DNS Inspector vs Afghan Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DNS Inspector
Perform advanced DNS queries on the go with support for various secure protocols like DoT, DoH, and DoQ. Get detailed, clutter-free results with DNSSEC and WHOIS support. This free, open-source tool is designed for power users needing comprehensive domain information.
- Advanced DNS queries
- Support for DoT, DoH, DoQ
- DNSSEC message authentication
- WHOIS lookup
- Remembered queries and servers
- Ad-free and privacy-focused
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With DNS Inspector you can perform advanced DNS queries anytime and anywhere. • Input & Inspect. It's really that simple. Input a query and server address and get results in seconds. DNS Inspector will remember your recent queries and last used DNS server to save you time. Plus, you can save a list of DNS servers for quick access. • Wide DNS Server Support. We've got you covered. DNS Inspector supports traditional DNS on both UDP and TCP, and secure DNS servers with DNS over TLS (DoT), DNS over HTTPS (DoH), and DNS over QUIC (DoQ). • Trustworthy Data Starts Here With full support for DNSSEC message authentication and zone trust verification. • Power Users, Welcome Home DNS Inspector will be your one-stop-shop for all your DNS and domain information needs, with WHOIS and DNSSEC support built right in. • No Nonsense Results. "At a glance" has never been easier. DNS Inspector will show you all information relating to your query and the results all without clutter. • Free now, free forever. No annoying ads, no privacy-invading tracking, no rent-seeking subscriptions. DNS Inspector is free & libre open source software (FLOSS) with publicly available source code.
Afghan Calendar
This app provides a comprehensive Afghan calendar (Jalali) with support for multiple date systems, event listings, and date conversion. It offers multi-language options and customizable themes for a personalized user experience.
- Afghan Jalali calendar
- Multi-calendar support (Islamic, Georgian)
- Event and holiday listings
- Date converter (Hijri Shamsi, Gregorian, Islamic)
- Multi-language support (Pashto, Dari, Farsi, English)
- Customizable themes
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Afghan Calendar shows today's date in the Afghan (Solar Hijri) calendar, alongside the Gregorian and Islamic dates, in Dari, Pashto or English. TODAY AT A GLANCE • Today's Afghan, Gregorian and Islamic dates on one screen • Upcoming holidays and your events, with the days remaining HOME-SCREEN WIDGET • See today's Afghan, Gregorian and Islamic dates without opening the app • Shows today's holiday or the next one coming up • Small and medium sizes on iPhone and iPad • Follows your language and theme colour, and changes at midnight THREE CALENDARS • Afghan calendar with Dari and Pashto month names • Gregorian and Islamic (Umm al-Qura) calendars • Islamic dates kept in line with Afghanistan's moon-sighting announcements, plus your own adjustment if dates differ where you live • Month view with holidays, weekends and today clearly marked • Choose your weekend (Friday, or Saturday and Sunday) and the first day of the week • Optional second-calendar day numbers on every day • Jump to any date from 1900 to 2150 DATE CONVERTER • Convert any date between the Afghan, Gregorian and Islamic calendars • Checks each calendar's real month lengths and leap years • Copy or share the result AFGHAN HOLIDAYS • National and religious holidays for any year, updated without an app update • Islamic holidays are marked as tentative, because their dates can change with moon sighting • Add any holiday to your phone's calendar EVENTS AND REMINDERS • Add birthdays, anniversaries and appointments • Repeat every year on an Afghan or Islamic date, for example every 15 Hamal or every 1 Ramadan • Reminders on the day or the day before, plus optional holiday reminders • Add events to your phone's calendar too SEARCH AND SHARING • Search holidays, events and dates such as "Nowruz", "1405" or "12 Mizan" • Share any date as text or as an image card YOUR LANGUAGE, YOUR STYLE • Dari, Pashto and English, with right-to-left layout for Dari and Pashto • Persian or Latin digits • 16 themes, including a new Afghan theme and a Dark theme that can follow your device's dark mode PRIVATE AND OFFLINE • Works offline; when you're online it downloads holiday and Islamic date updates, sending no personal information • No account needed: your events and settings stay on your device • Nothing is added to your phone's calendar unless you choose to, and the app never reads your calendar Afghan Calendar is free and supported by ads. Suggestions or corrections? Email us at info@sunzala.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DNS Inspector at none against Afghan Calendar's shown. DNS Inspector also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (20 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for DNS Inspector against 5.0 for Afghan Calendar. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DNS Inspector has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DNS Inspector ships an update every 6 weeks, Afghan Calendar every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DNS Inspector | Afghan Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ian Spence | Revit Technologies |
Customer experience
DNS Inspector
Afghan Calendar
In-app purchases
DNS Inspector
No in-app purchases
Afghan Calendar
No in-app purchases
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