Open Reader vs Best NetTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Reader
This app allows you to view a wide range of document formats, including Open Document files, PDFs, and Microsoft Office documents. It also functions as a robust document manager, enabling file downloads from various sources and cloud storage services.
- View ODT, ODS, ODP files
- Download files from email and web
- Manage files with folders and renaming
- View PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Integrates with Google Drive, Dropbox, Box
- Wireless file transfer
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Open Reader is an iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch app which can display most document formats including Open Document files (ODT, ODS, ODP) and can serve as a document manager and downloader for you. Feature: 1. Display Open Office documents, including Open Document formats ODT, ODS, ODP. 2. Download files from email through Mail app 3. Download files from Internet/Web through Safari 4. Manage files in the app, support folders, renaming file, moving file to another folder by copy/cut and paste. 5. Display PDF, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, iWork documents(Pages, Keynotes, Numbers). 6. Email files as attachment 7. Support device display rotation 8. Display images(JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF) 9. Display RTF, HTML, TXT files 10. Print documents from iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad with iOS 4.2 and above 11. Transfer file between OpenReader and desktop using iTunes file sharing 12. Wireless File Transfer between Open Reader and your computer using built-in WiFi server and a web browser 13. Support for GoogleDrive, including download files, upload files, create folder, delete files uploaded by Open Reader, delete folders created by Open Reader. 14. Support for Dropbox, including download files, upload files, create folder, delete files/folders. 15. Support for Box, including download files, upload files, create folder, delete files/folders.
Best NetTools
This utility app provides a suite of network tools for information searching, traceroute, ping, WHOIS, and DNS lookups. It's designed for network operators, website owners, and programmers seeking a fast and convenient assistant.
- Network information searching
- Traceroute
- Ping
- WHOIS lookup
- DNS dig
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Best NetTools is a toolkit that have many network utilities. Includes network information searching, traceroute, ping, whois, dig and other services. It is the popular used toolkit for network operators, websit owners, programmers and so on. It's a fast, simple, convenient assistant. Free users have a limit number of queries, please contact us for commercial license.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Best NetTools at Free against Open Reader's $4.99. Best NetTools also leads on rating (3.5 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (33% vs 17%). Open Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Best NetTools is free to download; Open Reader costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Best NetTools holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Open Reader's written reviews are positive against 33% of Best NetTools's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Reader | Best NetTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 3.5 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.1% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | UMateY | Beijing Tiantexin Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Open Reader
Best NetTools
In-app purchases
Open Reader
No in-app purchases
Best NetTools
No in-app purchases
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