Network Utility vs Fencekeeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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. - 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
Fencekeeper
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You're standing in a field with a drone, and the question is always the same: how high can I legally fly here? Fencekeeper answers it. Tap the map where you're taking off — or draw your actual flight area — and it pulls the live FAA facility-map grid, checks the terrain under the whole area, and hands you the exact numbers to type into DJI Fly's Safety settings: Max Altitude and Max Distance. It even reminds you where your return-to-home altitude has to sit. And it knows about terrain — the trap almost nobody covers. FAA ceilings are measured from the ground beneath the drone, but DJI's altitude limit is measured from where you took off. Stand on a rise and fly over a valley, and your "legal" altitude quietly isn't. Fencekeeper samples USGS elevation across the whole fence, corrects your Max Altitude, and can shade the ground itself — green where your altitude is legal, amber where it's tight, red where it isn't. Then it does the thing nothing else does. Tap Track before you switch over to DJI Fly, and Fencekeeper watches your position against the fence while you fly — because pilots walk while filming, and it's easy to drift out of the area your numbers were computed for. Wander toward the edge and your phone sounds off — and your wrist too, with Apple Watch taps that quicken as you get close. What's free, forever: — Live FAA UAS Facility Map ceilings on a dark flight-deck map — Governing ceiling for your exact fence, not just the cell you're standing in — Terrain-corrected altitude limit from USGS elevation data — The two DJI Fly Safety numbers, in feet or meters, with tap-to-copy — Return-to-home altitude guidance — Pre-flight conditions: wind and gusts, Kp for GPS health, civil twilight, rain — plus a one-tap TFR check — Saved fences: name a spot, reload it in a tap, numbers recompute fresh — Warns you when your fence overlaps a 0 ft cell where LAANC can't authorize flight Pro, one purchase, no subscription: — Live pilot tracking with INSIDE / NEAR EDGE / BREACH alerts that work while DJI Fly is on screen — Apple Watch companion: fence state at a glance, wrist taps that quicken near the edge — Legality shading: the ground colored by whether your altitude is legal there — Drawn fence shapes for your real flight area — with an honest warning where DJI's circular limit can't protect you — USGS topographic and satellite map styles, fences to 8 km What it doesn't do — and you should know before you buy: it tracks this phone, not your aircraft (DJI doesn't share drone telemetry with other apps). It doesn't show TFRs, and it doesn't file your LAANC authorization — you still need an approved provider like Aloft for that. Ceilings are feet AGL from the FAA's public facility map, fetched live, so you need a data connection at the field. Built for a friend who flies, by someone who got tired of guessing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Fencekeeper at none against Network Utility's shown. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Network Utility sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Fencekeeper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Network Utility ships an update every 2 months, Fencekeeper every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Network Utility | Fencekeeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (626 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 626 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fausto Ristagno | Benjamin Van Scyoc |
Bugs and 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
Fencekeeper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Network Utility
- PRO Upgrade$2.99
Fencekeeper
- Fencekeeper Pro$14.99
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