TCP Console vs Best NetTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TCP Console
Test TCP/IP servers and clients by sending and receiving text strings. Connect multiple clients to your server or test server connectivity. Supports custom URL schemes for easy connection and content sending.
- Start TCP/IP server listening on a specified port
- Send text strings and EOL characters
- Display received responses
- Connect multiple clients simultaneously
- Disconnect clients individually
- Ping to verify LAN or firewall connectivity
- Custom URL scheme support
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You need to test your TCP/IP server or client? View incoming or outgoing text strings? TCP Console is the app for you! With a couple of taps could start a server TCP/IP listening on the port you want*, send text string or EOL characters and display the responses received. To your server can connect multiple clients at the same time and you can disconnect them one by one or PING** to verify that there are no problems in the LAN or firewall. If you need to test your server, it will be just as easy! Enter address, port No. and connect, in a few moments you will be able to send and receive text strings from the server. TCP Console will allow you to do all this in its simplicity, a few taps and you'll be connected! Custom URL scheme support: tcpconsole://host:port/?content=string_to_send[&encoding=base64] TCP Console starts, tries to connect to the server and send the content. Optionally TCP Console can decode a base64 string before sending. * You can not start a server listening on a port less than or equal to 1024. ** This feature requires you to download the app Utility Network, free on App Store.
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 in-app purchases: Best NetTools at none against TCP Console's 1. Best NetTools also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). TCP Console's advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 33%) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. TCP Console sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Best NetTools asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.6 for TCP Console against 3.5 for Best NetTools. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of TCP Console's written reviews are positive against 33% of Best NetTools's.
TCP Console ships an update every 7 months, Best NetTools every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TCP Console | Best NetTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (12 ratings) — better | 3.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Fausto Ristagno | Beijing Tiantexin Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
TCP Console
Best NetTools
In-app purchases
TCP Console
- Remove Advertising$0.99
Best NetTools
No in-app purchases
