Comparison

SYS Activity Manager vs Network Utility

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

Head to head
About

SYS Activity Manager

Monitor your device's background processes, battery life, and network activity. This app provides insights into memory usage, disk space, and connection statuses, helping you diagnose network issues and optimize performance. It's designed for both expert and non-expert users.

Highlights
  • Monitor background processes and apps
  • Track device battery life and charging status
  • Analyze network connection and speed
  • Summarize disk usage
  • Visualize memory allocation
  • Diagnose network problems
Features
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• Learn about which Background Processes and Apps are running • Monitor iPad, iPod, iPhone Battery Life • Monitor LTE, 3G and WiFi network and speed • Summarizes your disk usage • Helpful tool to diagnosis network problem by connection status. • iOS 8 and iPhone 6 support • It is the application designed for Expert and Non-expert. The key features of this application include effectively taking care of network identification and bandwidth testing, see battery life and many more. Using “SYS Activity Manager” regularly will help you to monitor the battery life, test the WiFi/3G network. The new version of “SYS Activity Manager” is an universal application so you can use it in any device within iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Users Review: • Since I installed this app I have seen a huge difference in my battery life. it's an awesome app to have. - By p0ppetz • This app works nicely and I have noticed improvements in the operation of my iPhone already. - By brettwad Key Features: Memory (RAM) • Easy understanding of device memory status. • Visualization of Wired, Active, Inactive, Free memory allocation. Process • List display of running Background Applications and other System Processes. • How to close/manage Background Apps. Battery • Multiple visual displays detailing battery status and use. • Alarms to indicate charging status complete w/ accurate ‘time-to-charge’ displays. • 100% charge notification, effective when you are on a rush. • Full charge notification to prevent over-charging. • Configurable Full Charge & battery Maintenance alerts. • Tips on maximizing battery life when power not available. Note: Please discharge you battery at level 10% and complete full charge to adjust battery health first time. Disk • Visualization of disk space status and usage. Network • Detecting cellular data network & Wi-Fi network connection statuses. • IP & MAC Address display when available. • Internet connection speed test.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Network Information
  • Cellular Data Monitor
  • LAN Scanner
  • Ping Tool
  • Geo IP Lookup
  • DNS Lookup (DIG, NSLOOKUP)
  • Domain WHOIS
  • Widgets
Features
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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. - Due to an operating system limitation, LAN Scanner can only show the MAC address of detected devices on iOS 27 and later. Hostname resolution is only available when the LAN gateway is used as the DNS server. - Widgets 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

Screenshots

SYS Activity Manager3 screens
Network Utility4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Network Utility at 4.6 against SYS Activity Manager's 2.6. Network Utility also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 42%) and ratings volume (625 vs 89). SYS Activity Manager's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Network Utility sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SYS Activity Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Network Utility holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Network Utility has 625 ratings behind it against 89, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of SYS Activity Manager's written reviews are positive against 81% of Network Utility's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SYS Activity Manager ships an update every 4 months, Network Utility every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
SYS Activity Manager versus Network Utility: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSYS Activity ManagerNetwork Utility
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (89 ratings)4.6 (625 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.1% of reviews80.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings89625 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSohel MazumderFausto Ristagno

Customer experience

SYS Activity Manager

All ratings89 ratings
Positive37.1%
Neutral6.7%
Negative56.2%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive42.1%
Neutral8.2%
Negative49.7%

Network Utility

All ratings625 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews319 reviews
Positive80.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative13.8%

Bugs and requests

SYS Activity Manager

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

None

SYS Activity Manager

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Network Utility

One-time1
  • PRO Upgrade$2.99

Questions

Is SYS Activity Manager free?
SYS Activity Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Network Utility free?
Network Utility is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SYS Activity Manager or Network Utility?
Network Utility is rated higher. SYS Activity Manager averages 2.6 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while Network Utility averages 4.6 from 625 ratings.
Do SYS Activity Manager or Network Utility have ads?
Network Utility shows ads; SYS Activity Manager does not.
Which is updated more often, SYS Activity Manager or Network Utility?
SYS Activity Manager ships an update every 4 months, and Network Utility every 2 months. Most recently, SYS Activity Manager was updated on October 9, 2026 and Network Utility on October 5, 2026.

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