable. The results of your Ping are available numerically in the aggregated stats, graphically in the real time graph or listed, a row per ICMP response received. ► GEO IP Have you ever wondered where a server or any other IP is located? That's the tool for you, show the location on a map and get additional details like the ISP or the ASN in the details pane. ► DIG A DNS lookup utility made simple. A list clearly shows the result of your query and the advanced options allow you to customize your request from the type of query to the DNS server. ► WHOIS Find any information about a domain name and it's owner e.g. the status, creation date, registrant email and address and many more. ► NSLOOKUP A no-frills textual DNS lookup utility. ► WIDGET * Network Utility comes with an useful widget that brings network informations and the cellular data usage into your notification center, home screen e lock screen. ► EXPORT RESULTS ANYWHERE Every utility has an export button that allows you to export the result of your task to the File app, to the Notes app and many other apps or simply copy the raw textual result. ► MAC APP Network Utility is also available on the Mac App Store as Network Kit X, the same app but tuned to take advantage of macOS. Start a tool on your iPhone/iPad a continue it on your Mac thanks to Handoff and Continuity. !! N.B. - Cellular data monitor is available only on iPhone or iPad with Cellular. - LAN Scanner on iOS 11 and upper due to a limitation of the OS can't display the MAC address of the discovered devices. Hostname resolution is available only if you don't use an external DNS. - Widgets on iOS 14 are updated only at scheduled intervals (e.g. every 5 minutes), so they can show outdated info. Open the app to get info updated in real time. - Data usage widget, full featured network state widgets and lock screen widgets are available only with the Pro upgrade
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: System Status at none against Network Utility's 1. System Status also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 81%) and ratings volume (2.5K vs 625). Network Utility's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, rating, 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. Network Utility sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. System Status asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for System Status against 4.6 for Network Utility. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.5K and 625 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of System Status's written reviews are positive against 81% of Network Utility's.
System Status ships an update every 4 months, Network Utility every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | System Status | Network Utility |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.5K ratings) — better | 4.6 (625 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.5% of reviews — better | 80.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | 625 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Techet | Fausto Ristagno |
Customer experience
System Status
Network Utility
User reviews
System Status
From 2.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Provides quick system status overview
- 🔋 Helpful for monitoring battery and charging
- 💡 Useful for troubleshooting device issues
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs or crashes reported
- 🔒 Some privacy concerns with ad-supported version
- 💰 Desire for more features in free version
Network Utility
From 625 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🔒 Helpful for network security
- 💡 Comprehensive set of tools
- 🔥 Excellent value for money
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🔒 Concerns about data tracking
- 🔋 High data usage
- 💰 Pro version paywall for some features
Bugs and requests
System Status
Reported bugs
2 issues- Misreporting of network/VPN status
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
3 requests- Add memory/RAM usage monitoring
- Include device temperature and GPU metrics
- Provide more detailed performance analytics
Network Utility
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incorrect IP address detection
- Ping feature not working as expected
- Inability to change subnet mask
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved IPv6 support
- Ability to reset data usage
- More detailed network information
In-app purchases
System Status
No in-app purchases
Network Utility
- PRO Upgrade$2.99
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