Comparison

NSLookup vs Best Trace

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

NSLookup

This utility app retrieves detailed DNS information for any domain. It helps users find IP addresses, view name servers, and query specific DNS records like NS and CNAME. It can also force authoritative responses from main DNS servers.

Highlights
  • View domain DNS information
  • Find target IP address
  • See name server records
  • Query NS and CNAME records
  • Force authoritative responses
Features
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NSLookup is an internet utility to get domain's DNS information. It will help you to find the target IP address of a domain or see what name servers are set on a specific domain. NSLookup for iPhone and iPad allows you to see the public DNS records of domains or sub domains. Then you may also query the NS and CNAME records. It's also possible to force it to get an authoritative response from main DNS server of the domain.

About

Best Trace

Visualize detailed network path information to help diagnose and resolve network issues. It provides insights into your current device's network connection and offers a convenient widget for at-a-glance monitoring.

Highlights
  • Visual network path details
  • Network problem resolution
  • Current device connection info
  • Home screen widget
  • IP geolocation database
Features
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****** The Industry-leading Visual Traceroute Tool ****** Best Trace is a visualization tool that can help network operators, internet companies's development and operations teams and technology enthusiasts to view network path's detail information, it also can help them resolve the needs that they want to fix the problems of the network. It is based on our(IPIP.net) own needs and customers, combined with our IP geolocation database, then we created it. We support viewing your current iOS device's network connection information and has a widget to help you see it at any time. IPIP.net focus on location-related data reduction and release, is committed to becoming the location datas more accuracy and precision. Our main products--IPIP.net function is for city-level geographic data marked based on BGP/ASN datas, that accuracy is much higher than other products. Our customers existed in all types of internet companies, most in the advertising, security, E-commerce, entertainment industry, as well as CDN, DNS, VPN, and other network productivity tools. Free users have a limit number of queries, please contact us for commercial license.

Screenshots

NSLookup4 screens
Best Trace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NSLookup at 3.0 against Best Trace's 1.6. NSLookup also leads on review sentiment (54% vs 15%) and iOS requirement (13.6 vs 16.6). Best Trace's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. NSLookup sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Best Trace asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NSLookup holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of NSLookup's written reviews are positive against 15% of Best Trace's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NSLookup ships an update every 9 months, Best Trace every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
NSLookup versus Best Trace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNSLookupBest Trace
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (31 ratings) — better1.6 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews53.9% of reviews — better15.4% of reviews
Number of ratings31 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.6 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDayana Networks LtdBeijing Tiantexin Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

NSLookup

All ratings31 ratings
Positive48.4%
Neutral3.2%
Negative48.4%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive53.9%
Neutral7.0%
Negative39.1%

Best Trace

All ratings21 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive15.4%
Neutral11.5%
Negative73.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NSLookup

One-time1
  • NSLookup Pro$1.99
None

Best Trace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NSLookup free?
NSLookup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Best Trace free?
Best Trace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NSLookup or Best Trace?
NSLookup is rated higher. NSLookup averages 3.0 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Best Trace averages 1.6 from 21 ratings.
Do NSLookup or Best Trace have ads?
NSLookup shows ads; Best Trace does not.
Which is updated more often, NSLookup or Best Trace?
NSLookup ships an update every 9 months, and Best Trace every 5 weeks. Most recently, NSLookup was updated on October 24, 2026 and Best Trace on October 29, 2026.

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