Router Utility vs Keep Connect Cloud Services
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Router Utility
Monitor your Peplink/Pepwave router's connection status, bandwidth, and event logs from your mobile device. Receive real-time push notifications for critical status changes and update key router settings remotely.
- Monitor WAN connection status
- View SpeedFusion and VPN status
- Track connected clients
- Access event logs
- Update WAN usage priority
- Configure SpeedFusion Connect Cloud
- Receive real-time push notifications
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The Router Utility app gives you instant access to key router insights—such as connection status, bandwidth usage, event logs, and more—all from your mobile device. With real-time push notifications, you’ll be alerted to important status changes, so you’re always in control. IMPORTANT: Requires a Peplink or Pepwave Balance/MAX router running Firmware 8.0.0 or later. MONITOR NETWORK STATUS - WAN connection status and external IPs - SpeedFusion Connect and VPN connection status - Connected clients - Event logs UPDATE ROUTER SETTINGS - Swap WAN usage priority - Configure SpeedFusion Connect Cloud locations GET REAL-TIME PUSH NOTIFICATIONS - Stay informed when (1) WAN goes up/down, (2) SpeedFusion goes up/down, and when (3) the system is rebooted
Keep Connect Cloud Services
This application allows users to monitor their internet connection and remotely reset their router or modem when a loss of service is detected. It is designed to work with a specific hardware device to ensure continuous connectivity.
- Internet connection monitoring
- Remote router/modem reset
- Device status alerts
- Cloud service integration
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Keep Connect is a device that monitors internet connection and resets your router / modem when loss of internet is detected. This app is for our Keep Connect Cloud Services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Keep Connect Cloud Services at 3.8 against Router Utility's 2.5. Keep Connect Cloud Services also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 30%). Router Utility's advantage is ratings volume (37 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Keep Connect Cloud Services holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Router Utility has 37 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Router Utility's written reviews are positive against 67% of Keep Connect Cloud Services's.
Router Utility ships an update every 2 months, Keep Connect Cloud Services every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Router Utility | Keep Connect Cloud Services |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (37 ratings) | 3.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peplink International Limited | Johnson Creative, LLC |
Customer experience
Router Utility
Keep Connect Cloud Services
In-app purchases
Router Utility
No in-app purchases
Keep Connect Cloud Services
No in-app purchases
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