TCP Console vs 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.
NetTools
Diagnose network issues with a suite of powerful tools on your phone. Explore local and external networks, check server availability, and scan for devices. Features include ping, traceroute, port scanning, and DNS lookups.
- Network information
- LAN explorer
- IP range scanner
- Ping and Traceroute
- Port scanner
- DNS records lookup
- Server availability check
- Wake On Lan
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Common tools for network diagnostics right in your pocket. This app allows to explore lan and external networks, check internet connection or servers availability with using your phone. The following tools are currently available: 1) Network information - displays external ip and detailed info about internet connection.. 2) LAN explorer - will find all devices in local network. 3) IP range scanner - search hosts by ip range, allows to dynamically check ports and filter hosts by opened ports. 4) Ping - easy way to check internet connection. 5) Traceroute - displays route to the host. 6) Port scanner - check ports in selected range, supports TCP and UDP protocols. 7) DNS records - find DNS records for selected domain. 8) Whois - displays information about domains owner. 9) Server check - checks availability of selected servers (supported methods: ping, tcp, http, https) 10) Wake On Lan - wake up machine by network. 11) TCP client - may be used for testing of servers those use text protocols (HTTP, whois, ...) 12) IP calculator App interface allows to use several tools in one moment, call tools from each other and also share result of their working or copy it to the clipboard. Every tool has multiple settings - IP scanner supports several modes. Ping and Traceroute can work with ICMP and UDP protocols. Also app allows to enter manually DNS servers those will be used by tools in the settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NetTools at 4.9 against TCP Console's 3.6. NetTools also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (54 vs 12). TCP Console's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and NetTools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NetTools holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of TCP Console's written reviews are positive against 67% of NetTools's.
TCP Console ships an update every 7 months, NetTools every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TCP Console | NetTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (12 ratings) | 4.9 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fausto Ristagno | Oleg Gutlyanskiy |
Customer experience
TCP Console
NetTools
In-app purchases
TCP Console
- Remove Advertising$0.99
NetTools
- Premium features$3.99








