Whois Master vs Pinlet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Whois Master
This utility app allows users to perform comprehensive web lookups. It provides access to domain information, DNS records, SSL certificate details, and IP address tracking. It's designed to be a fast, reliable, and user-friendly tool for exploring essential web data.
- Domain lookups
- DNS record access
- SSL certificate details
- IP address tracking
- User-friendly interface
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Whois Master is the fast, no-nonsense toolbox for anyone who works with domains, servers and networks. Look up who owns a domain, when it expires, where it points and whether its certificate is healthy — all from your iPhone, in seconds. DOMAIN WHOIS • Registrar, creation, update and expiry dates • Days until expiry, with a warning when a domain is about to lapse • Domain age at a glance • Name servers and status codes • Works with hundreds of extensions, including .com, .net, .org, .io, .co, .me, .dev, .app and country domains such as .tr and .co.uk • International (IDN) domains supported • Paste a full URL and it is trimmed to the domain for you DNS LOOKUP • A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS and TXT records • Results grouped by record type and easy to scan SSL CERTIFICATE CHECKER • Valid, expiring or expired at a glance, with the reason when something is wrong • Issuer, subject, validity period and days remaining • TLS version, HSTS and signature algorithm • All domains covered by the certificate • Serial number and SHA-256 fingerprint IP LOOKUP • Your own public IP address, with one tap to copy • Look up any IPv4 or IPv6 address • Hostname, city, region, country, organization (ASN), postal code and time zone • Location shown on a map BUILT FOR DAILY USE • Long-press any value to copy it • Clear error messages when a registry does not respond • Full dark mode support • Clean, native iOS design • No account, no sign-up Whether you are a developer, system administrator, domain investor or just curious about a website, Whois Master gives you the answers without the clutter.
Pinlet
This app allows you to pin short text snippets to your iPhone's Dynamic Island and Lock Screen as Live Activities. It can extract text from screenshots, supports manual input, and keeps a history of your pinned items. Your data is private by default, with optional iCloud sync.
- Pin text to Dynamic Island and Lock Screen
- Extract text from screenshots
- Manual text input up to 120 characters
- History of pinned text with favorites
- Quick Input and Shortcuts integration
- Private by default, no ads or analytics
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Keep what matters right where you can see it. Pinlet turns a short piece of text into a Live Activity, so it can stay visible on Dynamic Island and your Lock Screen while you move through your day. Add a deadline, a pickup code, a short intention, or anything else you do not want to lose in a list. PULL TEXT FROM ANY SCREENSHOT Circle any part of a screenshot or photo and Pinlet reads the text for you. Fine-tune the result word by word or character by character, then pin exactly what you need — no retyping. WRITE AND PIN Enter up to 120 characters and pin them in one tap. Update the text whenever the important thing changes, or unpin it when you are done. STAY VISIBLE On supported iPhone models, pinned text appears on Dynamic Island. It also appears as a Live Activity on the Lock Screen. iOS controls Live Activity availability and may end an activity according to system policy. START FROM ANYWHERE Long-press the Pinlet icon for Quick Input, or use Shortcuts to pin text, unpin, or open a screenshot in Pinlet from anywhere on your phone. RETURN TO WHAT MATTERED Pinlet keeps a history of successfully pinned text. Mark useful entries as favorites, reuse them as a new draft, delete individual entries, or automatically clean up older nonfavorite history. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your content and any text recognition happen on your iPhone by default. Pinlet has no account system, advertising, third-party analytics, or custom server. OPTIONAL ICLOUD SYNC If you choose to enable iCloud sync, your history, favorites, and recent activity times are stored in your private CloudKit database and synced to devices using the same Apple Account. iCloud sync is off by default. Requires iOS 17 or later. Pinlet is designed for iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Pinlet at free against Whois Master's paid. Pinlet also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Whois Master's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Whois Master ships an update every 2 weeks, Pinlet weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Whois Master | Pinlet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emre Keles | 文峰 黄 |
Customer experience
Whois Master
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In-app purchases
Whois Master
No in-app purchases
Pinlet
No in-app purchases
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