Network Toolbox Net security vs XmlPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Network Toolbox Net security
Analyze local and public networks for security issues and misconfigurations with over 50 tools. Features include IP scanning, port scanning, exploit tests, and SHODAN integration to expose online devices.
- WiFi Network IP scanning
- Port scanning
- SHODAN scan engine
- Security exploit tests
- Device information
- NS-Lookup with domain info
- Visual Traceroute
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*** THE ORIGINAL - NetworkToolbox *** Read the Manual at: https://www.networktoolbox.de/ios-manual/ This App with its 50+ individual Tools helps to analyse local or public networks for security issues or wrong configurations. It provides various scanning options such as WiFi Network IP scanning, Port scanning and integrates the SHODAN scan engine, Security exploit tests and more. Feature summary: DEVICE INFORMATION ■ Device and public IP Address ■ Network interfaces (WiFi, 3G/4G) SHODAN AND MORPHEUS SEARCH ■ Expose online devices ■ Search by keyword, country, port, network, hostname MAP SEARCH ■ Search and expose online devices for on a given location NS-LOOKUP with DOMAIN INFORMATION ■ Provides information for a certain domain or ip ■ Provide information about the number of attacks (ISC) ■ Location of IP or Host display on a map ■ DNS records such as MX, A, TXT etc. WIFI NETWORK SCAN ■ Discover all devices on your network ■ Including IP, MAC, Vendor, Network Name PING ■ Ping IP or domain ■ Show Errors and RTT ■ Display results graphically WHOIS ■ Find out who is behind a certain domain DNS ■ Query ANY! DNS Server ■ See DNS record information such as A,TXT,CNAME,MX,SOA etc. ■ See and compare DNS Server response times VISUAL TRACEROUTE ■ Analyze how packets get to their destination SOCKETS ■ Socket analysis and terminal tool ■ Predefined protocols for Telnet, FTP, HTTP, POP3 and IMAP ■ Inspect server responses ■ Send arbitrarily data to the server FTP and SFTP CLIENT ■ Browse remote directory tree ■ Direct file viewing ■ File and directory operations ■ Upload and download of multiple files to device ■ Default password list check of FTP server ■ Public / Private Key support (New!) SSH CLIENT ■ Terminal client for SSL ■ Default password list check of server SFTP CLIENT ■ Same functionality as FTP MAC ADDRESS DB ■ Find out which vendor is responsible for which MAC address and v/v IP CALCULATION ■ Calculate net-masks, first-,last- addresses etc. HTTP BROWSER ■ Site Default password check ■ Possibility to select user agents from Blackberry over Firefox, IE, Safari and iOS ■ Display source code, plain text or hirachically browse XML SPIDER ■ Crawl website and collect all contained links ■ Analyze robots.txt ■ Both, websites and disallows robots content can be further analyzed BLUETOOTH ■ Scan and reveal Bluetooth LE devices CERTIFICATES ■ Inspect Server (e.g. HTTPS) certificates in a readable format BONJOUR and UPnP ■ Scan and discover Bonjour or UPnP services MAIL SERVER CHECK ■ Analyze issues with your mail settings LOCAL FILES ■ Handle files downloaded via FTP or SFTP or HTTP (New!) ■ File and directory operations ■ File viewer (PDF, Text, Image, HTML) ■ Open files in other apps, installed on your device ■ Send file via E-Mail HELP TEXTS ■ Each tool has a detailed description of their purpose and how to use Subscribe to access to premium app features; subscription details are the following: • Length: weekly, monthly, yearly • Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase • Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period • When cancelling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
XmlPad
A professional XML editor for mobile devices, offering both text and tabular views for efficient document processing. It includes syntax highlighting, autocompletion, and validation against various schemas. Run XQuery and XSLT transformations directly within the app.
- Text editor with syntax highlighting
- Tabular view for XML processing
- XML validation against DTD, XSD, RelaxNG, Schematron
- XQuery and XSLT transformation support
- Built-in command console
- Synchronized text and table views
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XmlPad is a professional editor for XML docs processing which allows presenting the data in tabular style. It includes a text editor with syntax highlighting, string numeration, collapsing and element autocompletion options. It is integrated with full-function table editor which considerably simplifies the documents processing at the tablet device. It maintains autoformatting and XML validation under the specified DTD, XSD, RelaxNG, and Schematron schemas while representing errors in the documents text at the same time. It allows to run XQuery queries and XSLT transforms. Built-in command console lets to run curl and base file commands. The table editor allows creating xml docs at several touches, it has a content panning function and is synchronized with document textual view. You are also able to switch the table and the text views of the document while making alterations where it is convenient at the moment. Visit http://xmlpad-mobile.com website to see the video presenting XmlPad capabilities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Network Toolbox Net security at 4.6 against XmlPad's 3.9. Network Toolbox Net security also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 33%) and ratings volume (3.3K vs 7). XmlPad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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 Toolbox Net security sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. XmlPad asks for nothing beyond the download.
Network Toolbox Net security holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Network Toolbox Net security has 3.3K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Network Toolbox Net security's written reviews are positive against 33% of XmlPad's.
Network Toolbox Net security ships an update every 2 months, XmlPad every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Network Toolbox Net security | XmlPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.3K ratings) — better | 3.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.3% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WHATSTICKER APPS SRL | Semyon Chertkov |
Customer experience
Network Toolbox Net security
XmlPad
Bugs and requests
Network Toolbox Net security
Reported bugs
3 issues- Bluetooth configuration issues
- Unreliable website links
- Freezing and crashing on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- More advanced network scanning capabilities
- Improved documentation and tutorials
- Restore previous one-time purchase model
XmlPad
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Network Toolbox Net security
- Wekkly Premium7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Weekly premium$2.997 Days
- Weekly premium$4.997 Days
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- Weekly premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Monthly premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Monthly premium$9.991 Month
- Yearly premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Yearly premium$29.991 Year
- Yearly premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Yearly premium$49.991 Year
- Yearly premium7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Yearly premium$79.991 Year
XmlPad
No in-app purchases
Questions
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